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Useful information important in the analysis of subsurface gas, oil and water systems is gathered from the relationships revealed on simple graphs made by plotting formation pressures against the depth they represent. This is an effective way for displaying gradient patterns that can be used by the exploration geologist for predicting oil-gas-water phase boundaries, estimating oil and gas pay thicknesses and correlating hydrogeological fluid systems (reservoirs) in the subsurface.
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Dahlberg, E.C. (1982). Pressure-Depth Gradients. In: Applied Hydrodynamics in Petroleum Exploration. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0144-8_5
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