282
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Overpressure transmission through igneous intrusions: An unrecognized drilling hazard in volcanic affected basins?

, &

References

  • Board, M., 2012, Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety. National Academies Press.
  • Cartwright, J. and Møller Hansen, D., 2006. Magma transport through the crust via interconnected sill complexes. Geology, 34(11), pp.929-932.
  • Cartwright, J., Huuse, M. and Aplin, A., 2007. Seal bypass systems. AAPG bulletin, 91(8), pp.1141-1166.
  • Constable, M. V., Antonsen, F., Stalheim, S. O., Olsen, P. A., Fjell, O. Z., Dray, N. Tan, S. (2016, October 1). Looking Ahead of the Bit While Drilling: From Vision to Reality. Society of Petrophysicists and Well-Log Analysts.
  • Edwards, A., O’Connor, S., Swarbrick, R., Alderson, A. and Diaz, M. 2012. Overpressure mapping in the West of Shetlands Basin. Abstract, PETEX, London.
  • Fan, C., Wang, Z., Wang, A., Fu, S., Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Kong, H. and Zhang, X., 2016. Identification and calculation of transfer overpressure in the northern Qaidam Basin, northwest China. AAPG Bulletin, 100(1), pp.23-39.
  • Hoskins, E., O’Connor, S., Robertson, S., Streit, J., Ward, C., Lee, J. and Flett, D. Influence of faulting on reservoir overpressure distribution in the Northern Carnarvon Basin. APPEA Journal, 1-13.
  • Illife, J.E., Robertson, A.G., Ward, G.H.F., Wynn, C., Pead, S.D.M., and Cameron, N. 1999. The importance of fluid pressures and migration to the hydrocarbon propectivity of the Fareo-Shetland White Xone, in Fleet, A.J. and Boldy, S.A.R. eds., Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 5th Conference, London, The geological Society, London, 601-611.
  • Luo, X. and Vasseur, G. 2016. Overpressure dissipation mechanisms in sedimentary sections consisting of alternating mud-sand layers. Marine and Petroleum Geoscience, 78 883-894. Mann, D.M. and Mackenzie, A.S., 1990. Prediction of pore fluid pressures in sedimentary basins. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 7(1), pp.55-65.
  • Mark, NJ., Schofield, N., Pugliese, S., Watson, D., Holford, S., Muirhead, D., Brown, R. and Healy, D. (2017) 'Igneous intrusions in the Faroe Shetland basin and their implications for hydrocarbon exploration: new insights from well and seismic data'. Marine and Petroleum Geology. DOI: 10.1016/J.MARPETGEO.2017.12.005
  • Osborne, M.J. and Swarbrick, R.E., 1997. Mechanisms for generating overpressure in sedimentary basins: A reevaluation. AAPG bulletin, 81(6), pp.1023-1041.
  • Schofield, N.J., Brown, D.J., Magee, C. and Stevenson, C.T., 2012. Sill morphology and comparison of brittle and non-brittle emplacement mechanisms. Journal of the Geological Society, 169(2), pp.127-141.
  • Schofield, N., Holford, S., Millet, J., Brown, D., Jolley, D., Passey, S.R., Muirhead, D., Grove, C., Magee, C., Murray, J., Hole, M., Jackson, C.A.-L., Stevenson, C., 2015. Regional magma plumbing and emplacement mechanisms of the Faroe-Shetland Sill Complex: implications for magma transport and petroleum systems within sedimentary basins. Basin Res. 19. http://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12164.
  • Swarbrick, R.E., Osborne, M.J. and Yardley, G.S., 2001, AAPG Memoir 76, Chapter 1: Comparision of Overpressure Magnitude Resulting from the Main Generating Mechanisms.
  • Tassone, D.R., Holford, S.P., Stoker, M.S., Greem P., Johnson, H., Underhill, J.R. and Hillis, R.R. 2014. Constraining Cenozoic exhumation in the Faroe-Shetland region using sonic transit time data. Basin Research, 26, 38-72.
  • Tingate, P.R., Khaksar, A., van Ruth, P., Dewhurst, D.N., Raven, M.D., Young, H., Hillis, R. R., and Dodds, K. 2001. Geological controls on overpressure in the Northern Carnarvon Basin. APPEA Journal 573-593.
  • Tingay, M.R., Hillis, R.R., Swarbrick, R.E., Morley, C.K. and Damit, A.R., 2007, ‘Vertically transferred’overpressures in Brunei: Evidence for a new mechanism for the formation of high-magnitude overpressure. Geology, 35(11), pp.1023-1026
  • Tingay, 2015, Initial pore pressures under the Lusi mud volcano, Indonesia. Interpretation, 3, 33-49.
  • Traugott, Martin O., and Phillip D. Heppard. "Prediction of pore pressure before and after drilling—Taking the risk out of drilling overpressured prospects." AAPG Hedberg Research Conference. Vol. 70. 1994.
  • Van Ruth, P.J., Hillis, R.R., Swarbrick, R. and Tingate, P. 2000. Mud weights, transient pressure tests and the distribution of overpressue in the North West Shelf, Australia, Petroleum Exploration Society Australia Journal 28, 59-66.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.