The Geophysical Aspects of Abnormal Fluid Pressures

Edward B. Reynolds, John E. May, Alf Klaveness

Houston Geological Society

... ability to successfully drill through an abnormally-pressured formation is our knowledge of where to expect the top of the overpressure in the section...

Depth Prediction Ahead of the Bit: A Case Study from the Singa-1 Discovery Well, South Sumatra

Mark Crawley, David Ginger

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... by drilling data from nearby wells which indicated overpressure, equivalent to mud weights of 15.5 ppg at 8,500 ft. Although the stacking velocity trends...

Hydraulic fracture networks bypassing thick sealing sequences as fluid conduits in deep overpressured strata

Qingfeng Meng, Baibing Yang, Zhifeng Guo, and Fang Hao

AAPG Bulletin

... formed from coalescing hydraulic fractures during upward propagation, driven by fluid overpressure from natural gas generation. These fracture networks...

Are Fluid Inclusions Representative Samples of Diagenetic Fluids?

Robert H. Goldstein, T. James Reynolds

Special Publications of SEPM

... evaluated it experimentally: in gas-poor brines in the sedimentary P-T realm, this change in volume of the mineral causes less than 1% error. However...

Vein Formation in Cretaceous Carbonates in the Laramide Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt of Eastern Mexico

H. Ferket, R. Swennen, S. Ortuo-Arzate, M. C. Cacas, F. Roure

AAPG Special Volumes

..., v. 100, p. 13291360.Gudmundsson, A., 2001, Fluid overpressure and flow in fault zones: Field measurements and models: Tectonophysics, v. 336, p...

Chapter 10: Petrophysical and Mechanical Properties of Organic-rich Shales and Their Influences on Fluid Flow

Fred P. Wang, Ursula Hammes, Robert Reed, Tongwei Zhang, Xiaohu Tang, Qinghui Li

AAPG Special Volumes

...; Meissner, 1987; Montgomery et al., 2005) during deep burial. These processes resulted in extensive drying and overpressure (Hedberg, 1980; Meissner, 1987...

Miocene Shale Tectonics in the Northern Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Juan I. Soto, Fermin Fernandez-Ibanez, Asrar R. Talukder, Pedro Martinez-Garcia

AAPG Special Volumes

..., 1997, Mechanisms for generating overpressure in sedimentary basins: A reevaluation: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 10231041.Perez-Belzuz, F., B. Alonso...

Chapter 17: Controls on Thrusts Spacing: An Example from the Sub-Andean Fold-and-Thrust Belt of Southern Bolivia

Emilio Rocha, Ernesto Osvaldo Cristallini

AAPG Special Volumes

... to the effect that fluid pressure have on it. Possible Causes of Anomalous Spacing Increased Overload Few authors have analyzed the root cause...

Limits to the sealing capacity of rock salt: A case study of the infra-Cambrian Ara Salt from the South Oman salt basin

Johannes Schoenherr, Janos L. Urai, Peter A. Kukla, Ralf Littke, Zsolt Schleder, Jean-Michel Larroque, Mark J. Newall, Nadia Al-Abry, Hisham A. Al-Siyabi, Zuwena Rawahi

AAPG Bulletin

... subsidence. Natural causes, measuring techniques, the Groningen gas field: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Land Subsidence, Den...

Laboratory and Field Observations of an Apparent Sub-Capillary-Equilibrium Water Saturation Distribution in a Tight Gas Sand Reservoir, by K.E. Newsham and J.A. Rushing, #40400 (2009).

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Degradation of compressional fold belts: Deep-water Niger Delta

Pivi Heini, Richard J. Davies

AAPG Bulletin

... that this is a critical depth for a failure. A weak layer may exist at that depth e.g., because of dewatering and overpressure generation. The low-amplitude wedge M...

Variation of Vertical Stress in the Onshore Canning Basin, Western Australia

Adam H. E. Bailey, Paul Henson

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

..., lithological controls on stress, lithostatic pressure, overburden stress, overpressure, present-day stress, stress regime, tectonic uplift, well logs, well...

Relating shale thickness to seal potential

Justin Palmer

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... are better. To better answer this question, a new algorithm has been created using Gulf of Mexico deep water (GOM) data. Variable sand overpressure (pore...

Pressure Prediction in Exhumed Basins

A. Edwards, J. Heller, S. Clancy, N. Whitfield, S. O'Connor

GEO ExPro Magazine

... of these wells is an important step for pressure prediction. Overpressure distribution is governed by fluid retention and hence an understanding of pressure...

Horizontal Pressure Disequilibrium and Its Indication on Fluid Continuity in Shale Plays

Xinyu Xia, Yongli Gao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., that is, an overpressure layer beneath a good seal [2]. In this work, we modeled both vertical and horizontal migration. Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT...

Better Understanding of Mud Losses Hazard Characteristics and Distribution for an Improved Well Placement Strategy to Support Louise-Nonny Shallow Well Drilling Campaign

Bukit Andika, Anggit Chandra P, Danny Nursasono, Dwi Kurniawan S, Hendra Halomoan P

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... which are individually observed in the hydrostatic and overpressure regime. The challenge in developing this field is the possibility of encountering...

Development of Sediment Overpressure and Its Effect on Thermal Maturation: Application to the Gulf of Mexico Basin

Ulisses T. Mello , Garry D. Karner

AAPG Bulletin

...Development of Sediment Overpressure and Its Effect on Thermal Maturation: Application to the Gulf of Mexico Basin Ulisses T. Mello , Garry D. Karner...

An overview of Some Key Factors Controlling Well Productivity in Core Areas of the Appalachian Basin Marcellus Shale Play; #110147 (2011)

W. A. Zagorski, Douglas A. Bowman, Martin Emery, and Gregory R. Wrightstone

Search and Discovery.com

...-organic matter porosity, overpressure, and maturity are some of the key Marcellus gas productivity factors. The Marcellus thickens from approximately 100...

Application of Overburden Amplitude Variations to Constrain Hydrocarbon Column Heights in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea

Lidia Georgescu, Christian Hermanrud, Roar Heggland, Trine Helle Simmenes

AAPG Special Volumes

... and subsidence of northwestern Europe: Possible causes and influence on hydrocarbon prospectivity: Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, v. 72, no. 3, p. 253–258. Smelror...

A New Concept for the Extraction of Gas from Permian Ultra-Deep Coal Seams of the Cooper Basin, Australia: Expanding Reservoir Boundary Theory

Erik C. Dunlop

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

..., overpressure and a rigid host rock framework. The physical response of ultra-deep coal seams and the surrounding host rock to pressure drawdown...

Comparing hybrid method simulations to hydrogen dispersion and explosion tests

Juliana F. Roos, Madhat Abdel-jawad

Australian Energy Producers Journal

... documented 3D corner tests and dispersion tests. Excellent agreement between overpressure prediction and the reported experimental data for explosion...

Lithology Prediction by Extrapolating Well Data

Brian Barley, Dean Chergotis, Mai Wilson, Susan Young

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and overpressure. For sandstone, porosity and fluid fill type were also crossplotted. Only a limited range of sandstone porosities depending on depth...

2-D Basin Modeling of Secondary Petroleum Migration in the Sakala Timur PSC, Indonesia

Alwyn Vear, Duncan Macgregor

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the undrilled prospect. Figure 4 shows the present day distribution of predicted overpressures. The overpressure predicted by the model, some 765 psi, is almost...

Amos Draw Field, Campbell County, Wyoming

William F. von Drehle

Wyoming Geological Association

... comm.) suggests that there is a high temperature anomaly in the basement rocks underlying amos Draw. The high temperature in turn causes the high...

Is Public Perception of Water Quality Accurate in Northwestern Louisiana?

Douglas Carlson, Caitlin Carter, Marty Horn

GCAGS Transactions

...: The Public Opinion Quarterly, v. 50, no. 2, p. 270–279. Haynesvilleplay.com, 2010, Leak causes evacuation in Caddo Parish, ...