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Gas hydrate saturation (Sh) is the most challenging key parameter of petrophysical evaluations for reservoir characterization. In total three wells were used (namely, NGHP-01-19, NGHP-01-09, and NGHP-01-08) to compute the petrophysical parameters in the gas hydrate-bearing sediments of the Mahanadi offshore basin. Initially, effective porosity and volume of shale are computed using conventional log data varying from 11–36% and 55–75% respectively. The most prominent technique responding to the physical property has been used to compute the Sh by using Archie’s empirical electrical resistivity method. The presence of gas hydrate, free gas, and other lithology affects the sonic velocity which is widely used to quantify the hydrate saturation. Therefore, an attempt is made to quantify the Sh from the wellbore sonic velocity using a rock physics model at higher porosity (∼62%) for unconsolidated marine sediments below the seafloor. The model is best suited for gas hydrate zones where velocity increases with the hydrate saturation but underestimates the saturation for free gas zones below the bottom simulating reflector. In the study area, Sh ranges from 5–13% in the depth interval of 175–200 mbsf for well NGHP-01-19 whereas, small amount of 3–10% and 2–8% for well NGHP-01-09 and NGHP-01-08 respectively. The Sh obtained from the rock physics model is insignificantly mismatched with the saturation obtained from temperature and resistivity data due to the presence of an isotropic layer with fracture filling sediments having anisotropic properties.
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Shukla, P.K., Singha, D.K., Yadav, P.K. et al. Petro-physics Analysis and Rock Physics Modeling for Estimation of Gas Hydrate Saturation: A Case Study in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin. J Geol Soc India 98, 883–892 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-022-2091-1
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