Pore- and fracture-filling gas hydrate reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II Green Canyon 955 H well

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-71

  Lee, M W ^a   Collett, T S ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fracture; Gas hydrate reservoirs; Isotropy; Saturation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC RESISTIVITY; DOWNHOLES; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRATE SATURATION; ISOTROPY; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LOG DATA; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PORE SPACE; RESISTIVITY LOGS; SEA FLOOR; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MODEL; WELL LOGS;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY MINERALS; DRILLING; ELECTRIC LOGGING; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEISMIC WAVES; WELLS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; PORE SPACE; SATURATION; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WELL LOGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84861469847     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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