Gas hydrate resource potential in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-168

  Frye, Matthew ^a   Shedd, William ^b   Boswell, Ray ^c  

^a US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement   (United States)

^b US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; In place resources; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Terrebonne basin

Indexed keywords

BULK VOLUME; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEPWATER; FREE GAS; GAS RESERVOIR; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE STABILITIES; IN-PLACE RESOURCES; INITIAL ESTIMATION; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; SAND ACCUMULATION; SAND RESERVOIRS; SATURATED GAS; SEISMIC MAPPING; TERREBONNE BASIN;

DENSITY OF GASES; DRILLING; GASES; HYDRATION; LEVEES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; GAS HYDRATE; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; TERREBONNE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861476448     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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