Chapter 1 Comparison of Overpressure Magnitude Resulting from the Main Generating Mechanisms, Richard E. Swarbrick, Mark J. Osborne, and Gareth S. Yardley • Chapter 2 The Interrelationships between Overpressure Mechanisms and In Situ Stress, T.W. Miller, C.H. Luk, and D.L. Olgaard • Chapter 3 The Primary Controls Over Sediment Compaction, Phil Holbrook • Chapter 4 Critical-Porosity Models, Jack Dvorkin and Amos Nur • Chapter 5 The Role Of Shale Pore Structure on the Sensitivity of Wire-Line Logs to Overpressure, G.L. Bowers and T. John Katsube • Chapter 6 Impact of Smectite Diagenesis on Compaction Modeling and Compaction Equilibrium, Richard Lahann • Chapter 7 Effect of Gas on Poroelastic Response to Burial or Erosion, K.W. Katahara and J.D. Corrigan • Chapter 8 Relationships Between Pore Pressure and Stress in Different Tectonic Settings, Najwa Yassir and M. Anthony Addis • Chapter 9 Pore-Pressure Estimation in an Active Thrust Region and Its Impact on Exploration and Drilling, Allison Hennig, Najwa Yassir, M. Anthony Addis, and Andrew Warrington • Chapter 10 Geological Controls and Variability in Pore Pressure in the Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico, Michael A. Smith • Chapter 11 An Easily Derived Overburden Model is Essential for the Prediction of Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient for Wildcat Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, Fred R. Holasek • Chapter 12 Fracture-Gradient Predictions in Depleted Sands in the Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basin, Baldeo Singh and Nelson Emery • Chapter 13 Consolidation State, Permeability, and Stress Ratio as Determined from Uniaxial Strain Experiments on Mudstone Samples from the Eugene Island 330 Area, Offshore Louisiana, Beth B. Stump and Peter B. Flemings • Chapter 14 Method for Determining Regional Force-Balanced Loading and Unloading Pore-Pressure Regimes and Applying Them in Well Planning and Real-Time Drilling, Phil Holbrook • Chapter 15 Forward Modeling of Log Response in Geopressured Formations Reveals Valuable Insights to the Various Pore-Pressure Prediction Techniques, J.C. Rasmus • Chapter 16 Pore Pressure Ahead of the Bit: An Integrated Approach, Nader C. Dutta, William H. Borland, W. Scott Leaney, Richard Meehan, and W. Les Nutt • Chapter 17 Subsea Mudlift Drilling: A New Technology for Ultradeep-Water Environments, Kenneth L. Smith and Allen D. Gault • Chapter 18 Velocity Estimation For Pore-Pressure Prediction, David W. Bell • Chapter 19 The Future of Pressure Prediction Using Geophysical Methods, Alan R. Huffman