High saturation of methane hydrate in a coarse-grained reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico from quantitative depressurization of pressure cores


Stephen C Phillips1, Peter B Flemings2, Melanie E Holland3, Peter J Schultheiss3, Ethan G Petrou4, William F Waite5, Junbong Jang6, Helen Hammon4, Peter J Polito7 and UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (2)The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (3)GEOTEK Ltd, Daventry, United Kingdom, (4)University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (7)The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States