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anisotropy, and salt body are also considered in wellbore solutions to
improve borehole stability modeling.
Chapters 11 and 12 emphasize reservoir geomechanics and its applica-
tions in hydraulic fracturing and sanding prediction. Effects of in situ
stresses, shear stresses, and depletion on hydraulic fracture initiation,
propagation, and containment are investigated. Relationships of perforation
orientation, stress and strength, and sanding potentials are analyzed to
provide optimal perforation and drawdown for mitigating sand production.
In the acknowledgments, I am grateful to my many current and former
colleagues, industry colleagues, and friends for their support, collaboration,
and discussions over the years. I am especially indebted to Dr. J.-C.
Roegiers for his inspirations, insights, and collaboration.
I would like to thank Ms. Katie Hammon, Elsevier Acquisition Man-
ager, who several years ago encouraged me to write a book to share my
industry experience in applied geomechanics. My sincere thanks goes to
Ms. Lindsay Lawrence, Elsevier Editorial Project Manager, for her help and
encouragement during the book writing. I want to thank Ms. Swapna
Praveen at Elsevier for helping me to obtain permissions on the figures cited
in this book. I would also like to thank Elsevier Production Project
Manager Ms. Anitha Sivaraj for her hard work for this book.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the reviewers below for their
time and effort spent in reviewing the manuscript:
Ms. Shuling Li, at BP USA, reviewed Chapters 1 to 12;
Dr. Chong Zhou, at Petronas, reviewed Chapters 2, 3, 5, 10;
Dr. Yanhui Han, at Aramco Services, reviewed Chapters 6 and 12;
Dr. Jiajia Gao, at NUS, reviewed some poroelastic equations.
Jon Jincai Zhang
March 2019