American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
Eight years have gone by since ARMA CSM chapter’s inception and the organization has grown alongside the development of the oil and gas in- dustry. Within the past decade, the application of geomechanics to shale development and beyond in oilfield operations has propelled the US to the top oil and gas producer in the world. This growth has also translated to new learning experiences and the search for more efficient ways to develop such unconventional assets. The advancement in technology has been nothing short of amazing and this learning has translated into the CSM community through the ARMA chapter. As a backbone of the geo- mechanics community on the CSM campus, ARMA continues to provide services for knowledge improvement paramount to solving the challeng- es we witness in today’s operations while contributing to socio-economic development around the Mines community. Such activities include par- ticipation in charitable community services and fundraisers. Importantly, these activities were possible with the help of our primary donor Chevron and their continued support of ARMA over the years. Chevron under- stands the relevance of geomechanics to the industry and the generous contributions to CSM ARMA are very much appreciated.
Keerthik and Wale at Celebration of Mines.
PAST AND RECENT EVENTS
The beginning of the 2018 – 19 academic year kicked off with the annual Celebration of Mines where our organiza- tion had the opportunity to highlight what we represent and our activities to mostly the incoming freshmen. We received positive feedback from the event and got new members in the process.
In a bid to create more understanding of how commercial softwares are used in asset evalua- tion, we invited Schlumberger to give a series of workshops detailing geomechanical workflow of assets from evaluation to production. We had a two-part event on this with a summary lecture followed by a software workshop two weeks lat- er.
FractureID’s great Lunch and Learn presentation was on the process of utilizing in-situ mechani- cal rock properties to target landing zones and improve completions in the Permian basin.
Liberty Oilfield Services returned for continued Lunch and Learn discussions on historical over- view of shale trends, fracture design evaluation in the Powder River Basin and the outlook of completion designs.
Schlumberger Geomechanics Workshop Training I (Oct 2018)
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Students listening attentively during the Lunch and Learn with FractureID (Nov 2018).