1.A well is to be drilled to 15000 ft.

the entrance into abnormal pressure at 10000 ft is caused by

undercompaction. Calculate the expected formation pressure at 15000 ft. assume that the formation
fluid and overburden stress gradients are 0.465 psi/ft and 1 psi/ft, respectively.

Solution:

The formation pressure at 15000 ft estimated by Eq.3.1:

The 9,650 psi pressure is equivalent to a 12,4 lb/gal mud weight at 15000 ft

2. Plot the following resistivity data on semilog paper. Where does the entrance into abnormal pressure
occure? Use the hotman and Johnson method to compute formation pressure at each 1000 ft interval
below the entrance into pressures.

Solution:

A. Plot the data as shown in figure 3.17

B. The estimated entrance into abnormal pressure occurs at 9700 ft
C. Extrapolate the normal trend established between 8000 and 9700 ft
D. The observed and extrapolated resistivities at the bottow are 0.30 and 1.60 respectively
E. Compute the ratio of
F. Using figyre 3.16 from hottman dan Johnson, the formation pressure associated with the ratio
of 5.33 is approximately

3. use the following log data to calculate F and Rw. Assume that all bed thickness correction have been
made.

Solution:

A. The SP deflection from the shale base line is used with Fig 3.20 to obtain the ratio of … from figure
3.20, a value of -87 mv yields 10.5 for the ratio

B. the resistivity of the mud filtrate, it must be converted to the equivalent value, R at with