Significance of geopressure in predicting lithology

摘要

Maybe this is too late in the exploration program. To emphasize this position, we will argue that "if you don't post geopressure on your seismic section, then you are only interested in a structural interpretation ... not lithology." To persuade you, the interrelationship of geopressure to sand percentage, rock type, depth, and depositional environment will be shown to correlate strongly to the velocity and density assigned to a particular lithology. Surprisingly, this holds not only for seismic but also for potential fields.