Pore Pressure Prediction in Practice

Martin Traugott

Duration: one day

AAPG shared course

The principal objective of the course is to teach participants how pressure data relate to the safe
and efficient exploration and exploitation of petroleum reservoirs. The course teaches
participants:

• Pore pressure prediction - methods and limitations
• Recognition of abnormal pressures and principal causes
• Influence of abnormal pressures on trap integrity, sealing efficiency, reservoir quality and maturation/migration efficiency in petroleum systems

The course is geared toward geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, engineers and drillers, as
based around the following topics:

• Definitions and units
• Sources of pressure data - direct and indirect
• Abnormal pressures - recognition and causes
• Pore pressure in well design
• Pressure prediction methods and limitations of each
• Deep water drilling - a special area in relation to pore pressures

The course is a mixture of short lectures, with ample exercises and "hands on" with pressure data and case studies. Material for the course will include many of the classic overpressure areas, such as Caspian Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, and basins of SE Asia.

Instructor Biography:
Martin Traugott