Evidence of gas hydrate from downhole logging data in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1979-1985

  Kim, Gil Young ^a   Yi, Bo Yeon ^a   Yoo, Dong Geun ^a   Ryu, Byong Jae ^a   Riedel, Michael ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

East Sea; Gas hydrate; LWD; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; DEEP DRILLING; DOWNHOLES; EAST SEA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE SATURATION; HYDRAULIC PISTONS; LOG DATA; LOGGING DATA; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; LWD; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PORE SPACE; PORE WATER FRESHENING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; SATURATION VALUES; ULLEUNG BASIN; WIRELINE LOGGING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; WELL DRILLING; WELL LOGGING;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CORE LOGGING; DEEP DRILLING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 82455171966     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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