Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates joint industry project leg II: Results from the Walker Ridge 313 site

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2170-2184

  Shedd, William ^a   Frye, Matthew ^a   Godfriaux, Paul ^a   Dufrene, Rebecca ^a   McConnell, Daniel ^b   Boswell, Ray ^c   Collett, Timothy ^d   Mrozewski, Stefan ^e   Guerin, Gilles ^e   Cook, Ann ^e   Shelander, Dianna ^f   Dai, Jianchun ^f  

^a MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^b AOA Geophysics   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^f WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLSHIPS; ELECTRIC LOGGING; GASES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRATION; INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; SAND; SITE SELECTION;

GAS HYDRATE STABILITIES; GULF OF MEXICO GAS HYDRATES JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; RESISTIVITY LOGS; SAND RESERVOIRS; SHALLOW DEPTHS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955857368     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/20806-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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