Pressure regimes in sedimentary basins and their prediction

This volume collects 19 of the 35 papers presented at the September 1998 conference that brought together petroleum geologists and drilling engineers to share state-of-the-art research on rock physics, overpressure mechanisms, poor pressure and fracture gradient prediction, and pressure management while drilling. Topics include the primary controls

Richard E. Swarbrick and Mark J. Osborne and Gareth S. YardleyT. W. Miller and C. H. Luk and D. L. OlgaardPhil HolbrookJack Dvorkin and Amos NurG. L. Bowers and T. John KatsubeRichard LahannK. W. Katahara and J. D. CorriganNajwa Yassir and M. Anthony AddisAllison Hennig and Najwa Yassir and M. Anthony Addis and Andrew WarringtonMichael A. SmithFred R. HolasekBaldeo Singh and Nelson EmeryBeth B. Stump and Peter B. FlemingsPhil HolbrookJ. C. RasmusNader C. Dutta and William H. Borland and W. Scott Leaney and Richard Meehan and W. Les NuttKenneth L. Smith and Allen D. GaultDavid W. BellAlan R. Huffman

About the Editors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Chapter 1 Comparison of Overpressure Magnitude Resulting from the Main Generating Mechanisms	p. 1
Chapter 2 The Interrelationships between Overpressure Mechanisms and In Situ Stress	p. 13
Chapter 3 The Primary Controls over Sediment Compaction	p. 21
Chapter 4 Critical-Porosity Models	p. 33
Chapter 5 The Role of Shale Pore Structure on the Sensitivity of Wire-line Logs to Overpressure	p. 43
Chapter 6 Impact of Smectite Diagenesis on Compaction Modeling and Compaction Equilibrium	p. 61
Chapter 7 Effect of Gas on Poroelastic Response to Burial or Erosion	p. 73
Chapter 8 Relationships between Pore Pressure and Stress in Different Tectonic Settings	p. 79
Chapter 9 Pore-Pressure Estimation in an Active Thrust Region and Its Impact on Exploration and Drilling	p. 89
Chapter 10 Geological Controls and Variability in Pore Pressure in the Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico	p. 107
Chapter 11 An Easily Derived Overburden Model Is Essential for the Prediction of Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient for Wildcat Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico	p. 115
Chapter 12 Fracture-Gradient Predictions in Depleted Sands in the Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basin	p. 125
Chapter 13 Consolidation State, Permeability, and Stress Ratio as Determined from Uniaxial Strain Experiments on Mudstone Samples from the Eugene Island 330 Area, Offshore Louisiana	p. 131
Chapter 14 Method for Determining Regional Force-Balanced Loading and Unloading Pore-Pressure Regimes and Applying Them in Well Planning and Real-Time Drilling	p. 145
Chapter 15 Forward Modeling of Log Response in Geopressured Formations Reveals Valuable Insights to the Various Pore-Pressure Prediction Techniques	p. 159
Chapter 16 Pore Pressure ahead of the Bit: An Integrated Approach	p. 165
Chapter 17 SubSea MudLift Drilling: A New Technology for Ultradeep-Water Environments	p. 171
Chapter 18 Velocity Estimation for Pore-Pressure Prediction	p. 177
Chapter 19 The Future of Pressure Prediction Using Geophysical Methods	p. 217
Index	p. 235

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