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Volume: 50 (1966)

Issue: 9. (September)

First Page: 2035

Last Page: 2035

Title: Abnormally High Formation Pressures at Borehole and Beyond: ABSTRACT

Author(s): W. S. Frederick, Sr.

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Presented are examples of the effects of abnormally high formation pressures on drilling wells and illustrations of routine techniques of data handling, i.e., identifying, documenting, and predicting abnormal formation pressures. High-pressure anomalies occur in large, mappable volumes and are present in Rocky Mountain basins. They cause serious drilling problems and add considerably to wildcat and development-well drilling costs.

Examples are compiled from data from the Rocky Mountain area and other areas.

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