Preliminary assessment of resources and economic potential of individualgas hydrate accumulations in the Gulf of Mexico continental slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-128

  Milkov, Alexei V ^a   Sassen, Roger ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy resource; Gas hydrate; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon gases

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GAS HYDRATES;

HYDRATE-BOUND GAS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECONOMICS; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0042829052     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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