Publications

Selim S. Shaker, Ph.D., Geopressure Analysis Services

 

* The NorthernGulf Of Mexico Exploration Potentials: From Structural Plays, Seismic Anomalies to Geopressure Compartmentalization       Offshore Magazine (PennWell publication), April, 2004, pp 100-104

* Geopressure Compartmentalization in Salt Basins: Their Assessment for Hydrocarbon Entrapment in the Gulf of Mexico Accepted for publication, 24^th Annual GCSSEPM Research Conference, Houston, Texas, December 2004

* Trapping Vs. Breaching Seals in Salt Basins: A Case History of Macaroni and Mt. Massive, Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico Accepted for publication, GCAGS, San Antonio, Texas 2004)

* Geological Perception of Pore and Fracture Prediction: Case Histories from the Gulf of Mexico Accepted for publication GCAGS, San Antonio, Texas 2004)            * The Prospective Deep Miocene in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf: Compartmentalization Knowledge of the Geopressured Depositional System Sheds Light on Immense Exploration Potential  23rd Annual GCSSEPM Research Conference,Houston, Texas, December, 2003         * The Controversial Pore Pressure Conversion Factor: PSI to PPG MWE  The Leading Edge (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), December 2003, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp.1223-1225   &     Recorder (Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists), October 2003, Vol. 28, pp. 51-54 * Drilling Challenges Related to Geopressure Compartmentalization   Drilling, A supplement to Hart’s E&P, December 2003, pp. 19-21                  * Exploration “Sweet Spots” in the Deep Shelf, Gulf of Mexico,   GCAGS Transaction 2003, Vol. 53, Baton Rouge, Louisiana                * Pore Pressure Prediction: Geological Perceptions  Houston Geological Society Bulletin, September 2002, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp.24-29            * Causes of Disparity between Predicted and Measured Pore Pressure   The Leading Edge (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), August 2002, Vol. 21, No.8, pp. 756-760       * Sequence Stratigraphy: Key to Geopressure Profile Assessment Recorder (Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists), Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 88-91         * Geopressure Progression – Regression:  An Effective Risk assessment tool in the Gulf of Mexico

GCAGS Transaction 2002, Vol. 52 pp. 893-898         * Predicted vs. Measured Pore Pressure: Pitfalls and Perceptions 

Published and presented at the OTC, Houston Texas, May 2002        * Pore Pressure Prediction in the Challenging Supra / Sub-Salt Exploration Plays in Deep Water, Gulf of Mexico  Presented as Extended Abstract at the AAPG Convention, Houston, Texas, March 2002              * Geopressure Compartmentalization in Keathley Canyon, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

GCAGS Transaction 2001, Vol. 51, pp 293-304          * Trap Integrity:  An Exploration Risk in Deepwater Enclosed Mini-Salt Basins in the Gulf of Mexico  Presented at the AAPG Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2000

*Exploration in Geopressured Compartments  Presented at the Geophysical Society of Tulsa (GST),September 1999

* Geologic Models in Relation to Spill-points Position, Gulf of MexicoPresented at the AAPG Convention,New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1993