Collett, Timothy S. and Wendlandt, Richard F. (2000): Formation evaluation of gas hydrate-bearing marine sediments on the Blake Ridge with downhole geochemical log measurements

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 164
ODP 164 994
ODP 164 995
ODP 164 997
Identifier:
2001-025816
georefid

10.2973/odp.proc.sr.164.241.2000
doi

Creator:
Collett, Timothy S.
U. S. Geological Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, United States
author

Wendlandt, Richard F.
University of Tokyo, Japan
author

Identification:
Formation evaluation of gas hydrate-bearing marine sediments on the Blake Ridge with downhole geochemical log measurements
2000
In: Paull, Charles K., Matsumoto, Ryo, Wallace, Paul J., Black, Nancy R., Borowski, Walter S., Collett, Timothy S., Damuth, John E., Dickens, Gerald R., Egeberg, Per Kristian, Goodman, Kim, Hesse, Reinhard F., Hiroki, Yoshihisa, Holbrook, W. Steven, Hoskins, Hartley, Ladd, John, Lodolo, Emanuele, Lorenson, Thomas D., Musgrave, Robert J., Naehr, Thomas H., Okada, Hisatake, Pierre, Catherine, Ruppel, Carolyn D., Satoh, Mikio, Thiery, Regis, Watanabe, Yoshio, Wehner, Hermann, Winters, William J., Wood, Warren T., Miller, Christine M. (editor), Reigel, Ruth (editor), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program; volume 164; scientific results; gas hydrate sampling on the Blake Ridge and Carolina Rise; covering Leg 164 of the cruises of the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Miami, Florida, sites 991-997, 31 October-19 December 1995
Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States
164
199-215
The analyses of downhole log data from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) boreholes on the Blake Ridge at Sites 994, 995, and 997 indicate that the Schlumberger geochemical logging tool (GLT) may yield useful gas hydrate reservoir data. In neutron spectroscopy downhole logging, each element has a characteristic gamma ray that is emitted from a given neutron-element interaction. Specific elements can be identified by their characteristic gamma-ray signature, with the intensity of emission related to the atomic elemental concentration. By combining elemental yields from neutron spectroscopy logs, reservoir parameters including porosities, lithologies, formation fluid salinities, and hydrocarbon saturations (including gas hydrate) can be calculated. Carbon and oxygen elemental data from the GLT was used to determine gas hydrate saturations at all three sites (Sites 994, 995, and 997) drilled on the Blake Ridge during Leg 164. Detailed analyses of the carbon and oxygen content of various sediments and formation fluids were used to construct specialized carbon/oxygen ratio (COR) fan charts for a series of hypothetical gas hydrate accumulations. For more complex geologic systems, a modified version of the standard three-component COR hydrocarbon saturation equation was developed and used to calculate gas hydrate saturations on the Blake Ridge. The COR-calculated gas hydrate saturations (ranging from about 2% to 14% bulk volume gas hydrate) from the Blake Ridge compare favorably to the gas hydrate saturations derived from electrical resistivity log measurements.
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:31.5035
West:-75.3245East: -75.2807
South:31.4708

Economic geology, geology of energy sources; Applied geophysics; Atlantic Ocean; Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge; chemical ratios; formation evaluation; gas hydrates; geochemical methods; Leg 164; marine sediments; mineral composition; natural gas; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 994; ODP Site 995; ODP Site 997; petroleum; petroleum engineering; porosity; reservoir properties; sediments; well-logging;

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