APPLICABLE SOFTWARE GMI•WellCheck™ GMI•PressCheck™ RELEVANT TRAINING Wellbore Imaging Pore Pressure Prediction

Conventional well design utilizes only Pore Pressure and Fracture Pressure, resulting in a high failure risk particularly in deviated wells. Well design with GMI provides a more complete answer because it incorporates collapse pressure and other fracture pressures that are dependent on the well path.

Pore pressure prediction without in-situ stress analysis provides only half the answer. GMI applies its unique knowledge of geomechanics to complete the picture. Seismic data and geomechanical modeling combine to address wellbore stability and drilling performance.

Where do you put the well? What trajectory? Can it be drilled at all? Predicting pore pressure is critical within the well planning process. Ensuring you get the best advice possible really pays off. GMI offers full-service pore pressure prediction support, with techniques including:

• Log-based trendline methods
• Pore pressure prediction from seismic velocity data
• Advanced geomechanics

Continue to Capitalize on Log-based Data

Our experts use sophisticated data manipulation tools to calculate pore pressure from wireline or LWD data in a way that affirms data quality and computational accuracy.

Make Smart Use of Seismic Velocity

We also have the ability to derive pore pressure from seismic velocities. Then, if offset data are not available, we use this "seismic" pore pressure to construct an initial geomechanical model to predict wellbore stability and optimize drilling performance and well design. The resulting model can be refined and updated in real time. Visualization of results in 2D and 3D helps deliver solid insight into premium well locations and trajectories.

Access the Industry's Most Advanced Analyses

GMI experts will determine the overpressure generation mechanisms in your reservoir and apply appropriate advanced geomechanical methods of pore pressure analysis to fully understand your wellbore's stability, including:

• Effective Stress
• Unloading
• Average Stress
• Lateral Transfer
• Buoyancy
• Centroid Techniques

With GeoMechanics International, you'll have the industry's best minds and methods at your disposal.