Studies in abnormal pressures / edited by Walter H. Fertl, Richard E. Chapman, and Rod F. Hotz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fertl, Walter H.

Chapman, Richard E.

Hotz, Rod F.

Series:

Developments in petroleum science ; 38.

Developments in petroleum science ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reservoir oil pressure.

Oil reservoir engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Other Title:

Abnormal pressures

Abnormal pressures.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Fertl's first book, Abnormal Formation Pressures, was published by Elsevier in 1976, the topic was relatively new in book form. In the years that followed, his book became the standard work for petroleum engineers and drillers. The list of major petroleum provinces with abnormally high pore pressures has grown steadily over the years, and with it has grown our knowledge and experience. There have also been technological advances. A new book was required, but no longer could the topic be covered adequately by one person. The problems of abnormally high formation pressures encount

Contents:

Front Cover; Studies in Abnormal Pressures; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Walter H. Fertl; Foreword; List of Contributors; CHAPTER 1. GLOBAL OCCURRENCES OF ABNORMAL PRESSURES; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Abnormal pressure occurrences in the Middle East; 1.3 Abnormal pressure occurrences in Europe; 1.4 Abnormal pressure occurrences in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan; 1.5 Abnormal pressure occurrences in Africa; 1.6 Abnormal pressure occurrences in the People's Republic of China; 1.7 Abnormal pressure occurrences in South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Indonesian Archipelago

1.8 Abnormal pressure occurrences in the Asian sub-continent1.9 Abnormal pressure occurrences in South America; 1.10 Abnormal pressure occurrences in North America; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 2. THE GEOLOGY OF ABNORMAL PORE PRESSURES; 2.1 History; 2.2 Regressive sequences; 2.3 Rift basins; 2.4 Synthesis; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 3. ABNORMAL PORE PRESSURES: ESSENTIAL THEORY, POSSIBLE CAUSES, AND SLIDING; 3.1 Properties of fluids and the rocks that contain them; 3.2 Liquids in motion through porous rocks; 3.3. Pore pressures

3.4 Possible causes of abnormally high pore pressures3.5 Sliding; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 4. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN ABNORMAL FORMATION ENVIRONMENTS; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 P/Z plots and drive mechanism; 4.3 Abnormally pressured depletion drive reservoirs; 4.4 Abnormally pressured water drive reservoirs; References; CHAPTER 5. CHEMISTRY OF PORE WATER; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Composition of subsurface brines; 5.3 Fluid chemistry compaction models; 5.4 Summary and conclusions; References; CHAPTER 6. PRE-DRILL GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR GEOPRESSURE DETECTION AND EVALUATION

6.1 Introduction6.2 Velocity; 6.3 Seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation; 6.4 Pressure calibration and pre-drill geopressure detection; 6.5 Non-seismic geophysical techniques for geopressure prediction; 6.6 Summary; References; CHAPTER 7. WELL LOGGING METHODS TO DETECT ABNORMAL PRESSURE; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Acoustic methods; 7.3 Density methods; 7.4 Conventional neutron methods; 7.5 Resistivity methods; 7.6 Conductivity methods; 7.7 SP method; 7.8 The shale formation factor method; 7.9 Magnetic resonance method; 7.10 Method utilizing downhole gravity measurements

7.11 Pulsed neutron method7.12 Recommended well logs for conventional pressure evaluation; 7.13 Limitations of wireline methods; 7.14 Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 8. SEISMIC PREDICTION OF OVERPRESSURE CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE BIT IN REAL DRILL TIME; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Predicting ahead of the bit with VSP data; 8.3 The inverse VSP concept; 8.4 Borehole sources; 8.5 The drill bit source; 8.6 Predict-ahead data examples; References; CHAPTER 9. MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Telemetry techniques; 9.3 MWD sensors; 9.4 Abnormal pressure detection with MWD

9.5 Service company comparison

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16785-5

9786612167850

0-08-086896-7

OCLC:

476273776