Interpreting structural controls on hydrate and free-gas accumulation using well and seismic information from the Gulf of Mexico

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dev, Ashwani ^a   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; GASES; HYDRATION; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WELL LOGGING; ACOUSTIC LOGGING;

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; FAULT ZONE; FLUID TRANSPORT; FRACTURE FILLING; FREE GAS; GAS ACCUMULATION; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GAS ZONES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE STABILITIES; HYDRATE ZONES; IMPEDANCE INVERSION; LATERAL VARIATIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; PORE SPACE; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL SETTING; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS; WELL LOGS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE INVERSION; FREE GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

FAULT ZONE; GAS HYDRATE; SATURATION; SEISMIC DATA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; WELL LOGGING; ACCUMULATION; ACOUSTIC METHOD; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; KEATHLEY CANYON;

EID: 84864155655     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3282680     Document Type: Article

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