Transient hydraulic fracturing and gas release in methane hydrate settings: A case study from southern Hydrate Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Daigle, Hugh ^a,b   Bangs, Nathan L ^c   Dugan, Brandon ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

gas hydrates; Hydrate Ridge; hydraulic fracturing; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED GAS; FRACTURE; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

1-D MODELS; CO-LOCATED; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FRACTURING BEHAVIORS; FREE GAS; GAS MIGRATION; GAS PRESSURES; GAS RELEASE; GAS VENTING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE RIDGE; HYDRATE STABILITIES; METHANE HYDRATES; METHANE RESERVOIRS; METHANE VENTING; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OREGON , USA; PRESSURE BUILD UP; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE PULSE; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC SURVEYS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT FLUID FLOW; WATER COLUMNS;

GAS HYDRATES;

AMPLITUDE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; SEAFLOOR; VENTING;

HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84855435720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003841     Document Type: Article

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