Seismic imaging of a fractured gas hydrate system in the Krishna-Godavari Basin offshore India

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1476-1493

  Riedel, M ^a   Collett, T S ^b   Kumar, P ^c   Sathe, A V ^c   Cook, A ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ONGC   (India)

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

Author keywords

Fractured systems; Gas hydrates; KG Basin; Logging while drilling; Seismic attributes

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC DATA; ENRICHED GAS; FAULT PATTERNS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED CLAY; FRACTURED SYSTEMS; FREE GAS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GAS SOURCES; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; MARGIN TECTONICS; MIGRATION PATHWAY; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC IMAGING; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC FAULTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; LOCATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELL DRILLING;

GAS HYDRATES;

DEFORMATION; DRILLING; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; IMAGING METHOD; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); MAPPING METHOD; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; KRISHNA BASIN;

EID: 77954656421     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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