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formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-26.png|{{figure number|1}}Example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the Anadarko basin. From Al-Shaieb et al., 1995b; courtesy AAPG.
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formation-fluid-pressure-and-its-application_fig5-25.png|{{figure number|2}}Pressure–depth plot of a well through the Anadarko regional pressure compartment. Modified from Al-Shaieb et al., 1995a; courtesy AAPG.
 
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Revision as of 20:01, 12 September 2014

Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
Series Treatise in Petroleum Geology
Part Critical elements of the petroleum system
Chapter Formation fluid pressure and its application
Author Edward A. Beaumont, Forrest Fiedler
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Subregional or local (second- and third-order) pressure compartments can be found within normal pressure regimes or regional pressure compartments.

Subregional pressure compartments

Figure 1 is an example of a subregional compartment contained within the regional pressure compartment of the Anadarko basin of Figure 2.

Local pressure compartments

Figure 3 See text for explanation.

The fluids in a porous bioherm completely encased in shale (as shown in Figure 3) are virtually isolated from the nearby fluid systems outside the bioherm. The bioherm, then, is a pressure compartment that may or may not be abnormally pressured. Other geological features that may form local pressure compartments are fault blocks, sand lenses, and sand wedges developed in growth faults.

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