Established in September 1992, the PoroMechanics Institute (PMI) is a multidisciplinary research unit of the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

The PMI offices and laboratories are located in the Sarkeys Energy Center, a 340,000 square foot complex at the northeast corner of the campus housing more than 200 teaching and research laboratories.

Research at the PMI is related to the understanding and application of the mechanics of porous media in general and the investigation of rock mechanics as applied to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in particular.

As such, PMI serves both the petroleum industry and the wider geomechanics community. In addition, the PMI provides state-of-the-art facilities for conducting research and educating university students on poromechanical testing.

Map to Sarkeys Energy Center

PMI NEWS

New Publications

Abousleiman, Y. N., Tran, M. H., Hoang, S. K., Ortega, J. A., Ulm, F.-J. "GeoMechanics Field Characterization of Woodford Shale and Barnett Shale with Advanced Logging Tools and Nano-Indentation on Drill-Cuttings" The Leading Edge, vol. 29, no. 6, 2010.

ARMA 10-328 "The Impacts of Failure Criteria and Geological Stress States on the Sensitivity of Parameters in Wellbore Stability Analysis" by Minh Tran and Younane Abousleiman.

ARMA 10-461 "Woodford Shale Mechanical Properties and Impacts of Lithofacies" by Sierra Rafael, Minh Tran, Younane Abousleiman, and Roger Slatt.

PMI People

Mr. Siavash Monfared has joined the PMI research team. Welcome Mr. Siavash Monfared.

Mr. Duc Tran has joined the PMI I.T. team. Welcome Mr. Duc Tran.

Vinh Nguyen has successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Nguyen!

Mr. Linh H. Nguyen has graduated. Congratulations!

PoroMechanics Consortium

The 2010 Rock Mechanics Consortium meeting was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 2, 2010. Presentations at the meetings are available in the "Downloads" section.

GeoGenome™ Consortium

The 2010 GeoGenome™ Industrial Consortium meeting was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 1, 2010. Presentations at the meetings are available in the "Downloads" section.

*** Updated August 2010 ***

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Links

http://www.pmi.ou.edu/pmirmc.htm

http://www.pmi.ou.edu/ggic.htm

http://www.pmi.ou.edu/Biot2005/
PoroMechanics Consortium Members
Chevron Corporation
ConocoPhillips
Ecopetrol ICP
JOGMEC
Halliburton
Saudi Aramco
Statoil
Total
GeoGenome Consortium Members
ConocoPhillips
Ecopetrol ICP
JOGMEC
ConocoPhillips
Halliburton
Saudi Aramco
Statoil
StatoilHydro
Total

 

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