Pressure informs:
- Drilling window: casing design, mud-weight programme, rock strength (fracture pressure).
- Kick risks.
- Well placement (i.e. fluid contacts).
- Minimises downtime through pressure ‘surprises’ and in worst cases inability to complete.
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Global GeoPressure Advice Services:
Well Planning
- Analysis of offset wells.
- Pore Pressure prediction from logs, seismic Vint and geological modelling.
- Low, Expected and High Case outputs at prospect.
- Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure, Overburden Pressure.
Post-Drill Analysis
- What happened in recently drilled wells?
- Were the pressures different to expected, and why?
- What can be learned?
Edwards and O’Connor 2015.
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