Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates joint industry project: Overview of Leg II LWD results

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1038-1052

  Boswell, Ray ^a   Collett, Timothy S ^b   McConnell, Dan ^c   Frye, Matthew ^d   Shedd, William ^d   Mrozewski, Stefan ^e   Guerin, Gilles ^e   Cook, Ann ^e   Shelander, Dianna ^f   Dai, Jianchun ^f   Godfriaux, Paul ^d   Dufrene, Rebecca ^d   Jones, Emrys ^g   Roy, Rana ^g  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AOA Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^d MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^g CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING SYSTEMS; DEEPWATER; FEDERAL AGENCY; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GAS MIGRATION; GAS SOURCES; GEOHAZARDS; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH QUALITY; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; PORE FILLING; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SAND RESERVOIRS; SAND SOURCE; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SHALLOW DRILLING; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; DRILLS; GAS HAZARDS; GASES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAND; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WELL DRILLING; WELLS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955832526     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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