--> Abstract: Free Gas with Hydrate Seal an Arctic Play for the Future?, by Nicola Moller; #90177 (2013)

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Free Gas with Hydrate Seal an Arctic Play for the Future?

Nicola Møller

Gas hydrates comprise important seal contributors for Arctic gas reservoirs. A reservoir simulation study has been carried out for a modelled gas hydrate reservoir, the geological model being conditioned to seismic data from a potentially hydrate bearing submarine channel reservoir. The study shows that the gas recovery from hydrate dissociation increases significantly with the volume of underlying free gas. The result supports that commercial production rates from hydrate reservoirs could be achieved, but would need a customer for produced formation water (e.g. shale fracking or water injection on adjacent developments?). The geological 3D modelling has been performed using ROXAR RMS software, traditional seismic facies interpretation and 3D facies modelling in addition to Seismic Reflection Amplitudes and Acoustic Impedance data.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90177©3P Arctic, Polar Petroleum Potential Conference & Exhibition, Stavanger, Norway, October 15-18, 2013