Geopressure Database

The Pressure Database provides a standardized, reliable and easy-to-access digital reference of formation pressures from publicly released and proprietary offset wells in areas of high exploration prospectivity. The database includes formation pressures reinterpreted from WFT measurements (i.e RFT, MDT, etc.), DSTs and kicks, fracture pressures derived from formation integrity or leak-off tests, lost circulation events and mud pressures derived from drilling mud weights.

Standardization means that valid geological and engineering interpretations can be made, as any trend or anomaly in the pressure data is the result of subsurface conditions and not an artifact of poor data.

The IHS Formation Pressure database enables oil companies to calibrate predicted pore pressure from seismic, petrophysical, basin and mud weight modelling, which allows companies to develop safe drilling programs, determine reservoir connectivity and predict seal breaching.

The purchase of the IHS Pressure database will save 26 man-years of data sourcing, processing and expert re-interpretation. This equates to an investment of $1.87 million assuming a flat rate of $75K per year.

The pressure data has been reinterpreted by IHS in-house pressure experts and standardized allowing rapid comparison of well information. This ensures that apparent trends in data are the results of subsurface conditions, speeding up the decision-making capability and providing a competitive edge.

We have excellent coverage in our core North Sea areas for UK and Norway, while also covering Ireland, Australia, Denmark, US Gulf of Mexico and The Netherlands.

IHS is the sole Pressure Data provider for Ireland and UK wells. It is also the sole source of development and production well data for CDA and non-CDA members.

Users of the database include:

• Technical Geologists 
• New Ventures Geologists 
• Drilling Engineers 
• Geophysicists 
• Geoscientists 
• Strategic Management 
• Consultants

Applications for pressure data:

Software utilised above is owned and supplied by Ikon Science.

Digital copy of formation pressure database in Microsoft Access™, Excel™ or ASCII format, as determined by the customer.

The database includes the following attributes:

• Well header data 
• Casing and liner data 
• Fracture pressure data 
• Formation pressure data 
• Formation tops 
• Drilling comments 
• Formation water salinities 
• Drilling mud data

If a client has a subscription to IKON/GPT PressureView, data is also delivered in the pvd file format.

Public well data is sourced via government channels, ie. DECC, NPD, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement or through data exchange agreements with oil companies. 

The table below details our regional coverage for pressure wells within the database.

Wells are classified upon the pressure content for any individual well, therefore:

Class 'A' well - contains formation pressures derived from WFT, DSTs and operator reported kicks. These wells may be supplemented with fracture pressure data from FIT/LOT or LC events and mud pressures from operator reported mud weights.

Class 'B' well - contains fracture pressure data from FIT/LOT or LC events and may be supplemented with mud pressures from operator reported mud weights.

Class 'C' well - contains mud pressures from operator reported mud weights.

Download a flyer for our Gulf of Mexico Pressure Database (pdf)

For further information please contact IHS Pressure Group