Topics

The topics for the Third EAGE Workshop on Pore Pressure Prediction are listed below. 

1. Pore Pressure and Stress Analysis for Hydrocarbon Exploration and CO₂ Storage

What is the interplay between pore pressure, stress and the interpretation and assessment of the geological configuration of traps?


What methods are used to assess caprock integrity and sealing capacity (basin modelling, seismic attribute analysis, other)? 

How do we perform such evaluation in complex fold and thrust, salt tectonic or other environments?


Does our estimation of effective stress history affect reservoir quality assessment?

Case studies incorporating pore pressure and stress analyses

2. Advances in Rock Property Modeling for Pore Pressure and Stress Prediction

• Integration of geomechanical and petrophysical shale properties for prediction of pressure and stress in overpressured environments. 
• How do practitioners incorporate processes such as smectite to illite transformation, creep compaction, different mineralogy and clay fractions in their estimation of pore pressure and stress?
• How are mechanical and petrophysical properties of other rock types (not shale) incorporated into the analysis and prediction of pore pressure and stress?
• How do local stress variations and uncertainties regarding the stress regime impact pore pressure analysis and prediction?
• Case studies

3. Pore Pressure Detection and Prediction During Drilling Operations  

Are LWD tools that can look ahead of the bit being used in operations?
Are VSP lookaheads being used with any success?
How are the pre-drill models updated with the acquired data and observations while drilling?
Case studies of challenging pore pressure while drilling examples 

4. 3D Pore Pressure Models, are they a game changer or a pitfall?

What techniques are used to build 3D pore pressure and geomechanical models? How are they being used?
Do we have examples of integration with reservoir modeling during development, production and abandonment?

5. New Technology / Approaches

• Are Artificial Intelligence / Machine learning techniques being applied to pore pressure prediction and detection?
  
• Are any developments from the carbon capture and storage and geothermal energy areas impacting conventional pore pressure and fracture gradient prediction?
• Some examples of faster basin modeling techniques have been proposed in recent years, are these in active use?
• Are models benefiting from techniques such as automatic seismic and log interpretation?