Question: 1- While drilling with a water base mud with the density of 10 PPG we face with the following conditions: - Actual equivalent pore pressure

1- While drilling with a water base mud with the density of 10 PPG we face with the following conditions:

- Actual equivalent pore pressure is 9 PPG and equivalent fracture pressure is 14 PPG.

-There is a thick and highly reactive shale formation ahead and you want to drill through using the current mud.

-Actual equivalent pore pressure is 11 PPG and equivalent fracture pressure is 14 PPG.

2- Describe whether drilling operation is safe or not and what are potential consequences of drilling under those conditions.

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