5. A normally pressured reservoir at 5000 feet was sealed by an illite-smectite phase transition and subsequently buried to 15,000 feet. Estimate the potential overpressure magnitude caused by the burial. Compute the new pore pressure at 15,000 feet.

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5. A normally pressured reservoir at 5000 feet was sealed by an illite-smectite phase
transition and subsequently buried to 15,000 feet. Estimate the potential overpressure
magnitude caused by the burial. Compute the new pore pressure at 15,000 feet.
B, = 2.75x106 psi
psi
B = 70.00 x 107 psi
3D0.20x10-6
psi
= 15%
Transcribed Image Text:5. A normally pressured reservoir at 5000 feet was sealed by an illite-smectite phase transition and subsequently buried to 15,000 feet. Estimate the potential overpressure magnitude caused by the burial. Compute the new pore pressure at 15,000 feet. B, = 2.75x106 psi psi B = 70.00 x 107 psi 3D0.20x10-6 psi = 15%
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