TY - JOUR
T1 - Productivity from eastern Nankair trough methane-hydrate reservoirs
AU - Kurihara, Masanori
AU - Sato, Akihiko
AU - Ouchi, Hisanao
AU - Narita, Hideo
AU - Masuda, Yoshihiro
AU - Saeki, Tatsuo
AU - Fujii, Tetsuya
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The MH21 Research Consortium of Japan evaluated methane-hydrate (MH) reservoirs in the eastern Nankai trough from the viewpoints of geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and reservoir/production engineering. The applicability of several MH-dissociation/-production methods to these MH reservoirs and the feasibility of future development in terms of gas production and economics were examined. Simple economic analysis on the basis of those simulation results indicated promise that some MH reservoirs in the eastern Nankai trough could be developed economically if well spacing and MH-dissociation/-production methods were designed and applied appropriately.
AB - The MH21 Research Consortium of Japan evaluated methane-hydrate (MH) reservoirs in the eastern Nankai trough from the viewpoints of geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and reservoir/production engineering. The applicability of several MH-dissociation/-production methods to these MH reservoirs and the feasibility of future development in terms of gas production and economics were examined. Simple economic analysis on the basis of those simulation results indicated promise that some MH reservoirs in the eastern Nankai trough could be developed economically if well spacing and MH-dissociation/-production methods were designed and applied appropriately.
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U2 - 10.2118/0908-0094-jpt
DO - 10.2118/0908-0094-jpt
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57049099101
SN - 0149-2136
VL - 60
SP - 94+96+98-99
JO - JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology
JF - JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology
IS - 9
ER -