Evidence of Gas Hydrates in Block 26—Offshore Trinidad

Energies

Jill Marcelle-De Silva³  Adrian Thomas²  Wanda Lee De Landro Clarke¹ 

[1] Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Level 23, Tower C, International Waterfront Centre, #1 Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; E-Mail:;St. Mary’s College, Fenham Hall Drive, Flat E, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9YH, UK; E-Mail:;Petroleum Studies Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

关键词: hydrates;    Trinidad;    unconventional reservoir;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en5051309

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Natural gas hydrates are increasingly viewed as a potential economic resource as energy demands rise. In this study, three-dimensional seismic data for Block 26 in the Atlantic Continental Margin offshore Trinidad were evaluated to determine if there is the potential for oceanic hydrate-bearing sediments. The seismic dataset covered an area of approximately 1210 km² of the continental slope. A bottom simulating reflector which generally ran parallel to the sea floor and cut the dominant stratigraphy was observed and mapped over approximately 43% of the study area.

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