Geologic controls on gas hydrate occurrence in the Mount Elbert prospect, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 589-607

  Boswell, Ray ^a   Rose, Kelly ^a   Collett, Timothy S ^b   Lee, Myung ^b   Winters, William ^c   Lewis, Kristen A ^b   Agena, Warren ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska North Slope; Gas hydrate; Milne Point; Mount Elbert well; Sagavanirktok formation

Indexed keywords

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE; BOUNDING FAULTS; FREE GAS; GEOLOGIC CONTROL; HYDRATE SATURATION; HYDRATE STABILITIES; LITHOFACIES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MILNE POINT; MOUNT ELBERT WELL; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SAGAVANIRKTOK FORMATION; SAND RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC DATAS; STRUCTURAL CLOSURES;

GASES; HYDRATION; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTINGS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; GAS WELL; GEOACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL TESTING;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651422893     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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