• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.397-406
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• 2012

During the 2nd Ulleung Basin Gas Hydrate Drilling Expedition (UBGH2) in 2010, gas-hydrate-bearing sediment cores were recovered at 10 drill sites. Base, on Infrared (IR) thermal image and grain-size analysis of the cores, three distinct types of gas hydrate are classified: Type I (fracture-filling in mud layers), Type II (disseminated in mud layers), and Type III (pore-filling in sand layers). Types I and II gas hydrates occur in mud as discrete veins, nodules or disseminated particles. Type III fills the pore spaces of the sand layers encased in mud layers. In this case, the sand content of hosting sediments shows a general linear relationship with gas hydrate saturation. The degrees of temperature anomalies (${\Delta}T$) from IR images generally increase with gas hydrate saturation regardless of gas hydrate occurrence types. Type I is dominantly found in the sites where seismic profiles delineate chimney structures, whereas Type II where the drill cores are composed almost of mud layers. Type III was mainly recovered from the sites where hemipelagic muds are frequently intercalated with turbidite sand layers. Our results indicate that gas hydrate occurrence is closely related to sedimentological characteristic of gas hydrate-bearing sediments, that is, grain size distribution.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.557-559
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• 2007

정부는 2005년부터 가스하이드레이트 개발사업단을 발족시켜 국내의 가스하이드레이트 부존 형태와 매장량 평가를 위해 노력하고 있다. 2005년 2차원 정밀 물리탐사, 심해 퇴적물 채취 및 다각적 분석연구사업이 수행되었고, 2006년도에는 3차원 물리탐사, 개발기술을 위한 연구 및 지질재해${\cdot}$안정성 연구 등이 수행되었다. 또한 2007년 상반기에 동해 지역에서 해저면 표면에서 피스톤 코어를 이용하여 실물 샘플을 채취하는 데 성공하였다. 기존에 취득된 다양한 자료를 면밀히 분석하고 해석한 결과를 바탕으로 2007년도 하반기에 시추를 진행 중에 있다. 시추를 통하여 동해지역의 가스하이드레이트의 부존 형태 파악 및 추정 매장량을 산출할 수 있는 좋은 결과가 취득될 것으로 기대하고 있다. 시추는 다양한 검층 및 압력코어 시스템을 포함한 코어채취가 수행되고 있다. 취득된 시추 결과를 이용하여 사업단은 가스하이드레이트 개발을 위한 보다 나은 결과를 도출한 것이며 이를 통해 미래 에너지원의 확보 및 자원 강국으로 가는 초석을 마련하게 될 것으로 기대한다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.102-115
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• 2012

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.