PORE PRESSURE

Question 1

-the pressure exerted by fluids (typically water or
hydrocarbons) within the pores of a rock formation
beneath the Earth’s surface;

Answer 1

Formation pore pressure

Question 2

-exists in regions where there is no direct fluid
flow to the adjacent regions

Answer 2

Abnormal formation pore pressure
(geo-pressure)

Question 3

ranges
between 0.8 and 1 psi/ft

Answer 3

-abnormal formation pore pressure

Question 4

usually of the order of
0.465* psi/ft.

Answer 4

Normal pore pressure