Baird-McClure Pore Pressure School
20 UNITS AVAILABLE

Course Outline: Pore Pressure & Frac Gradient Prediction

Presented by

Baird Petrophysical International, Inc.

The Baird-McClure Pore Pressure School is a combination of the McClure geological approach, the Pilkington petrophysical approach and Baird's refinement's from personal hands-on experience with over 2000 wells. There is no better source of knowledge for pore pressure prediction for well planning and for prospect (hydrocarbon) pressure seal integrity analysis.

·        Introduction to Key Terms, Overall Drilling Requirements, Seismic Terminology  & Geology

·        Origins (Causes) of Abnormal Pressure, Basic and Advanced Concepts, Basin Modeling, Sub-salt, Shallow Water Flow, Clastics Basins, Overthrusted Prospects

·        Drilling abnormal pressure - planning, pressure indicators while drilling

·        LWD and Wireline Logs Introduction

·        Pressure Trends from logs; what to look for 

·        Variable Overburden Gradient and Frac Gradient Calculations: hands-on "how to do it"

·        Seismic Introduction, 2-D and 3-D; what does the seismic tell us about pressure?

·        Site Surveys and Shallow Drilling Hazards, planning and how to handle

·        Seismic Processing and Seismic Velocity Analysis, what's important, and what's not.

·        Pressure Integrity Leak-off Test, PIT, LOT, procedures; how to read a leak off test

·        Equivalent Depth / Matrix Stress Technique, BPI's successful Equivalent Depth Curves™

·        Drilling Indicators of Pore Pressure Changes, ROP, D-Exponent

·        Pressure Indicators, Mud Logging, background gas, temperature

·        Casing Depths and Kick Tolerance, plan for safety

·        Why and where the Eaton Method doesn't work: examples

·        Offset Well Correlation, Cross-sections, Basin Modeling

·        Lost Circulation, Stuck Pipe, Depletion/depleted zones

·        Well Planning and Implementation, Importance of Communication

·        Deep Water Frac Gradients, Sub-Salt Field Examples 

·        Recap, Review, Classroom Problems, Final Exam, Certificates of Completion

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