A New Petrophysically Constrained Predrill Pore Pressure Prediction Method for the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: A Real-Time Case Study

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 327-332

  Dutta, Nader ^a   Gelinsky, Stephan ^a,b   Reese, Mike ^c   Khan, Mashiur ^a,d  

^a Oslo Technology Center   (Norway)

^b Shell Intl Exploration Production   (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^d Shell Oil ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; OIL WELLS; POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEEPWATER DRILLING; PETROPHYSICS;

PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 1142278625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71347-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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