4D Overpressure Modelling and Prospectivity - an Example from the North Sea

O-33 4D OVERPRESSURE MODELLING AND PROSPECTIVITY – AN EXAMPLE FROM THE NORTH SEA 1 M.R. GILES E. DUFOUR L. SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ G.R. COCKSWORTH S. BETTEMBOURG J.F. McNUTT P. KUKLA S.L. INDRELID and M.C. de JONG Shell International E&P Volmerlaan 8 PO Box 60 2280 AB Rijswijk The Netherlands Abstract As basins around the world are moving into a higher state of maturation the shallower and easier targets will become exhausted. An increased push towards the deeper prospects where there is a greater probability of encountering hard geopressures is becoming reality for more and more areas in the exploration portfolio. It is