Fracture-controlled gas hydrate systems in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 932-941

  Cook, Ann E ^a   Goldberg, Dave ^a   Kleinberg, Robert L ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Gas hydrate; Gulf of Mexico; Ocean drilling

Indexed keywords

BORE HOLE; COMMON MODES; GAS HYDRATE; GULF OF MEXICO; HORIZONTAL STRESSES; HYDRATE SATURATION; IN-SITU; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECT; LOGGING-WHILE-DRILLING; NATURAL-GAS HYDRATES; OCEAN DRILLING; SEA FLOORS;

CLAY MINERALS; DRILLING; GAS HYDRATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; POROSITY; SEDIMENTATION; WELL DRILLING;

FRACTURE;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; KEATHLEY CANYON;

EID: 53349168110     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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