Pore Pressure Prediction Using Seismic Velocities for Deepwater High Temperature- High Pressure Well in Offshore Krishna Godavari Basin, India.

Author(s):  
Avirup Chatterjee ◽  
Samit Mondal ◽  
Pramit Basu ◽  
B.K. Patel
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 3747-3758
Author(s):  
Abdulquadri O. Alabere ◽  
Olayemi K. Akangbe

AbstractFew wells targeting high temperature, high pressure intervals in most tertiary sedimentary basins have achieved their objective in terms of technicalities and cost. Since most shallow targets have been drilled, exploration focus is drifting into deeper plays both onshore and in deep offshore areas. To ensure safe and economic drilling campaigns, pore pressure prediction methodologies used in the region needs to be improved. The research aims at generating and testing a modification of Eaton’s equation fit for high temperature, high pressure intervals on a field. The evolution of pore pressure in the field was established from offset well data by making several crossplots, and fracture gradient was computed using Mathew and Kelly’s equation. Eaton’s equation parameters were then calibrated using several wells until a desired field scale result was achieved when compared with information from already drilled intervals i.e., kicks and RFT data. Seismic velocity data resulting from high density, high resolution velocity analysis done to target deep overpressured intervals were then used to predict 1D pore pressure models at six selected prospect locations. Analyses reveal depths shallower than 3800 m TVD/MSL with geothermal gradient 3.0 °C/100 m and pressure gradient less than 1.50sg EMW are affected mainly by undercompaction; depths greater than 3800 m TVD/MSL with geothermal gradient of 4.1 °C/10 m and pressure gradients reaching 1.82–2.12sg EMW are affected by unloading with a narrow drilling margin for the deep highly pressured prospect intervals. Eaton’s n-exponent was modified to 6, and it proved accurate in predicting high overpressure in the first prospect wells drilled.


2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (16) ◽  
pp. 162603 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Susner ◽  
S. D. Bohnenstiehl ◽  
S. A. Dregia ◽  
M. D. Sumption ◽  
Y. Yang ◽  
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1989 ◽  
Vol 137 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 205-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.W. Webb ◽  
E.F. Skelton ◽  
S.B. Qadri ◽  
E.R. Carpenter ◽  
M.S. Osofsky ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (70) ◽  
pp. 13458-13461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhi Hu ◽  
Mary Y. Hu ◽  
Zhenchao Zhao ◽  
Suochang Xu ◽  
Aleksei Vjunov ◽  
...  

Perfectly sealed rotors were designed for the widespread application of in situ MAS NMR in catalysis, material synthesis, metabolomics, and more.


SPE Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 2033-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Jia ◽  
Yao–Xi Hu ◽  
Shan–Jie Zhao ◽  
Jin–Zhou Zhao

Summary Many oil and gas resources in deep–sea environments worldwide are often located in high–temperature/high–pressure (HT/HP) and low–permeability reservoirs. The reservoir–pressure coefficient usually exceeds 1.6, with formation temperature greater than 180°C. Challenges are faced for well drilling and completion in these HT/HP reservoirs. A solid–free well–completion fluid with safety density greater than 1.8 g/cm3 and excellent thermal endurance is strongly needed in the industry. Because of high cost and/or corrosion and toxicity problems, the application of available solid–free well–completion fluids such as cesium formate brines, bromine brines, and zinc brines is limited in some cases. In this paper, novel potassium–based phosphate well–completion fluids were developed. Results show that the fluid can reach the maximum density of 1.815 g/cm3 at room temperature, which makes a breakthrough on the density limit of normal potassium–based phosphate brine. The corrosion rate of N80 steel after the interaction with the target phosphate brine at a high temperature of 180°C is approximately 0.1853 mm/a, and the regained–permeability recovery of the treated sand core can reach up to 86.51%. Scanning–electron–microscope (SEM) pictures also support the corrosion–evaluation results. The phosphate brine shows favorable compatibility with the formation water. The biological toxicity–determination result reveals that it is only slightly toxic and is environmentally acceptable. In addition, phosphate brine is highly effective in inhibiting the performance of clay minerals. The cost of phosphate brine is approximately 44 to 66% less than that of conventional cesium formate, bromine brine, and zinc brine. This study suggests that the phosphate brine can serve as an alternative high–density solid–free well–completion fluid during well drilling and completion in HT/HP reservoirs.


1983 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 993-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence R. Holland ◽  
Ronald P. Harris ◽  
Robbie Smith

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