Studies in abnormal pressures /

When Fertl's first book, Abnormal Formation Pressures, was published by Elsevier in 1976, the topic was relatively new in book form. In the years that followed, his book became the standard work for petroleum engineers and drillers. The list of major petroleum provinces with abnormally high por...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fertl, Walter H., Chapman, Richard E., Hotz, Rod F.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.
Series:	Developments in petroleum science ; 38.
Subjects:	Reservoir oil pressure. Oil reservoir engineering. Pression de réservoir pétrolifère. Étude des gisements pétrolifères. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Petroleum. Oil reservoir engineering Reservoir oil pressure Petroleum > Extraction Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Studies in Abnormal Pressures; Copyright Page; Preface; Walter H. Fertl; Foreword; List of Contributors; Contents; CHAPTER 1. GLOBAL OCCURRENCES OF ABNORMAL PRESSURES; CHAPTER 2. THE GEOLOGY OF ABNORMAL PORE PRESSURES; CHAPTER 3. ABNORMAL PORE PRESSURES: ESSENTIAL THEORY, POSSIBLE CAUSES, AND SLIDING; CHAPTER 4. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN ABNORMAL FORMATION ENVIRONMENTS; CHAPTER 5. CHEMISTRY OF PORE WATER; CHAPTER 6. PRE-DRILL GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR GEOPRESSURE DETECTION AND EVALUATION; CHAPTER 7. WELL LOGGING METHODS TO DETECT ABNORMAL PRESSURE.