Site selection and formation evaluation at the 1st offshore methane hydrate production test site in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan

75th EAGE Conference and Exhibition Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fujii, T ^a   Noguchi, S ^b   Takayama, T ^b   Suzuki, K ^b   Yamamoto, K ^b   Saeki, T ^b  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; METHANE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEALING (FINISHING); SEISMOLOGY; SITE SELECTION;

DEPRESSURIZATION METHODS; FORMATION EVALUATION; FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION; MARINE GAS HYDRATES; METHANE HYDRATE PRODUCTIONS; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 85078056514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20131159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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