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Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Research Well Program
Description
In 2002, an expanded consortium with seven international partners undertook a production research well program that included the drilling of a nearly 1200 m deep main production research well and two nearby scientific observation wells. Full-scale field experiments were conducted to monitor the physical response of the gas hydrate deposits to depressurization and thermal production stimulation. The project involved over 100 researchers, worldwide. The spud date for the first observation well was in December, 2001 with completion of the drilling program in March 2002. A wide ranging science and engineering research program was proposed with extensive geophysics, core studies and long term monitoring of in-situ conditions. The scientific and engineering research objectives for the production research well focussed on two themes: (1) the assessment of the production and properties of gas hydrates, and (2) an assessment of the stability of continental gas hydrates given warming trends predicted by climate change models.
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Location
Northwest Territorries, District of Mackenzie, Mackenzie River Delta, Mallik
Coordinates
69° 27' 28'' N, 134° 39' 32'' W (Please scroll down to end of page for more information.)
Project Start and End
- Begin of drilling December 25, 2001
- End of drilling and testing March 12, 2002
Programs and Funding
- British Petroleum
- Burlington Inc.
- Chevron
- Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
- GEOTECHNOLOGIEN - Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
- ICDP Germany - German Science Foundation
- International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
- Japan National Oil Corporation
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Government of India
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Geological Survey, USGS
Principal Investigators
- Timothy S. Collet, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Denver
- Takashi Uchida, Japan National Oil Corporation, Technology Research Center
- Jörn Lauterjung, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Staff Scientific Executive Board
- Scott R. Dallimore, Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division
Cooperating Principal Investigators
- Avinash Chandra, Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Michael H. Weber, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.2, Geophysical Deep Sounding
- Tetsuo Yonezawa, Japan National Oil Corporation, Technology Research Center
Partners and Contractors
- Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Geoscience Centre
- Geological Survey of Canada, Sedimentary and Marine Geoscience Branch
- Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division
- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Scientific Drilling ICDP (Operational Support Group OSG/ICDP)
- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.2, Geophysical Deep Sounding
- Japan National Oil Corporation
- JAPEX Research Center, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company Ltd.
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Government of India
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Geological Survey, USGS
- U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Denver
- University of Durham, Department of Geography
Keywords
Climate Change , Deep Biosphere , Gas Hydrates , Global Environment , ICDP-08/01 , MALLIK , MALLIX0 , MALLIX1 , Natural Resources
Current State
Drilling operations and scientific evaluations have been finalized
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