Instructor/s: Maurice B Dusseault, Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo

Who Should Attend: This tutorial is designed for reservoir, drilling, and exploitation engineers/ technologists who are involved in drilling engineering and reservoir engineering.

Tutorial Description: The following topics will be covered in this tutorial:

• Geoscience and Rock Mechanics

• Stresses and Pressures in the Earth

• Stresses and Stress Changes Around a Borehole During Drilling

• Stress Changes in Reservoir Processes.

Instructor/s: Maurice B. Dusseault is a professor of Geological Engineering in the Earth Sciences Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. From 1977 to 1982, he occupied a Research Professor Chair at the University of Alberta funded by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority. In 1982, Maurice became Chairman of the Geological Engineering Program at the University of Waterloo and was Director of the Porous Media Research Institute from 1995 to 2000. He carries out research in petroleum geomechanics (drilling, hydraulic fracturing, reservoir geomechanics, …), new production methods, and deep waste disposal. He has co-authored two textbooks and over 380 professional articles in conferences and journals, and works with industry as an advisor and instructor. He has developed courses in Introduction to Petroleum Rock Mechanics, New Oil Production Technologies, Drilling Rock Mechanics and Earth Stresses for Petroleum Engineers, Hydraulic Fracturing Geomechanics, Reservoir Geomechanics, and Oilfield Waste Disposal.

Dr Dusseault was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in the 2002-2003 term, visiting 22 different countries and speaking about new oil production technologies to 28 separate SPE Sections. He has presented his short courses in 12 different countries over the years, and has a reputation for giving clear presentations based on simple but useful material.