First-Order Estimation of In-Place Gas Resources at the Nyegga Gas Hydrate Prospect, Norwegian Sea

Kim Senger, Stefan Bünz and Jürgen Mienert
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Kim Senger: Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Stefan Bünz: Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Jürgen Mienert: Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway

Energies, 2010, vol. 3, issue 12, 1-26

Abstract: Gas hydrates have lately received increased attention as a potential future energy source, which is not surprising given their global and widespread occurrence. This article presents an integrated study of the Nyegga site offshore mid-Norway, where a gas hydrate prospect is defined on the basis of a multitude of geophysical models and one shallow geotechnical borehole. This prospect appears to hold around 625GSm3 (GSm3 = 109 standard cubic metres) of gas. The uncertainty related to the input parameters is dealt with through a stochastic calculation, giving a spread of in-place volumes of 183GSm3 (P90) to 1431GSm3 (P10). The resource density for Nyegga is found to be comparable to published resource assessments of other global hydrate provinces.

Keywords: methane hydrate; energy resource; mid-Norwegian margin; prospect evaluation; unconventional gas resource (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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