Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-380

  Winters, William ^a   Walker, Michael ^b   Hunter, Robert ^c   Collett, Timothy ^d   Boswell, Ray ^e   Rose, Kelly ^e   Waite, William ^a   Torres, Marta ^f   Patil, Shirish ^g   Dandekar, Abhijit ^g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Weatherford Laboratories   (United States)

^c ASRC Energy Services   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Grain size; Milne Point; Mineralogy; Permeability; Physical properties; Porosity; Sagavanirktok Formation

Indexed keywords

BEARING STRATA; BULK DENSITY; CLAY CONTENT; COARSE SILT; DATA SETS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DOWNHOLES; FINE SAND; FREE GAS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; GRAIN DENSITY; GRAIN SIZE; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; K-VALUES; MILNE POINT; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PALEOCENE; PERMEABILITY; SAGAVANIRKTOK FORMATION; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; STRONG CONTRAST; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRATION; METHANE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL OXIDE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EOCENE; GAS HYDRATE; GAS WELL; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; MINERALOGY; OIL FIELD; PALEOCENE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651439549     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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