Alaska North Slope regional gas hydrate production modeling forecasts

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-477

  Wilson, Scott J ^a   Hunter, Robert B ^b   Collett, Timothy S ^c   Hancock, Steve ^d   Boswell, Ray ^e   Anderson, Brian J ^e,f  

^a Ryder Scott Company   (United States)

^b ASRC Energy Services   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d RPS   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^f West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska North Slope; Gas hydrates; Production forecasting; Resource development modeling

Indexed keywords

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; CASH FLOW; CHANGING PARAMETER; COMMONLY USED; CRITICAL VALUE; DECISION MAKERS; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; GAS-HYDRATE PRODUCTION; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PRODUCTION FORECASTING; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; PRODUCTION RATES; PRODUCTION TEST; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL STIMULATION; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

FORECASTING; GASES; HYDRATION; INVESTMENTS; RATING;

GAS HYDRATES;

FORECASTING METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651467241     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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