An Engineering Study to Investigate Methane Hydrate Resource Potential Associated with Barrow Gas Fields, Alaska

摘要

Methane hydrate resource potential of three Barrow gas field pools wasrnanalyzed by developing gas hydrate stability models. Material balancernstudies were performed on East Barrow (EB) gas pool to understandrnreservoir drive mechanisms and qualitatively estimate the hydraternresource. Field scale dynamic reservoir simulation models wererndeveloped for EB and WAL gas pools. Production history data werernmatched, reservoir drive mechanisms were confirmed, free gas andrnhydrate resources were quantified, hydrate dissociation patterns werernexamined, optimum locations for drilling infill wells were identifiedrnand future production scenarios were simulated.