Petroleum Geomechanics and Pore Pressure Prediction
Room 4
Organizer: R. E. Swarbrick
Chair: R. Hillis
8:15 -- Introductory Remarks
8:20 -- H. Goodman: Well Engineers Deserve a Seat at the Exploration Table: The Role of Mechanical Earth Modeling in the Early Exploration Process
8:40 -- D. Castillo, J. Rowse, G. Douglas, K. Burgdorff, J. Streit, D. Kendrick, N. Wilson: Modeling Detailed Wellbore Breakout Rotations in a Single Borehole in the Papua New Guinea Area to Constrain Active Fault Geometry Away from the Borehole
9:00 -- N. R. Goulty: Mechanics of Polygonal Fault Systems
9:20 -- R. R. Hillis: Are Present-Day Stresses Inferred from Petroleum Exploration Data Consistent with Neotectonic Structures in Australia?
9:40 -- A. E. Lothe, A. Tømmerås: Stochastic Monte-Carlo Simulations of Overpressure Probability Distribution in the Halten Terrace Area, Offshore Norway
10:00 -- Break
10:30 -- T. G. Fitts, R. J. Fink, J. Welton, R. H. Paez: Pressure and Physical Property Responses in a Toe Thrust Environment
10:50 -- R. Swarbrick, R. Lahann: Seal Capacity and Trap Risking: A North Sea Case Study
11:10 -- A. Khaksar: Pore Pressure Prediction in Highly Compressional Stress Regimes: Examples from Australia and Papua New Guinea