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Well log characterization of natural gas hydrates Well log characterization of natural gas hydrates
In the last 25 years we have seen significant advancements in the use of downhole well logging tools to acquire detailed information on the occurrence of gas hydrate in nature: From an early start of using wireline electrical resistivity and acoustic logs to identify gas hydrate occurrences in wells drilled in Arctic permafrost environments to today where wireline and advanced logging...
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Timothy S. Collett, Myung W. Lee
Coal database for Cook Inlet and North Slope, Alaska Coal database for Cook Inlet and North Slope, Alaska
This database is a compilation of published and nonconfidential unpublished coal data from Alaska. Although coal occurs in isolated areas throughout Alaska, this study includes data only from the Cook Inlet and North Slope areas. The data include entries from and interpretations of oil and gas well logs, coal-core geophysical logs (such as density, gamma, and resistivity), seismic shot...
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Gary D. Stricker, Brianne D. Spear, Jennifer M. Sprowl, John D. Dietrich, Michael I. McCauley, Scott A. Kinney
Timing, distribution, amount, and style of Cenozoic extension in the northern Great Basin Timing, distribution, amount, and style of Cenozoic extension in the northern Great Basin
This field trip examines contrasting lines of evidence bearing on the timing and structural style of Cenozoic (and perhaps late Mesozoic) extensional deformation in northeastern Nevada. Studies of metamorphic core complexes in this region report extension beginning in the early Cenozoic or even Late Cretaceous, peaking in the Eocene and Oligocene, and being largely over before the onset...
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Christopher D. Henry, Allen J. McGrew, Joseph P. Colgan, Arthur W. Snoke, Matthew E. Brueseke
2010 Petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): GIS play maps 2010 Petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): GIS play maps
This report provides digital geographic information systems (GIS) files of maps for each of the 24 plays considered in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 2010 updated petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) (Houseknecht and others, 2010). These are the sample plays evaluated in a previous USGS assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002a)...
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Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
Natural gas production and anomalous geothermal gradients of the deep Tuscaloosa Formation Natural gas production and anomalous geothermal gradients of the deep Tuscaloosa Formation
For the largest producing natural gas fields in the onshore Gulf of Mexico Basin, the relation between temperature versus depth was investigated. Prolific natural gas reservoirs with the highest temperatures were found in the Upper Cretaceous downdip Tuscaloosa trend in Louisiana. Temperature and production trends from the deepest field, Judge Digby field, in Pointe Coupe Parish...
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Lauri Burke
ATV magnetometer systems for efficient ground magnetic surveying ATV magnetometer systems for efficient ground magnetic surveying
Ground magnetic data contain information, not pre-sent in aeromagnetic data, which may be useful for precisely mapping near-surface faults and contacts, as well as constraining or aiding interpretation of other geophysical methods. However, collecting ground magnetic data on foot is labor-intensive and is therefore limited to small surveys. In this article, we present two newly developed...
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Noah D. Athens, Jonathan M. G. Glen, Robert L. Morin, Simon L. Klemperer
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West African Costal Province, West Africa Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West African Costal Province, West Africa
The West African Coastal Province along the west African coastline recently was assessed for undiscovered, technically recoverable oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids resources as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's USGS World Oil and Gas Assessment. Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the USGS estimated mean volumes of 3.2 billion barrels of oil, 23.63 trillion cubic...
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Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, Christopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Troy A. Cook, Richard M. Pollastro
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata of the Gulf Coast, 2010 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata of the Gulf Coast, 2010
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 147.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, 2.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, and 2.96 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata in onshore lands and State waters of the Gulf Coast.
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Russell F. Dubiel, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon Swanson, Lauri Burke, Laura Biewick, Ronald R. Charpentier, James L. Coleman, Troy A. Cook, Kris Dennen, Colin A. Doolan, Catherine Enomoto, Paul C. Hackley, Alexander W. Karlsen, Timothy R. Klett, Scott A. Kinney, Michael D. Lewan, Matthew D. Merrill, Krystal Pearson, Ofori N. Pearson, Janet K. Pitman, Richard M. Pollastro, Elizabeth L. Rowan, Christopher J. Schenk, Brett Valentine
Effects of groundwater flow on the distribution of biogenic gas in parts of the northern Great Plains of Canada and United States Effects of groundwater flow on the distribution of biogenic gas in parts of the northern Great Plains of Canada and United States
Parts of the northern Great Plains in eastern Montana and western North Dakota and southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, were studied as part of an assessment of shallow biogenic gas in Upper Cretaceous rocks.Parts of the northern Great Plains in eastern Montana and western North Dakota and southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, were studied as...
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Lawrence O. Anna
The concept of geologic carbon sequestration The concept of geologic carbon sequestration
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Douglas W. Duncan, Eric A. Morrissey
Late quaternary climate variations reflected in Baltic Sea sediments Late quaternary climate variations reflected in Baltic Sea sediments
Late Pleistocene to Holocene climate change of the Atlantic and the northern European realm is reflected by the facies of sediments in the Baltic Sea. The sedimentary sequence have been subdivided into zones reflecting the main postglacial stages of the Baltic Sea basin development according to sediment echosounder profiling and investigating sediment cores from the central Baltic. The...
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Jan Harff, R. Endler, Emel Emelyanov, S. Kotov, Thomas Leipe, M. Moros, Ricardo A. Olea, Michal Tomczak, Andrzej Witkowski
Evaluation of long-term gas hydrate production testing locations on the Alaska North Slope Evaluation of long-term gas hydrate production testing locations on the Alaska North Slope
The results of short duration formation tests in northern Alaska and Canada have further documented the energy resource potential of gas hydrates and justified the need for long-term gas hydrate production testing. Additional data acquisition and long-term production testing could improve the understanding of the response of naturally-occurring gas hydrate to depressurization-induced or...
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Timothy Collett, Ray Boswell, Myung W. Lee, Brian J. Anderson, Kelly K. Rose, Kristen A. Lewis