Electrical anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing sand reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-84

  Cook, Ann E ^a   Anderson, Barbara I ^b   Rasmus, John ^c   Sun, Keli ^c   Li, Qiming ^c   Collett, Timothy S ^d   Goldberg, David S ^a  

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

^b Schlumberger ^*

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical anisotropy; Gas hydrate saturation; Gulf of Mexico; Sand reservoirs

Indexed keywords

COMBINED MODELING; CURRENT FLOWING; ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; FORMATION RESISTIVITY; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE SATURATION; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LOGGING DATA; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; NEW RESULTS; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RESISTIVITY TOOLS; SAND RESERVOIRS; SCHLUMBERGER; THIN LAYERS;

ANISOTROPY; DRILLING; GASES; HYDRATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SATURATION;

ALAMINOS CANYON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84861462785     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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