Pre- and post-drill comparison of the Mount Elbert gas hydrate prospect, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 578-588

  Lee, M W ^a   Agena, W F ^a   Collett, T S ^a   Inks, T L ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IS Interpretation Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Gas hydrate; Mount Elbert; Prospecting; Thin bed analysis

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC DATA; DOWNHOLES; DRILL WELLS; ELASTIC MODELS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE SATURATION; LOG DATA; MOUNT ELBERT; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PRODUCTION TESTING; PROSPECTING; RESERVOIR DATA; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEISMIC MODELING; THIN-BED ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WELL DATA; WELL LOG DATA; WELL LOGS;

DRILLS; GASES; HYDRATION; MOUNTINGS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELL DRILLING; WELL LOGGING;

GAS HYDRATES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DRILLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEISMIC DATA; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651415645     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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