Overview
Methane hydrate was viewed in the early to mid 2000's as a potential clean energy bridge hydrocarbon. The hope was (or perhaps 'is') that cleaner burning methane hydrate could be a bridge fuel as the world weens itself off of dirtier hydrocarbons on its way to a clean energy future. While the ability to produce methane hydrate in an economic viable way remains to be seen, the series of government funded programs to asses its viability created a trove of publicly available oil and gas data. This dataset is a great way to introduce the predictive power of JMP Pro to oil and gas customers.
Customer Facing Abstract
Collecting oil and gas data at depth is difficult and expensive. Despite the best of intentions and efforts, it is not uncommon for some of the data to be of poor quality and/or missing. Herein we use methane hydrate saturation values from a scientific well in the North Slope of Alaska (Mt. Elbert Well) to build a series of predictive models. We use hydrate saturations from ONLY the upper 1/3 of the well to build a predictive model from gamma, density, and velocity data to predict hydrate saturation over the entire depth of the well. We then compare the actual and predicted hydrate saturations in well log form.
What do you like about this case study
- While methane hydrate is not a common target in the O&G industry, the analytical process is ubiquitous whether hydrate, oil, gas, etc.
- Missing data in well logs is a big problem--this will resonate
- As the price of oil fluctuates, the interest in older wells may increase where data is even more sparse, this provides a great method to interpret/predict new information from old wells
- Companies will have data similar to this for hundreds if not thousands of wells, expanding the calibration dataset and increasing modeling capability.
Who is this for
- exploration geologists
- reservoir engineers
- geotechnical engineers
- geophysicists
Products/Version(s) Supported
JMP 15/16 Pro
Platforms
- Fit Model—SLS, Stepwise, and Generalized Regression
- Neural Network
- XGBoost (Add-in)
- Graph Builder
Primary Source
This data was collected through as part of a cooperative agreement between DOE and BP Exploration Alaska (BPXA), in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and several universities and industry partners, to evaluate whether natural gas hydrate from the Alaska North Slope could be viably produced either technically or commercially. https://mlp.ldeo.columbia.edu/logdb/mount_elbert/
Data Sharing Notes
Data is publicly available and may be shared.
