Experimental investigation of gas-water relative permeability for gas-hydrate-bearing sediments from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-426

  Johnson, Andrew ^a   Patil, Shirish ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska North Slope; Methane hydrate; Mount Elbert; Relative permeability; Saturation

Indexed keywords

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE; METHANE HYDRATE; MOUNT ELBERT; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SATURATION;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CORE SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDRATION; METHANE; MOUNTINGS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GAS HYDRATES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; GAS HYDRATE; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651439830     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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