Analysis of formation pressure test results in the Mount Elbert methane hydrate reservoir through numerical simulation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 502-516

  Kurihara, Masanori ^a   Sato, Akihiko ^a   Funatsu, Kunihiro ^a   Ouchi, Hisanao ^a   Masuda, Yoshihiro ^b   Narita, Hideo ^c   Collett, Timothy S ^d  

^a Kachidoki Sun Square   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressurization; Methane hydrate; Numerical simulation; Thermal method; Well test

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; METHANE HYDRATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; THERMAL METHODS; WELL TEST;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METHANE; MOUNTINGS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WELL TESTING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WELL TESTING;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 78651450279     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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