Evaluation of a deposit at the PBU L-106 site, North Slope, Alaska, for a potential long-term test of gas production from hydrates

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 960-983

  Moridis, G J ^a   Reagan, M T ^a   Boyle, K ^a   Zhang, K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SHALE;

FORMATION PERMEABILITY; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRODUCTION INCREASE; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL WELLS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 77958488321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/133601-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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