Pre-drill Pore Pressure Prediction
Innovative technologies combined with operator-proven best practices
Casing and fluid system designs are key steps in every well planning process. They become even more critical when subsurface uncertainty prevents the design team from
accurately forecasting wellbore feasibility and cost.
Our Pre-drill Pore Pressure Prediction Services provide an innovative approach for pore pressure/fracture gradient planning to help you understand the subsurface environment, reduce uncertainty and optimize your wellbore design for ensured safety, success and efficiency.
Knowledge Systems' proven methodologies, expert analysts and innovative technologies produce the industry's most dependable prediction of pore and fracture pressures.
A Powerful Process
The Knowledge Systems approach to basin modeling integrates geology, petrophysics, geophysics and engineering for an inclusive analysis that considers all available information.
We develop a 3D geologic model of pore, fracture and overburden pressure using all the available petrophysical, geophysical and geological information. The model is refined by a multidisciplinary team of highly-experienced pore pressure analysts and geoscientists to ensure the results are exceptional, even when time is short and data is limited.
The value of this approach, born out of three joint industry projects and hundreds of consulting projects, is well documented.
A recent joint industry project (DEA 119 P2) found the technique to be an improvement over well log and seismic-based techniques. The JIP determined that the basin model produced a pore prediction within 1 ppg of the actual encountered pressures over the entire wellbore interval.
A subsequent study (SPE 96464) established that with real-time updating, the basin model could forecast pressures with 0.5 ppg up to 1,000 feet ahead of the bit.
One Well or an Entire Campaign
For one important well or an entire campaign of wells, our solutions will help you avoid trouble and stay on bottom longer by optimizing fluid and casing design.
Whether you need start-to-finish expert analysis in a remote location or an additional member on your asset development team, we integrate efficiently with drillers, engineers, geologists, geophysicists and petrophysicists to enhance the well planning process, project safety and drilling efficiency.
Planning for Success
The integrated approach we take for pre-drill pore pressure and wellbore stability analysis forms the basis for Knowledge Systems' real-time surveillance services.
Our pore pressure and wellbore stability models run in real time at the wellsite and remotely. Our surveillance services reduce uncertainty in the pre-drill models using LWD and surface logging data acquired via WITS or WITSML™ transmission protocol. The unique technology not only computes pressure at the LWD sensor, but updates seismic and the basin model for prediction ahead of the bit.
Geopressure and Geomechanical Expertise
We've been the leading provider of advanced geopressure and geomechanical solutions in the industry for almost 20 years. By focusing exclusively on these services, we provide a uniquely independent source for understanding the wellbore environment.
Pre-drill Pore Pressure Prediction