Subject: Geological Engineering
Credit units: 3
Offered: Term 2 only
College: Engineering
Department: Civil Geol and Enviro Engnring

Geomechanical problems of interest during withdrawal and injection of fluids for energy production and storage in the subsurface. Drilling methods; mechanical earth models; wellbore stability; hydraulic fracturing; geomechanical response to reservoir pressure and temperature changes; induced seismicity. Applications studied include oil and natural gas production, gas storage in porous media and salt caverns, carbon capture and storage, and geothermal energy production.

Prerequisite(s): (GEOL 108 or GEOL 121) and 42 credit units from EN Senior Courses.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): 39 credit units from EN Three Year Common Core.

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