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The formation pressure system of Yinggehai Basin has the characteristics of poor horizontal distribution regularity and severe vertical distribution changes. This paper proposes a new method for predicting the horizontal and vertical distribution trend of formation pressure for the situation of limited offshore drilling data. The method is based on the topological triangulation algorithm, combined with the data set to fit the multivariate interpolation function, and conveniently realizes the prediction and visualization of the three-dimensional horizontal and vertical distribution trend of regional formation pressure. On this basis, through the analysis of the relevant data of the complex accident points that have been drilled, the characteristics of the single well safety density window and the regional safety density window are clarified. The study found that there is no high pressure in the shallow layer of the block, and the formation pressure spreads smoothly in the lateral direction; the high pressure top surface is at 3500 m, and the formation pressure gradually increases with the increase in longitude and decrease in latitude in the lateral direction. The formation pressure rises extremely rapidly with the increase of depth in the longitudinal direction, which has the characteristic of “broken line pressurization”. The safety density window of single well is in the shape of funnel with the characteristic of turning back, and the turning section is between 3500 and 4000 m. The safety density window feature of the block can be divided into three stages according to the depth, and the window appears extremely narrow after 3500 m (< 0.3 g/cm3).
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This research work was supported by the Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Bei**g (Grant No. 2462020XKBH011), the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51734010), the Scientific Research and Technology Development Project of China National Petroleum Corporation (Number 2020B-4019).
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Gao, R., Cui, Y., Fan, J., Yang, G., Yang, H. (2024). Prediction of Horizontal and Vertical Distribution Trend of Formation Pressure and Characteristics of Safety Density Window in Yinggehai Basin. In: Li, S. (eds) Computational and Experimental Simulations in Engineering. ICCES 2023. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 145. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42987-3_48
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