Overpressures: Causal Mechanisms, Conventional and Hydromechanical Approaches
Abnormal fluid pressure regimes are commonly encountered at depth in most sedimentary basins. Relationships between effective vertical stress and porosity have been applied, since 1970 to the Gulf Coast area, to assess the magnitude of overpressures. Positive results have been obtained from seismic...
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Published in | Oil & gas science and technology Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 667 - 678 |
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Abstract | Abnormal fluid pressure regimes are commonly encountered at depth in most sedimentary basins. Relationships between effective vertical stress and porosity have been applied, since 1970 to the Gulf Coast area, to assess the magnitude of overpressures. Positive results have been obtained from seismic and basin-modeling techniques in sand-shale, vertical-stress-dominated tertiary basins, whenever compaction disequilibrium conditions apply. However, overpressures resulting from other and/or additional causes (tectonic stress, hydrocarbon generation, thermal stress, fault-related transfer, hydrofracturing. . . ) cannot be quantitatively assessed using this approach. A hydromechanical approach is then proposed in addition to conventional methods. At any depth, the upper bound fluid pressure is controlled by in situ conditions related to hydrofracturing or fault reactivation. Fluid-driven fracturing implies an episodically open system, under a close to zerominimum effective stress regime. Sound knowledge of present-day tectonic stress regimes allows a direct estimation of minimum stress evolution. A quantitative fluid pressure assessment at depth is therefore possible, as in undrained or/and compartmented geological systems, pressure regimes, whatever their origin, tend to rapidly reach a value close to the minimum principal stress. Therefore, overpressure assessment will be improved, as this methodology can be applied to various geological settings and situations where present-day overpressures originated from other causal mechanisms, very often combined. However, pressure trends in transition zones are more difficult to assess correctly. Additional research on cap rocks and fault seals is therefore required to improve their predictability. In addition to overpressure assessment, the minimum principal stress concept allows a better understanding of petroleum system, as fault-related hydrocarbon dynamic transfers, hydrofractured domains and cap-rock sealing efficiency depend on the subtle interaction, through time, between overpressure and minimum principal stress regimes.
On rencontre souvent des régimes anormaux de pression dans les bassins sédimentaires. Les relations entre la contrainte verticale effective et la porosité ont été appliquées, depuis 1970, dans la région de la Gulf Coast, afin d'évaluer ces surpressions. Des résultats ont été obtenus en faisant appel à la sismique et à la modélisation de bassin dans les bassins tertiaires de sable argileux à contrainte verticale dominante et en déséquilibre de compaction. Cependant, les surpressions d'origines différentes et/ou additionnelles (contrainte tectonique, génération d'hydrocarbures, contrainte thermique, transfert lié aux failles, fracturation hydraulique) ne peuvent pas être quantifiées en utilisant cette approche. En plus des méthodes conventionnelles, une approche hydromécanique est proposée. Pour toute profondeur, la limite supérieure est contrôlée par les conditions de fracturation hydraulique ou par la réactivation de failles. La fracturation hydraulique suppose un système ouvert par période, en régime de contrainte effective mineure proche de zéro. Une connaissance approfondie des régimes de contraintes tectoniques actuels permet une estimation directe de l'évolution de la contrainte minimale. Une évaluation quantitative de la pression avec la profondeur est donc possible, puisque dans les systèmes géologiques compartimentés et/ou non drainés, les régimes de pression, quelles que soient leurs origines, ont tendance à atteindre rapidement une valeur proche de la contrainte principale mineure. Ainsi, l'évaluation de la surpression sera améliorée, puisque cette méthodologie peut être appliquée à divers environnements géologiques où les surpressions ont d'autres origines, les mécanismes étant souvent combinés. Cependant, les tendances de l'évolution de pression dans les zones de transition sont plus difficiles à évaluer de façon correcte. Une recherche complémentaire sur les couvertures et les fermetures sur faille est donc nécessaire pour améliorer leur prévision. En plus de l'évaluation de la surpression, le concept de contrainte principale mineure permet de mieux appréhender le système pétrolier. En effet, les transferts d'hydrocarbures liés aux failles, les domaines de fracturation hydraulique et l'étanchéité du recouvrement dépendent d'une interaction subtile, dans le temps, entre la surpression et les régimes de contrainte principale mineure. |
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AbstractList | Abnormal fluid pressure regimes are commonly encountered at depth in most sedimentary basins. Relationships between effective vertical stress and porosity have been applied, since 1970 to the Gulf Coast area, to assess the magnitude of overpressures. Positive results have been obtained from seismic and basin-modeling techniques in sand-shale, vertical-stress-dominated tertiary basins, whenever compaction disequilibrium conditions apply. However, overpressures resulting from other and/or additional causes (tectonic stress, hydrocarbon generation, thermal stress, fault-related transfer, hydrofracturing. . . ) cannot be quantitatively assessed using this approach. A hydromechanical approach is then proposed in addition to conventional methods. At any depth, the upper bound fluid pressure is controlled by in situ conditions related to hydrofracturing or fault reactivation. Fluid-driven fracturing implies an episodically open system, under a close to zerominimum effective stress regime. Sound knowledge of present-day tectonic stress regimes allows a direct estimation of minimum stress evolution. A quantitative fluid pressure assessment at depth is therefore possible, as in undrained or/and compartmented geological systems, pressure regimes, whatever their origin, tend to rapidly reach a value close to the minimum principal stress. Therefore, overpressure assessment will be improved, as this methodology can be applied to various geological settings and situations where present-day overpressures originated from other causal mechanisms, very often combined. However, pressure trends in transition zones are more difficult to assess correctly. Additional research on cap rocks and fault seals is therefore required to improve their predictability. In addition to overpressure assessment, the minimum principal stress concept allows a better understanding of petroleum system, as fault-related hydrocarbon dynamic transfers, hydrofractured domains and cap-rock sealing efficiency depend on the subtle interaction, through time, between overpressure and minimum principal stress regimes.
On rencontre souvent des régimes anormaux de pression dans les bassins sédimentaires. Les relations entre la contrainte verticale effective et la porosité ont été appliquées, depuis 1970, dans la région de la Gulf Coast, afin d'évaluer ces surpressions. Des résultats ont été obtenus en faisant appel à la sismique et à la modélisation de bassin dans les bassins tertiaires de sable argileux à contrainte verticale dominante et en déséquilibre de compaction. Cependant, les surpressions d'origines différentes et/ou additionnelles (contrainte tectonique, génération d'hydrocarbures, contrainte thermique, transfert lié aux failles, fracturation hydraulique) ne peuvent pas être quantifiées en utilisant cette approche. En plus des méthodes conventionnelles, une approche hydromécanique est proposée. Pour toute profondeur, la limite supérieure est contrôlée par les conditions de fracturation hydraulique ou par la réactivation de failles. La fracturation hydraulique suppose un système ouvert par période, en régime de contrainte effective mineure proche de zéro. Une connaissance approfondie des régimes de contraintes tectoniques actuels permet une estimation directe de l'évolution de la contrainte minimale. Une évaluation quantitative de la pression avec la profondeur est donc possible, puisque dans les systèmes géologiques compartimentés et/ou non drainés, les régimes de pression, quelles que soient leurs origines, ont tendance à atteindre rapidement une valeur proche de la contrainte principale mineure. Ainsi, l'évaluation de la surpression sera améliorée, puisque cette méthodologie peut être appliquée à divers environnements géologiques où les surpressions ont d'autres origines, les mécanismes étant souvent combinés. Cependant, les tendances de l'évolution de pression dans les zones de transition sont plus difficiles à évaluer de façon correcte. Une recherche complémentaire sur les couvertures et les fermetures sur faille est donc nécessaire pour améliorer leur prévision. En plus de l'évaluation de la surpression, le concept de contrainte principale mineure permet de mieux appréhender le système pétrolier. En effet, les transferts d'hydrocarbures liés aux failles, les domaines de fracturation hydraulique et l'étanchéité du recouvrement dépendent d'une interaction subtile, dans le temps, entre la surpression et les régimes de contrainte principale mineure. |
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