Gas Hydrate Research Well Program
Project Acronym: MALLIK | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5026
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.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Mallik, Climate Change, Deep Biosphere, Gas Hydrates, Global Environment, Natural Resources
Cores are stored at Geological Survey of Canada
Project Management
Contact Person
- Scott Dallimore – Geological Survey of Canada
Lead PIs
- Timothy Collett – U.S. Geological Survey at Denver
- Takashi Uchida – Japan National Oil Corporation
- Joern Lauterjung – GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
CoPIs
- Avinash Chandra – Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Michael Weber – GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
- Tetsuo Yonezawa – Japan National Oil Corporation
Project Details
Project Description
- Title:
- Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Research Well Program (MALLIK)
- Proposed in:
- 2001
- Current State:
- Completed
- Proposal abstract:
- n.a.
- Geologic age:
- Oligocene
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- 1(3)
- Drilled length:
- 3542 m (3 wellholes/hole attempts/hole deepenings/sidetracks total)
- Cored length:
- 265.17 m
- Core recovered, length:
- 192.61 m
- Core recovered length / Cored length:
- 72.6%
- Core recovered / Drilled length:
- 5.4%
- Expedition #
- 5026
- Location
- North America, Canada, Northwest Territorries, District of Mackenzie, Mackenzie River Delta, Mallik, Canada
- Coordinates
- 69.0000, -135.0000
- Status
- Completed
Project Location
Project Timeline
Drilling
20 December 2001 - 15 March 2002