Evidence for overpressure generation by kerogen-to-gas maturation in the northern Malay Basin

Mark R. P. Tingay, Chris K. Morley, Andrew Laird, Orapan Limpornpipat, Kanjana Krisadasima, Suwit Pabchanda, Hamish R. Macintyre

AAPG Bulletin

... magnitude analysis suggests that gas generation accounts for approximately one-half to two-thirds of the measured excess pore pressure in the region...

Geology and Development of Washita Creek Field

William D. Tutten

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... high pressure, low volume gas and cause a reduction in mud weight. Gas cutting of the mud is sometimes increased because the system is also carrying...

ABSTRACT: Calibration of Pore Pressure Plots in the Gulf of Mexico, by J. R. Alnes and T. Lilburn; #91021 (2010)

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Study on the Fluctuation of Bottomhole Pressure While Starting and Stopping the Drilling Pump

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Uncertainty – Shale Pore Pressure from Borehole Measurements, by Martin D. Matthews, #40163 (2005).

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Pressure Regime Evaluation

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PSAnalysis of a Long Cane Creek Horizontal: New Insight into an Unconventional Tight Oil Resource Play, Paradox Basin, Utah, #10873 (2016).

Larry Rasmussen, Tom Smith, Lynn Canter, Mark Sonnenfeld, John Forster

Search and Discovery.com

... provide the necessary top and bottom seals for the petroleum system and were viewed as potential hydraulic fracture barriers as well. Mud weights...

Drilling Mud Procedures in the Lisbon Valley Area of the Paradox Basin Fold and Fault Belt

Gene Polk

Four Corners Geological Society

... and lubricate the bit on the bottom of the hole. The engineer considers the mud as a means to control high pressure blowouts. The mud also acts...

Exploring the Sub-Thrust Play Along the Eastern Margin of the Middle Magdalena Valley: The Example of Chawina (Apulo), Cundinamarca, Central Colombia

Martin L. Keeley, Ana E. Suárez

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... and control the formation pressures with mud weights of up to 11.8 pounds per gallon (lb/gal) led to the decision to abandon the well at a TD of 5,475...

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

Adam H. E. Bailey, Paul Henson

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

...-in pressures from production tests is often necessary (Swarbrick and Hillis 1999). Mud weights utilised while drilling are designed to remain balanced within...

Shallow Gas Problem at Duyong B Offshore Malaysia

Tom Lunne, Omar Md. Isa, Melvyn Tan

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... charged layers the following special precautions were taken: Use of heavy mud with unit weights up to 11.5 kN/m3. Use of a special rubber packer on top...

Optimizing Well Spacing and Completion Design Using Simulation Models Calibrated to the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) Dataset

Sriram Pudugramam, Rohan J. Irvin, Mark McClure, Garrett Fowler, Fadila Bessa, Yu Zhao, Jichao Han, Han Li, Arjun Kohli, Mark D. Zoback

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Rittenhouse, S., Currie, J., and Raleigh B. 2016. Using Mud Weights, DST, and DFIT Data to Generate a Regional Pore Pressure Model for the Delaware...

A New Perspective to Shallow Water Flow (SWF) and Sinking Well-Head Preventions in Deep Water

Selim Simon Shaker

GCAGS Transactions

... that overcomes the mud pressure and SWF takes place due to the pressure differential between the sand and the shale. Mitigating these events should...

Mud Problems in the Four Corners Region

E. J. Mayhew

Four Corners Geological Society

..., the pressure differential of the mud pumps is the factor that will prevent or create rupture of the formation. The exact shape and form of ruptures...

A Machine-Learning-Based Workflow for Drilling Risk Prediction of Wellbore Instability and Trajectory Optimization in Ultra-Deep Formation

Hanqing Wang, Ruxin Zhang, Ziyan Deng, Jin Meng, Han Wang, Yujie Zhou, Fan Yang, Ji Chang, Yitian Xiao, Huiwen Pang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... At present, the pressure profile is a method for the stability analysis of the URTeC 4034008 3 wellbore, which is used to effectively guide the design...

The world of step-out wells

Henk Kombrink

GEO ExPro Magazine

... and minimize risks of well control incidents. A few examples of actions that can be taken are using slightly heavier mud-weights, drilling on slower parameters...

Overpressuring in the Kutei Basin: Distribution, Origins and Implications for the Petroleum System

John A. Bates

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to moderately high TOC. level of overpressuring is extreme and can require mud weights > 19 ppg. occurs in environments ranging from transitional...

The Pinedale Gas Field: A Sweet Spot in a Regionally Pervasive Basin-centered Gas Accumulation, Green River and Hoback Basins, Wyoming

Ben E. Law, Charles W. Spencer

AAPG Special Volumes

... is exclusively derived from mud weights. The resulting pressure profile for that well (Figure 9) reveals a gradient of 0.5 psi/ft to a depth of 10,100 ft...

Rapid S&T Reservoir Pressure Estimation Workflow and Its Application to Drilling in Shale and Tight Reservoirs

Yuzhe Cai, Brandon Geddie, Yunhui Tan, Zizhong Liu, Shihao Wang, Kainan Wang, Yuguang Chen, Evan Gross, Xinghui Liu, Saeid Khorsandi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... changes, improve understanding of well interference, and provide data for mud weight selection during drilling. Introduction Quantifying pressure...

Bottom-Hole Flowing Pressure Calculation in Deviated Multiphase Flow Gas Wells Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) - A Case Study in the Tunu Gas Field, Total E&P Indonésie

Haniyyah Hasna, Dadik Hendra Kusuma

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Bottom-Hole Flowing Pressure Calculation in Deviated Multiphase Flow Gas Wells Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) - A Case Study in the Tunu Gas...

Rotating Control Device Utilization in Indonesia to Increase Safety and Efficiency of Drilling Operations

Arvi Rahman Muis, Fikri Irawa, Ardia Karnugroh, Julmar Shaun Toralde, Jerry Manurung

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Mud Cap Drilling (PMCD), and Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) with Constant/Control Bottom Hole Pressure technique. IADC/SPE per API specification...

An Integrated Operations Team, to Drill the Prelude Big Bore Gas Wells in Western Australia. Working Together Delivers Solutions

L. Bacarreza, C. Singam, M. Buchan, A. May, A. Leung, Z. Pallikathekathil, M. Shehryar, K. Jansen, M. Naveed, O. Bafor, S. Brigham, S. Sadawarte

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... Fig. 15. Swab pressure analysis on hole stability. Fig. 16. Mud weight window used to drill P8 compared with the window established after...

Geothermal and Geopressure Patterns of Bayou Carlin-Lake Sand Area, South Louisiana: Implications

Madhurendu Bhushan Kumar

AAPG Bulletin

...). For formation pressures, although their estimates based on mud weights exceed, often substantially, their actual values, the mud data are readily available...

Abnormal Pressure Delineation in The East Java Basin and Its Implication for Hydrocarbon Exploration

Hesekiel Bernando N

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... lines to support the subsurface interpretation. The output is preliminary analysis of delineation abnormal pressure segment map which included basic...

Benefits and uplift of focused post-migration gather conditioning over prospect specific areas - An Indonesian case study

David Jessup, Dave Goulding, Andy Kalil

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... to sub-basin. These changes may be related to variations in depth of burial, rock properties, pressure, temperature, and hydrocarbon type. Because...