Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Pressure Types

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Lithostatic Pressure - Pressure caused by the pressure of rock transmitted through grain-grain contact.
Hydrostatic Pressure - Pressure exerted by water at any given point within the fluid at rest.

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Abornmal pore pressure

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1 - Thermal effects
2 - Clay diagnosis
3 - Osmosis 
4 - Tectonism
5 - Depletion
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Pore Pressure Measurement

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1 - Surface pressure during a kick
2 - Log derived fluid densities
3 - Seismic data
4 - Cuttings nature
5 - Shale Density
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