Bibliography Pore Pressure

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WWW: http://www.petrospec-technologies.com Aadnoy, B. S., Rogland, U., Larsen, K., 1987

Method For Fracture Gradient Prediction For Vertical And Inclined Boreholes SPE 62nd Annual Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas SPE Paper # 16695

Addis, M.A., Last, N.C., Yassir, N.A., 1996

The Estimation Of Horizontal Stresses At Depth In Faulted Regions And Their Relationship To Pore Pressure Variation, In Rock Mechanics In Petroleum Engineering SPE Formation Evaluation, v. 11, no. 1, p. 11 –18

Accarain, Pascal, and Desbrandes, Robert, 1993

Neuro-Computing Helps Pore Pressure Determination Petroleum Engineer International, February 1993, p. 39 – 42

Aldred, Walter, Bergt, Dave, Rasmus, John, Voisin, Bernard, 1989

Real-Time Overpressure Detection Oilfield Review, v. 1, no. 3, p. 17 – 27

Alixant, J-L, Desbrandes, R., Delahaye, T., 1989

A New Approach To Real-Time Pore Pressure Evaluation SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Morgantown, WV, October 24-27, 1989 SPE paper # 19336, p. 281 – 290

Alixant, J.L., Desbrandes, R., 1989

Real-Time Pore Pressure Evaluation Options International well control symposium and workshop, Baton Rouge, LA, November 27-29, 1989, U.S. Minerals Management Service, paper # TS-3-3, 22 pp


Al-Shaieb, Z., Puckette, J.O., Abdalla, A.A., Ely, P.B., 1995 Megacompartment Complex In The Anadarko Basin – A Completely Sealed Overpressured Phenomenon in, Basin Compartments And Seals, Ortoleva, P.J., ed. AAPG Memoir 61, ch. 4, p. 55 – 68

Al-Shaieb, Z., Puckette, J.O., Abdalla, A.A., Ely, P.B., 1995

Three-Levels Of Compartmentation Within The Overpressured Interval Of The Anadarko Basin in, Basin Compartments And Seals, Ortoleva, P.J., ed. AAPG Memoir 61, ch. 5, p. 55 – 68

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1974

Abnormal Formation Pressures American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Reprint Series no. 11, 205 p. (14 papers reprinted from the AAPG Bulletin)

Anderson, R. A., Ingram, D. S., and Zanier, A. M., 1972

Fracture Pressure Gradient Determination From Well Logs SPE 47th Annual Fall Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 8-11, 1972 SPE paper # 4135, 15 pp

Athy, L. F., 1930

Density, Porosity, And Compaction Of Sedimentary Rocks AAPG Bulletin, v. 14, p. 1 23

Aud, B. W., Fertl, Walter H., 1976

Evaluating Overpressure In The Twilight Zone Petroleum Engineer, May, 1976, p. 122 – 130

van Baaren, C., 1974

Prediction Of Overpressures In The North Sea SPE European Spring Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 29-30, 1974 SPE paper # 4841 (preprint)

Barron, J. G., Weakley, R. R., Haas, M. A., 1990

Pore Pressure Analysis Indicates Abnormal Pressure As Reason For Shale Instability In Offshore California Field IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Houston, TX, February 27-March 2, 1990 IADC/SPE paper # 19993

Basu, Saibal, 1990

Clay Mineralogy And Pressure Analysis From Seismic Information In Krishna-Godavari Basin, India Geophysics, v. 55, no. 11 (November, 1990) p. 1447 – 1454

Basu, D. Ghosh, D.K., Paul, A., 1994

Determination Of Dynamic Elastic Properties Of Rocks And Fracture Pressure Gradient From Sonic Waveforms Indian Journal of Geology, v. 66, no. 1, p. 31-38

Beato, Chris, 1991

New Rig Approach Corrects D-Exponent Values Petroleum Engineer International, March, 1991, p. 26 – 31

Bellotti, Pietro, and Gerard, R. E., 1976

Instantaneous Log Indicates Porosity And Pore Pressure World Oil, October, 1976, p. 90 – 94.


Bellotti, P., Gaicca, D., 1978 Pressure Evaluation Improves Drilling Programs Oil and Gas Journal, September 11, 1978, p. 76 – 85

Berumen, S., and Tiab, D., 1996

Effect Of Pore Pressure On Conductivity And Permeability Of Fractured Rocks SPE 66th Western Region Meeting Proceedings, 1996 SPE-35694, p. 445 – 460

Best, M.E., and Katsube, T.J., 1993

Possible Effect Of Overpressure On Shale Permeabilities SEG 63rd Annual Meeting And International Exhibition Technical Program Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 1237 – 1240

Bigelow, E.L., 1994

Global Occurrences Of Abnormal Pressures in Studies in abnormal pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 1, p. 1-17

Bigelow, E.L., 1994

Well Logging Methods To Detect Abnormal Pressure in Studies in abnormal pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 7, p. 187-240

Bilgeri, D., Ademeno, E. B., 1982

Predicting Abnormally Pressured Sedimentary Rocks Geophysical Prospecting, v. 30, p. 608 – 621

Biswas, A.K., 1992

Abnormal High Pressure In Adamtila-F, Cachar Area Bulletin of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India, v. 29, no. 1, p. 32-38

Boatman, W. A., Jr., 1967

Measuring And Using Shale Density To Aid In Drilling Wells In High-Pressure Areas Journal of Petroleum Technology, November, 1967, p. 1423 – 1429

Bois, M., Grosjean, Y., and de Pazzis, L., 1994

Shale Compaction And Abnormal Pressure Evaluation - Application To The Offshore Mahakam IPA 23rd Annual Convention Proceedings, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1994 Indonesian Petroleum Association, IPA paper IPA94-1.1-187, v. 1, p. 245-259

Breckels, I. M., van Eekelen, H. A. M., 1982

Relationship Between Horizontal Stress And Depth In Sedimentary Basins Journal of Petroleum Technology, September, 1982, p. 219 – 2199

Brennan, R. M., and Annis, M. R., 1984

A New Fracture Gradient Prediction Technique That Shows Good Results In Gulf Of Mexico Abnormal Pressure SPE 59th Annual Technical Conference, Houston, TX, September 16-19, 1984 SPE paper # 13210, 6 pp

Boitnott, G.N., 1997

Use Of Complex Pore Pressure Transients To Measure Permeability Of Rocks SPE 72nd Annual Technical Conference, Houston’, TX, 1997


SPE paper # 38717, p. 37 – 45 Bour, O., Lerche, I., 1994

Numerical Modelling Of Abnormal Fluid Pressures In The Navarin Basin, Bering Sea Marine And Petroleum Geology, v. 11, no. 4, p. 491-500

Bourgoyne, A.T., Jr., Millheim, K.K., Chenevert, M.E., Young, F.S., Jr., 1991

Formation Pore Pressure And Fracture Resistance in Applied Drilling Engineering, revised 2nd printing, ch. 6, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Textbook Series, v. 2, p. 246-299

Bowers, G. L., 1994

Pore Pressure Estimation From Velocity Data: Accounting For Overpressure Mechanisms Besides Undercompaction IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, TX, February 15-18, 1994 IADC/SPE paper # 27488, p. 515 – 530

Bredehoeft, J.D., Wesley, J.B., and Fouch, T.D., 1994

Simulations Of The Origin Of Fluid Pressure, Fracture Generation, And The Movement Of Fluids In The Uinta Basin, Utah AAPG Bulletin, v. 78, no. 11, p. 1729-1747

Brown, K.M., 1995

The Variation Of The Hydraulic Conductivity Structure Of An Overpressured Thrust Zone With Effective Stress in Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Carson, B., Westbrook, G.K., Musgrave, R.J., and Suess, E., eds., ch. 17, v. 146, part 1 Cascadia Margin Ocean Drilling Program Texas A&M University, College Station, p. 281 – 289

Buhrig, C., 1989

Geopressured Jurassic Reservoirs In The Viking Graben; Modelling And Geological Significance Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 6, no. 1, February, p. 31 – 48

Buryakovsky, L.A., Djevanshir, R.D., and Chilingar, G.V., 1995

Abnormally-High Formation Pressures In Azerbaijan And The South Caspian Basin Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 13, 203-218

Caillet, G., Judge, N.C., Bramwell, N.P., Meciani, L., Green, M., and Adam, P., 1997

Overpressure And Hydrocarbon Trapping In The Chalk Of The Norwegian Central Graben Petroleum Geoscience, v. 3, no. 1, p. 33-42.

Campbell, R., 1974

Abnormal Pressure Detection Using Log Data SPWLA 3rd European Formation Evaluation Symposium Transactions Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, London Chapter , paper T, 16 pp

de Caritat, P., Baker, J.C., 1992

Overpressure Release, Cross-Formational Porewater Flow And Diagenesis, In Kharaka, Y.K., and Maest, A.S., eds., Water-rock interaction, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam (publisher), v. 2, p. 1161 – 1164

Carstens, H., and Dypvik, H., 1981

Abnormal Formation Pressure And Shale Porosity AAPG Bulletin, v. 65, no. 2, p. 344-350


Chapman, R.E., 1994 The Geology Of Abnormal Pore Pressures In Studies In Abnormal Pressure, In Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., And Holz, R.F., Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments In Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 2, p. 19-49

Chapman, R.E., 1994

Abnormal Pore Pressures--Essential Theory, Possible Causes, And Sliding in Studies in abnormal pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 3, p. 51-91

Cheli, E., and Brancato, C., 1995

Woodie – A Tool To Support Overpressure Detection IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 1995 IADC/SPE paper # 29346, p. 135 – 142

Chilingarian, G.V., and Gurevich, A.E., 1996

A Review Of Russian-Language Books On Abnormal And Subnormal Formation Pressures Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 14, p. 251-256

Chilingarian, G.V., Rieke, H.H., and Kazi, A., 1994

Chemistry Of Pore Water in Studies in abnormal pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 5, p. 107 – 153

Christman, Stan A., 1972

Offshore Fracture Gradients And Casing Setting Depths SPE 47th Annual Fall Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 8-11, 1972 SPE paper # 4133, 8 pp

Christman, Stan A., 1973

Offshore Fracture Gradients Journal of Petroleum Technology, August, 1973, pp. 910 – 914

Combs, George D., 1968

Prediction Of Pore Pressure From Penetration Rate SPE 43rd Annual Fall Meeting, Houston, TX, September 29 – October 2, 1968 SPE paper # 2162, 17 pp

Constant, W. D., and Bourgoyne, A. T. Jr., 1986a

Method Predicts Frac Gradient For Abnormally Pressured Formations Petroleum Engineer International, January, 1986, p. 38 – 46

Constant, W. D., and Bourgoyne, A. T. Jr., 1986b

Fracture Gradient Prediction For Offshore Wells SPE 56th California Regional Meeting, Oakland, CA, April 2-4, 1986 SPE paper # 15105, p. 125-128 (reprinted, SPE Drilling Engineering, June, 1988, p. 136 – 140)

Dainelli, J., and Vignolo, A. 1993

Regional Assessment Of Sealing Faults Through Pore-Pressure Analysis In The Northern Adriatic First Break, v. 11, no. 7, p. 287 – 294

Daines, Stephen R., 1982


Prediction Of Fracture Pressures For Wildcat Wells, Journal of Petroleum Technology, April, 1982, p. 863 – 872

Davis, Buzz, Jones, Todd, 1994

Pore Pressure Prediction Cuts Exploratory Drilling Risk World Oil, September, 1994, p. 63 – 66

Davis, E.E., Horel, G.C., MacDonald, R.D., Villinger, H., Bennett, R.H., Li., H. 1991

Pore Pressures And Permeabilities Measured In Marine Sediments With A Tethered Probe Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, no. B4, April 10, p. 5975 – 5984

Desbrandes, R, 1991

Understanding The Effect Of Pore Pressure On Acoustic Velocity Measurements Gas Research Institute Report no. GRI-92/0046, 207 pp

Desbrandes, R., Clayton, R., 1994

Measurement While Drilling in Studies In Abnormal Pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 9, p. 251 – 279

Despande, S.V., Rama Krishna, M.J., 1995

Analysis Of Abnormal Geopressures To Evaluate Equilibrium Compaction Depth In Parts Of Assam-Arakan Fold Belt in Petrotech ‘95 - 1st India international petroleum conference, proceedings, v. 2 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India, p. 417 – 422

Dickenson, G., 1951

Geological Aspects Of Abnormal Formation Reservoirs In The Gulf Coast Region Of Louisiana, USA Third World Petroleum Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1951

Djevanshir, R.D., 1987

Relationships Between Clay Minerals, Low Temperatures, High Pore Pressures, And Oil And Gas Reservoirs At Great Depths In The Baku Archipelago, U.S.S.R. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 1, no. 2, December, pp 155 – 162

Doveton, John H., 1986

Log Analysis And Subsurface Geology John Wiley & Sons, New York, 273 pp

Dunlap, H.F., and Dorfman, M.H., 1990

Well Logging Research For The Department Of Energy Geopressured-Geothermal Project Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 14, part 1, p. 527-530

Dutta, Nader C., 1986

Shale compaction, burial diagenesis, and geopressures; a dynamic model, solution and some results 1st IPF Exploration Research Conference Proceedings, Thermal Modeling In Sedimentary Basins, Carcans, France, June 3-7, 1985, J. Burrus, ed.,

Dutta, Nader C., 1987

Geopressure Society of Petroleum Engineers, Geophysical Reprint Series #7, edited by Nader C. Dutta

Dutta, N.C., and Ray, A., 1997

Image Of Geopressured Rocks Using Velocity And Acoustic Impedance Inversion Of Seismic Data


SEG 1997 Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, v. 2 Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, p. 1929 – 1930

Eaton, Ben A., 1969

Fracture Gradient Prediction And Its Application In Oilfield Operations Journal of Petroleum Technology, October, 1969, pp. 1353-1360

Eaton, B.A., 1972

The Effect Of Overburden Stress On Geopressure Prediction From Well Logs SPE 3rd Symposium On Abnormal Pore Pressure, 1972 SPE paper # 3719

Eaton, Ben A., 1975

The Equation For Geopressure Prediction From Well Logs SPE 50th Annual Fall Meeting, Dallas, TX, September 28 – October 1, 1975 SPE paper # 5544, 11 pp

Eaton, Ben A., 1976

Graphical Method Predicts Geopressures Worldwide World Oil, July, 1976, pp. 100-104

Eaton, Ben A., 1995a

How To Use Drilling Petrophysical Data In Prospect Evaluation, Part 1 World Oil, September, 1995, p. 69-74

Eaton, Ben A., 1995b

How To Use Drilling Petrophysical Data In Prospect Evaluation, Part 2 World Oil, September, 1995, p. 69-74

Eaton, B.A., and Eaton, T.L., 1997

Fracture Gradient Prediction For The New Generation World Oil, v. 218, no. 10, p. 93-94, 96-100

Eberhart-Phillips, D; Han, D-H; and Zoback, M. D., 1989

Empirical Relationships Among Seismic Velocity, Effective Pressure, Porosity, And Clay Content In Sandstone Geophysics, v. 54, no. 1, February, 1989, p. 82 – 89

Editor, PEI, 1992

10 Ways To Reduce Drilling Costs Petroleum Engineer International, September, 1992, p. – 27

Editor, PEI, 1994

Project Takes A Look Ahead Of The Bit World Oil, October, 1994, p. 9

Elphick, Robert Y., 1991

Determining Geopressures From Resistivity Logs Geobyte (published by AAPG), April, 1991, p. 48 – 58

Endres, A.L., and Knight, R.J., 1997

Incorporating Pore Geometry And Fluid Pressure Communication Into Modeling The Elastic Behavior Of Porous Rocks Geophysics, v. 62, no. 1, p. 106 – 117


Etris, E.L., 1991 Investigation Into The Control Of Pore/Throat Structure On Capillary Pressure Imbibition, And Its Relevance To Resistivity Index And Relative Permeability In Reservoir Rocks University of South Carolina, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 350 pp

Evers, J.F., and Ezeanyim, R., 1983

Prediction Of Abnormal Pressures In Wyoming Sedimentary Basins Using Well Logs SPE Rocky Mountain regional meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 1983 SPE paper #, p. 363-374

Exlog, 1985

Theory And Evaluation Of Formation Pressures Edited by Alan Wittaker, IHRDC publishers, Boston, 231 pp

Fang, W.W., Langseth, M.G., and Schultheiss, P.J., 1993

Analysis And Application Of In Situ Pore Pressure Measurements In Marine Sediments Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, no. B5, May 10, p. 7921-7938.

Fertl, W.H., 1976

Geophysical Well-Logging Techniques Detect And Evaluate Abnormal Formation Pressures in Abnormal Formation Pressures, ch. 5, p. 177-274 Elsevier, New York

Fertl, W.H., 1987

Pulsed Neutron Capture Logs Evaluate Geopressure Environments Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1987 OTC paper # 5572, p. 175 – 187

Fertl, Walter H., Chilingarian, George V., 1987

Abnormal Formation Pressures And Their Detection By Pulsed Neutron Capture Logs Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 1., pp. 23 – 38

Fertl, W.H., and Leach, W.G., 1988

Economics Of Hydrocarbon Reserves In Overpressured Reservoirs Below 18,000 Ft In South Louisiana SPE 63rd Annual Technical Conference, Houston, TX, October 2-5, 1988 SPE paper # 18146, p. 397 – 412

Fertl, W.H., and Chilingarian, G.V., 1981

Drilling Through Overpressured Formations in Drilling and Drilling Fluid, Chilingarian, G.V., and Vorabuth, P., eds. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science, no. 11, p. 581 – 620

Fertl, W.H., Chilingarian, G. V., 1988

Detection And Evaluation Of Geopressured Subsurface Formations Based On Dielectric (Electromagnetic Wave Propagation) Measurements Energy Sources, v. 10, no. 3, p. 195 – 200

Fertl, W.H., Chilingarian, G. V., 1989

Prediction Of Tectonically-Caused Overpressures By Using Resistivity And Density Measurements Of Associated Shales Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 3, no. 3, p. 203-208

Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., Holz, R.F., eds., 1994

Studies In Abnormal Pressure Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38


Fertl, W. H., Pilkington, P.. E., 1975

Evaluating Overpressured Formations In The South China Sea Petroleum Engineer, April, 1975, p. 40 – 47

Finch, W.C., 1968

Abnormal Pressure In The Anteleope Field, North Dakota SPE 43rd Annual Fall Meeting, Houston, TX, September 29 – October 2, 1968 SPE paper # 2227

Forbes, P. I., Ungerer, P., Mudford, B. S., 1992

A Two-Dimensional Model Of Overpressure Development And Gas Accumulation In Venture Field, Eastern Canada AAPG Bulletin, v. 76, no. 3, March, 1992, p. 318 – 338

Foster, J. B, Whalen, H. E., 1966

Estimation Of Formation Pressures From Electrical Surveys – Offshore Louisiana Journal of Petroleum Technology, February, 1966, pp. 165-171

Foster, Joe, Jr., 1990

Pore-Pressure Plot Accuracy Increased By Multiple Trend Lines Oil and Gas Journal, May, 1990, p. 100 – 108

Funing, L., 1993

Identifying Potential Gas Accumulation Sites From Oligocene Overpressure Data In The Qiongdongnan Basin, Offshore South China AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, no. 5, p. 888-895

Gill, James A., and Gregg, Donald N., 1975a

Interpreting Pressure Profiles – 1: Shale Data Key To Drilling Problems Oil and Gas Journal, November 17, 1975, p. 64 – 72

Gill, James A., and Gregg, Donald N., 1975b

Interpreting Pressure Profiles – 2: Complex Sediments Hard To Interpret Oil and Gas Journal, November 24, 1975, p. 64 – 66

Gill, J. A., 1980

Multiparameter Log Tracks Pore Pressure Shifts Oil and Gas Journal, v. 79, November 3, 1980

Gill, J. A., 1983

Hard Rock Drilling Problems Explained By Hard Rock Pressure Plots IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 20-23, 1983 IADC/SPE paper # 11377, p. 171 – 179

Gill, J. A., 1987

Well Logs Reveal True Pressures Where Drilling Responses Fail Oil and Gas Journal, March 16, 1987, p. 41 – 45

Grauls, D., and Cassignol, C., 1993

Identification Of A Zone Of Fluid Pressure-Induced Fractures From Log And Seismic Data – A Case History First Break, v. 11, no. 2, p. 59-68.

Grauls, D.J., and Baleix, J.M., 1994

Role Of Overpressures And In Situ Stresses In Fault-Controlled Hydrocarbon Migration – A Case Study


Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 11, no. 6, p. 734-741. Grauls, D., Dunard, J.P., and Beaufort, D., 1995

Predicting Abnormal Pressure From 2-D Seismic Velocity Modeling Offshore Technology Conference, Houston TX, 1995 OTC paper # 7692, p. 525-534

Greenberg, M.L., He, Z., Kan, T.K., Kuo, L.Y., and Mitch, G.J., 1993

Abrupt Onset Of Geopressure--An Artifact Of Sampling In Multiwell Composites Of Pore Pressure Versus Depth Data SEG 63rd Annual Meeting And International Exhibition Technical Program Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Greene, Ken, 1978

Normalizing Technique Helps Plot Pressures From Logs Oil & Gas Journal, October 23, 1978, p. 147-156

Gregory, A.R., and Backus, M.M., 1980

Geopressured Formation Parameters, Geothermal Well, Brazoria County, Texas 4th U.S. Gulf Coast Geopressured-Geothermal Energy Conference, proceedings, M.H. Dorfman and W.L. Fisher, eds., v. 1, p. 235-311 Center for Energy Studies, University of Texas, Austin

Griffin, David G., 1968

A Comparison Of Methods For Calculation Pore Pressures And Fracture Gradients From Shale Density Measurements Using A Computer SPE 43rd Annual Fall Meeting, Houston, TX, September 29 – October 2, 1968 SPE paper # 2166, 12 pp

Gurevich, A.E., and Chilingar, G.V., 1995

Abnormal Pressures In Azerbaijan--A Brief Critical Review And Recommendations Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 13, p. 125-135

Haas, Michael A., 1990

North Sea Application Of Seismic Correlative And Seismic Velocity (ITT) Techniques To Predict Pore Pressure CIM/SPE International Technical Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, June 10-13, 1990 CIM/SPE paper # 90 – 10, 19 pp

Hamm, H. H., 1965

New Charts Help Estimate Formation Pressures Oil and Gas Journal, December 19, 1966, p. 58ff

Hamouz, M.A., and Mueller, S.L., 1984

Some New Ideas For Well Log Pore-Pressure Prediction SPE 59th Annual Technical Conference, Houston, TX, September 16-19, 1984 SPE paper # 13204

Hanson, J.M., and Tibbitts, G.A., 1991

Pore Pressure Ahead Of The Bit, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 1991 IADC/SPE paper # 21916, p. 179 – 188

Har, B.S., Flemings, P.B., and Deshpande, A., 1995

Porosity And Pressure--Role Of Compaction Disequilibrium In The Development Of Overpressures In A Gulf Coast Pleistocene Basin


Geology, v. 23, no. 1, p. 45-48 Hardage, B.A., 1994

Seismic Prediction Of Overpressure Conditions Ahead Of The Bit In Real Drill-Time in Studies In Abnormal Pressure, in Fertl, W.H., Chapman, R.E., and Holz, R.F., eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Developments in Petroleum Science no. 38, ch. 8, p. 241-250

Hart, B.S., Flemings, P.B., and Deshpande, A., 1995

Porosity And Pressure--Role Of Compaction Disequilibrium In The Development Of Geopressures In A Gulf Coast Pleistocene Basin Geology, v. 23, no. 1, p. 45-48

Hedberg, H. D., 1936

Gravitational Compaction Of Clays And Shales American Journal of Science, v. 3, no. 184, p. 241- 287

Herkommer, Mark A., 1993

How Gas Buoyancy Creates Shallow-Zone Geopressures World Oil, October, 1993, p. 63 – 66

Herkommer, Mark A., 1992

Pressure Estimation Results In Better Well Control American Oil and Gas Reporter, April, 1992, p. 36 – 40

Herring, E.A., 1973

Estimating Abnormal Pressures From Data In The North Sea SPE 2nd Annual European Meeting, London, April 2-3, 1973 SPE paper # 4301 (preprint), 8 pp

Herring, Edward, 1973

North Sea Abnormal Pressures Determined From Logs Petroleum Engineer, November, 1973, p. 72 – 84

Holbrook, Phil, 1987

Petrophysical-Mechanical Math Model For Real-Time Wellsite Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient Prediction SPE 62nd Annual Technical Conference, Dallas, TX, September 27-30, 1987 SPE paper # 16666


A New Method For Predicting Fracture Propagation Pressure From MWD Or Wireline Log Data SPE 64th Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 8-11, 1989 SPE paper # 19566


An Accurate Rock Mechanics Approach To Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient Prediction Measurement While Drilling Symposium Proceedings, Louisiana State University, February, 26-27, 1990, Paper # 90-02, p. 181 – 195, 15 pp


Real-Time Pore Pressure And Fracture Gradient Evaluation In All Sedimentary Lithologies SPE Offshore European Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, September 7-10, 1993 SPE paper # 26791, 13 pp


Hom, G.M., 1996 The Central Graben--A Dynamic Overpressure System in NW Europe's Hydrocarbon Industry, Glennie, K., and Hurst, A., eds., Geological Society of London, p. 177-184

Hottmann, C. E., Johnson, R. K., 1965

Estimation Of Formation Pressures For Log-Derived Shale Properties Journal of Petroleum Technology, June, 1965, pp. 717 – 722

Hottmann, C.E., Smith, J.H., Purcell, W.R., 1978

Relationship Among Earth Stresses, Pore Pressure, And Drilling Problems Offshore Gulf Of Alaska SPE 53rd Annual Fall Meeting, Houston, TX, 1978 SPE paper # 7501, 14 pp

Hsu, K., Minerbo, G., Bean, C., Plumb, R., 1997

Interpretation And Analysis Of Sonic While Drilling Data In Overpressured Formations SPWLA 38th Annual Logging Symposium Transactions Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, 14 p.

Hubbert, M. King, and Rubey, W. W., 1959

Role Of Fluid Pressure In Mechanics Of Overthrust Faulting, Part 1 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin, February, 1959, p 70ff

Huber, Peter J., 1981

Robust Statistics John Wiley, New York, 308 pp.

Hunt, J.M., 1990

Generation And Migration Of Petroleum From Abnormally Pressured Fluid Compartments AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, no. 1, p. 1-12.

Hunt, J.M., Whelan, J.K., Eglinton, L.B., and Cathles III, L.M., 1994

Gas Generation – A Major Cause Of Deep Gulf Coast Overpressures Oil and Gas Journal, v. 92, no. 29, July 18, p. 59-63

Japsen, P., 1994

Retarded Compaction Due To Overpressure Deduced From A Seismic Velocity/Depth Conversion Study In The Danish Central Trough, North Sea Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 11, no. 6, p. 715-733

Jeans, C.V., 1994

Clay Diagenesis, Overpressure And Reservoir Quality--An Introduction Clay Minerals Journal, v. 29, p. 415-424

Jiao, Z.S., 1992

Thermal Maturation/Diagenetic Aspects Of The Abnormal Pressure In Cretaceous Shales And Sandstones, Power River Basin, Wyoming University of Wyoming, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, 241 p

Jones, P.H., 1968

Hydrodynamics Of Geopressure In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico Basin SPE 43rd Annual Fall Meeting, Houston, TX, September 29 – October 2, 1968 SPE paper # 2207 (preprint)

Jorden, J. R., 1966


Application Of Drilling Performance Data To Overpressure Detection Journal of Petroleum Technology, November, 1966, p. 1387 – 1394

Kader, M.S., and Pelandang, W., 1994

Overpressure In The Malay-Penyu Basin And Its Effect On Drilling Programmes 10th Offshore South East Asia Conference And Exhibition Proceedings American Association of Petroleum Geologists OSEA paper # 94186 (preprints), p. 783-791

Kadri, I.B., 1991

Abnormal Formation Pressures In Post-Eocene Formation, Potwar Basin, Pakistan IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 1991 IADC/SPE paper # 21920, p. 213 – 220

Kaiser, W.R., 1993

Abnormal Pressure In Coal Basins Of The Western United States 1993 International Coalbed Methane Symposium Proceedings, v. 1, paper 9333, p. 173-186 University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development

Kan, T.K., and Sicking, C., 1993

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