Estimating the amount of hydrate and free gas from surface seismic

1998 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ecker, Christine ^a   Dvorkin, Jack ^a   Nur, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDRATION; MINERALS; OFFSHORE GAS WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VELOCITY; WELL LOGGING;

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; GAS HYDRATE SATURATIONS; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; POROSITY AND SATURATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; VELOCITY DETERMINATION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84875803728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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