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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 6692

Overpressure detection from geophysical, drilling and well-testing data for petroleum exploration wells in the Beaufort–Mackenzie Basin, Yukon and Northwest Territories

K. Hu, D.R. Issler, and Z. Chen

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2021

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/327948

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Hu, K., Issler, D.R., Chen, Z., 2021. Overpressure detection from geophysical, drilling and well-testing data for petroleum exploration wells in the Beaufort–Mackenzie Basin, Yukon and Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6692, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/327948

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Contents

This study presents detailed exploration well data, techniques and interpretations of overpressure detection for the Beaufort–Mackenzie Basin. Geophysical, engineering and drilling data were utilized to detect the depth to top of overpressure for the petroleum exploration wells. One hundred and fifty-two depths to the top of overpressure were determined for 112 wells, and their quality assessments were analyzed across the study area.

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of_6692.pdf (report)
of_6692_readme.rtf (this file)
of_6692_table2.pdf
of_6692_Appendix A.pdf
of_6692_Appendix B.pdf
of_6692_Appendix C.pdf

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K. Hu (Kezhen.hu@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303, 33rd Street Northwest 
Calgary, Alberta 
T2L 2A7

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