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                                   mud  (ppg)
                                   Equivalent  weight  8.335  8.50  8.63  8.41  8.67  8.75  8.92  10.0





                                      (psi/ft)


                                   Pressure  gradient  0.433  0.442  0.448  0.437  0.450  0.455  0.463  0.520


                                 conditions).  (kPa/m)      Paris.




                                 standard  Pressure  gradient  9.81  10.0  10.18  9.91  10.2  10.3  10.5  11.77  TECHNIP,


                                 20   C,                    Editions

                                 (at  density               Drilling.
                                 variations  Water  (g/cm 3 )  1.00  1.02  1.035  1.01  1.04  1.05  1.07  1.20  while


                                 gradient  NaCl             Pressures Abnormal



                                 pressure  Salinity:  (mg/L)  0e2500  30,000  e  16,500  60,000  80,000  100,000  317,900  1989.


                                 and  Cl                    A.,
                                 density,  Salinity:  (mg/L)  0e1500  18,000  33,000  10,000  36,000  48,000  60,000  192,667  Mitchell,


                                 salinity,                  J.C.,


                                 Water          water  water  water  water  saltwater  Mouchet,

                                 7.1  type  water  water  water  Formation  Formation  Formation  Formation  from
                                 Table  Water  Fresh  Sea  Sea  Saturated  Modified
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