Critical pressure and multiphase flow in Blake Ridge gas hydrates

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1057-1060

  Flemings, Peter B ^a   Liu, Xiaoli ^a   Winters, William J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Gas migration; Methane flux; Methane hydrate; Overpressure; Seep; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CORE POROSITY; CLIMATE; GAS MIGRATION; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE HYDRATES; OVERPRESSURE; SEEP;

METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); GASES; HYDRATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

FRACTURE FLOW; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MIGRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346527528     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19863.1     Document Type: Article

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