Prediction of production test performances in Eastern Nankai trough methane hydrate reservoirs using 3D reservoir model

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1892-1913

  Kurihara, Masanori ^a   Sato, Akihiko ^a   Ouchi, Hisanao ^a   Narita, Hideo ^b   Ebinuma, Takao ^b   Suzuki, Kiyofumi ^b   Masuda, Yoshihiro ^c   Saeki, Tatsuo ^d   Yamamoto, Koji ^d   Fujii, Tetsuya ^d  

^a Kachidoki Sun Square   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; FAULTING; GAS HYDRATES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRATION; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PETROPHYSICS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SEISMOLOGY; WELL TESTING;

DEPRESSURIZATION METHODS; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; MH21 RESEARCH CONSORTIUMS; RESEARCH CONSORTIUM; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; TURBIDITE SEDIMENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79955868204     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/20737-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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