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.
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Hoang, S.K. and Abousleiman, Y.N. 2009. Poroviscoelastic Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Solution with Application to Articular Cartilage Testing. J. Eng. Mech., 135(5): 367-374.
Nguyen, V.X., Abousleiman, Y.N., and Hoang, S.K. 2009. Analyses of Wellbore Instability in Drilling Through Chemically Active Fractured Rock Formations. SPEJ, 14(2): 283-301.
PMI made a record with 7 SPE papers presented at the 2009 SPE ATCE in New Orleans, October 4-7, 2009.
SPE-123900 "Naturally Fractured Reservoir Three-Dimensional Analytical Modeling: Theory and Case Study" by Vinh Nguyen and Younane Abousleiman.
SPE-123901 "Geomechanical Coupled Poromechanics Solutions While Drilling in Naturally Fractured Shale Formations with Field Case Applications" by Vinh Nguyen, Younane Abousleiman, and Terry Hemphill.
SPE-124236 "Openhole Stability and Solids Production Simulation in Emerging Reservoir Shale Using Transversely Isotropic Thick Wall Cylinders" by Son Hoang, Younane Abousleiman, and Russell Ewy.
SPE-124330 "Critical Poroviscoelastic Anisotropic Evaluation of Anelastic Strain Recovery Test" by Son Hoang and Younane Abousleiman.
SPE-124422 "The Porochemothermoelastic Coupled Solutions of Stress and Pressure with Applications to Wellbore Stability in Chemically Active Shale" by Vinh Nguyen and Younane Abousleiman.
SPE-124428 "GeoMechanics Field Characterization of The Two Prolific US Mid-West Gas Plays with Advanced Wire-line Logging Tools" by Younane Abousleiman, Minh Tran, Son Hoang, Franz-J Ulm, and Alberto Ortega.
SPE-124484 "New Technique to Determine Biot Coefficient for Stress Sensitive Dual Porosity Reservoirs" by Hazim Abass, Ashraf Al-Tahini, and Younane Abousleiman.
Mr. Rafael Sierra joined PMI research group.
Mr. Xiaochun Jin joined PMI research group.
Mr. Syed Naveed Hussain Shah joined PMI Information Technology team.
Mr. Minh Tran successfully defended his master thesis and moved on to PhD. Congratulations!
Mr. Sameeri graduated. Congratulations!
Rock Mechanics Consortium 2009 meeting was held at OU, June 4-5, 2009.
SPE-116138 "Multilaterals Drilling and Sustainable Openhole Production from Theory to Field Case Studies" is available in Download section.
PCORE-3Dnet 1.0 was released in June 2009. Check Download section for the new release.
PBORE-3D v7.10 was released in June 2008. Check Download section for the new version.
QMLSS v1.90 was released in June 2008. Check Download section for the new version.
GeoGenome™ Industry Consortium 2009 meeting was held at O.U, June 4-5, 2009.
QMGGMS™ v1.10 was released in May 2008. Check Download section for the new version.
*** Updated October 2009 ***
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