Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, July 6-10, 2008. INVESTIGATION OF GAS HYDRATE-BEARING SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS AT THE "MOUNT ELBERT" STRATIGRAPHIC TEST WELL, MILNE POINT, ALASKA Ray Boswell∗ U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV U.S.A. Robert Hunter ASRC Energy Services 3900 C Street, Suite 702, Anchorage, AK 99503 U.S.A. Timothy Collett U.S. Geological Survey Denver Federal Center, MS-939 Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225 U.S.A. Scott Digert BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99519 U.S.A. Steve Hancock RPS Energy Canada Suite 1400, 800 - 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T6 CANADA Micaela Weeks BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99519 U.S.A. Mount Elbert Science Team ABSTRACT In February 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy, BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., and the U.S. Geological Survey conducted an extensive data collection effort at the "Mount Elbert #1" gas hydrates stratigraphic test well on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). The 22-day field program acquired significant gas hydrate-bearing reservoir data, including a full suite of open-hole well logs, over 500 feet of continuous core, and open-hole formation pressure response tests. Hole conditions, and therefore log data quality, were excellent due largely to the use of chilled oilbased drilling fluids. The logging program confirmed the existence of approximately 30 m of gashydrate saturated, fine-grained sand reservoir. Gas hydrate saturations were observed to range from 60% to 75% largely as a function of reservoir quality. Continuous wire-line coring
