In the domain of petroleum reservoir management, numerical flow simulation stands as the primary tool for prediction and control. Traditionally, rock compressibility has been the key geomechanical parameter, often applied as a single, unchanging value across the entire reservoir model throughout the simulation. This study introduces a novel methodology that enhances reservoir simulation accuracy by incorporating rock mechanical behavior through a pseudo-coupling approach, without increasing computational costs. This approach empowers reservoir engineers to consider rock hydromechanical behavior in daily reservoir studies.The pseudo-coupling updates both porosity and permeability based on tables that correlate pore pressure to porosity and permeability multipliers, thereby replacing the conventional reliance on compressibility. It begins with reservoir-rock samples selection guided by lithological composition, followed by mechanical and hydromechanical laboratory tests, and numerical adjustments with ABAQUS stress analysis software. The resulting mechanical parameters serve for generating pseudo-coupling tables tailored to each facies.Validation experiments comparing pseudo-coupling simulations with conventional and fully coupled models reveal convergence in porosity and permeability variations with pore pressure between both coupled approaches. Extensive assessments further compare pseudo-coupling simulations against conventional reservoir simulations using a synthetic model based on a carbonate post-salt reservoir, denoted as Field B. The pseudo-coupling approach emerges as a more robust model capable of discerning preferential flow paths, all while maintaining computational efficiency. Moreover, these preferential flow paths were also predicted by the reservoir team responsible for the field development, but through a trial-and-error procedure to match production history, whilst the pseudo-coupling predicted it based on rock mechanical behavior.In this way, the proposed methodology enables an enhancement in the accuracy and efficiency of petroleum reservoir management by considering geomechanical effects, without incurring any additional computational costs when compared to conventional reservoir simulation.