• Formation Pressure Prediction & Evaluation

Date	Duration	Location
03-Jun-13	5 days	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This course will provide a better understanding of pressure characteristics found in the subsurface. Delegates will be able to define the fundamentals of pore pressure, fracture pressure, and overburden pressure as well as earth stresses. This course will also cover the mechanism of how abnormal formation pressure is developed and its important relationship to the evaluation of hydrocarbon generation and migration. This course will focus on providing the methodologies and techniques available in evaluating formation pressure both qualitatively and quantitatively. Topics will include methods of pre-well prediction using seismic and basin modelling as well as evaluation using trend analysis techniques and pore pressure indicators. This will be supported with case studies and exercises throughout the sessions. Delegates will learn how to use an integrated approach to evaluation using subsurface data and drilling events to fully understand fomation pressures.

• Understand the different formation pressures - pore, fracture, and overburden pressure
• Relate the significance of earth stresses and relationship to formation pressure issues
• Calculate pressure gradients and apply to casing placements, formation pressure plotting, and equivalent mud weight plotting
• Determine how hydrocarbon generation and migration is influenced by formation pressure
• Master the evaluation and calculation of subsurface pressures through both quantitative and qualitative methods
• Learn how formation pressure are calculated using log and seismic data and industry standard algorithms
• Identify the critical data requirements for pore pressure prediction and evaluation
• Understand hazardous events of influxes and kicks during drilling operations
• Integrate subsurface data & driling events, control data quality, identify non-pore pressure related hole problems, and understand the behavior of data before making any prediction analysis

Specially Designed for :

The course is designed for those who want a firm grounding in practical formation pressure evaluation and its application to wellsite operations. Such as : Wellsite Geologists, Operations Geologists, Drilling Engineers, LWD Engineers, Mud Loggers, Well Planning Geologists