The effect of reservoir heterogeneity on gas production from hydrate accumulations in the permafrost

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2010 - In Collaboration with the Joint Meetings of the Pacific Section AAPG and Cordilleran Section GSA

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 585-609

  Reagan, Matthew T ^a,b   Kowalsky, Michael B ^b   Moridis, George J ^a,b   Silpngarmlert, Suntichai ^a,c  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EXTRAPOLATION; GASES; GEOPHYSICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PERMAFROST; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WELL LOGGING;

GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; HORIZONTAL STRATIFICATION; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; INDUCED DISSOCIATION; METHANE HYDRATE ACCUMULATION; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 77958461815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/132649-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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