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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2012.15.2.102

Calculation of Gas Hydrate Saturation Within Unconsolidated Sediments  

Kim, Gil-Young (Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.15, no.2, 2012 , pp. 102-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to review several different methods calculating gas hydrate saturations. There are three methods using downhole log data, core data (including pressure core), and seismic velocity data. Archie's equation using electrical resistivity of downhole log data is widely used for saturation calculation. In this case, Archie's parameters should be defined accurately. And the occurrence types of gas hydrate significantly affect to saturation calculation. Thus saturation calculation should be carefully conducted. The methods using chlorinity and pressure core data are directly calculated from core sample. So far, the saturation calculated from pressure core gives accurate and quantitative values. But this method is needed much more time and cost. Thus acquisition of the continuous data with sediment depth is realistically hard. The recent several results show that the saturation calculated from resistivity data is the highest values, while the value calculated from pressure core is the lowest. But this trend is not always absolutely. Thus, to estimate accurate gas hydrate saturation, the values calculated from several methods should be compared.
Keywords
gas hydrate saturation; log data; core and pressure core data;
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