Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate joint industry project leg II: Results from the Alaminos Canyon 21 Site

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 975-995

  Frye, Matthew C ^a   Shedd, William W ^a   Godfriaux, Paul D ^a   Dufrene, Rebecca ^a   Collett, Timothy S ^b   Lee, Myung W ^b   Boswell, Ray ^c   Jones, Emrys ^d   McConnell, Daniel R ^e   Mrozewski, Stefan ^f   Guerin, Gilles ^f   Cook, Ann ^f  

^a MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^e AOA Geophysics   (United States)

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDRATION; INFILL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

3D SEISMIC DATA; ALAMINOS CANYONS; ANOMALOUS RESPONSE; FORMATION RESISTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE STABILITIES; GULF OF MEXICO; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; SAND RESERVOIRS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955800268     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/20552-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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