Leveraging semantic search and advanced analytics to map studies on overpressure mechanisms across the globe

Summary Knowing which overpressure mechanisms are likely to occur in basins can improve the ability to predict abnormal pressures and can thus provide vital information to better manage exploration and drilling risks. Overpressure formation has been studied extensively in the scientific literature, however narrowing down publications to relevant results and linking these publications to a position on the globe in a systematic way can be difficult and time-consuming. In this study, we used semantic search and advanced analytics to screen over 120,000 reviewed and georeferenced publications for mentions of overpressure formation to a basket of ~1100 publications and subsequently analysed results for temporal and spatial trends, allowing the pore pressure specialist to focus on studying data to assess the implications and risk instead of spending time searching for relevant information and data.