Prediction of gas productivity from eastern Nankai trough methane-hydrate reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-499

  Kurihara, Masanori ^a   Sato, Akihiko ^a   Ouchi, Hisanao ^a   Narita, Hideo ^b   Masuda, Yoshihiro ^c   Saeki, Tatsuo ^d   Fujii, Tetsuya ^d  

^a Kachidoki Sun Square   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS HYDRATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROPHYSICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; WATER; WELL LOGGING; WELL SPACING;

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOCIATION METHODS; HOT WATER INJECTION; MH21 RESEARCH CONSORTIUMS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; SIMULATION STUDIES; TURBIDITE SEDIMENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR; TROUGH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANKAI; TIANJIN;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 67651180630     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/125481-PA     Document Type: Article

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