Research Papers

Selected Publications

  1. Moridis, G.J., Numerical Studies of Gas Production From Methane Hydrates, SPE 87330, SPE Journal, 32(8), 359-370, 2003.
  2. Moridis, G.J., Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Accumulations at the Mallik Site, Mackenzie Delta, Canada, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 7(3), 175-183, 2004.
  3. Moridis, G.J., T. Collett, S. Dallimore, T. Satoh, S. Hancock and B. Weatherhill, Numerical Studies Of Gas Production From Several Methane Hydrate Zones At The Mallik Site, Mackenzie Delta, Canada, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 43, 219-239, 2004.
  4. Alp, D., M. Parlaktuna, and Moridis, G.J., Gas Production by Depressurization From Hypothetical Class 1G and Class 1W Hydrate Reservoirs, Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 48(6), 1864-1879, 2007.
  5. Kowalsky, M.B., and Moridis, G.J., Comparison of Kinetic and Equilibrium Reaction Models in Simulating the Behavior of Gas Hydrates in Porous Media, Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 48(6), 1850-1863, doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.01.017, 2007.
  6. Moridis, G.J., and E.D. Sloan, Gas Production Potential of Disperse Low-Saturation Hydrate Accumulations in Oceanic Sediments, Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 48(6), 1834-1849, 2007.
  7. Moridis, G.J., and M. Kowalsky, Response of Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments to Thermal Stresses, SPE Journal, 12(2), 253-268, 2007.
  8. Moridis, G.J., M. Kowalsky and K. Pruess, Depressurization-Induced Gas Production From Class 1 Hydrate Deposits, SPE Journal of Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 10(5), 458-481, 2007.
  9. Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation Under Climate Change Scenarios, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22709, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031671, 2007.
  10. Tang, L-G, Li, X-S, Feng, Z-P, Li, G., and S-S. Fan, Control Mechanisms for Gas Hydrate Production by Depressurization in Different Scale Hydrate Reservoirs, Energy & Fuels, 21, 227-233, 2007.
  11. Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, The dynamic response of oceanic hydrate deposits to ocean temperature change, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, doi:10.1029/2008JC004938, 2008.

Conference Papers

  1. Moridis, G.J., and M.T. Reagan, Gas Production From Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost, SPE 110859, 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., 11-14 November 2007.
  2. Moridis, G.J., and M.T. Reagan, Gas Production From Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations, OTC 18866, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 30 April - 3 May 2007.
  3. Moridis, G.J., and M.T. Reagan, Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3 Hydrate Accumulations, OTC 18865, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 30 April - 3 May 2007.
  4. Moridis, G.J., M.T. Reagan, S.-J. Kim, Y. Seol and K. Zhang, Evaluation of the Gas Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea, SPE 110859, 2007 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 30 October-1 November 2007.
  5. Rutqvist, J., and G.J. Moridis, Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, OTC 18860, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 30 April - 3 May 2007.
  6. Anderson, B.J., J.W. Wilder, M. Kurihara, M.D. White, G.J. Moridis, S.J. Wilson, M. Pooladi-Darvish, Y. Masuda, T.S. Collett, R.B. Hunter, H. Narita, K. Rose and R. Boswell, Analysis Of Modular Dynamic Formation Test Results From The Mount Elbert-01 Stratigraphic Test Well, Milne Point Unit, North Slope Alaska, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 6-10, 2008.
  7. Grover, T., G.J. Moridis and S. Holditch, Analysis of Reservoir Performance of the Messoyakha Hydrate Reservoir, SPE 114375, 2008 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, September 21-24, 2008.
  8. Gullapalli, I., G.J. Moridis, S. Silpngarmlert, B. Reik, M. Kamal, E. Jones and T.Collett, Designing a Reservoir Flow Rate Experiment for the GOM Hydrate JIP Leg II LWD Drilling, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 6-10, 2008.
  9. Kowalsky, M., S. Nakagawa and G.J. Moridis, Feasibility of Monitoring Gas Hydrate Production with Geophysical Methods, OTC 19489, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008.
  10. Moridis, G.J., T.S. Collett, R. Boswell, M. Kurihara, M.T. Reagan, C. Koh and E.D. Sloan, Toward Production From Gas Hydrates: Current Status, Assessment of Resources, and Simulation-Based Evaluation of Technology and Potential, invited Paper SPE 114163, 2008 Unconventional Reservoirs Conference, February 11-13, Keystone, Colorado.
  11. Reagan, M.T, Moridis, G.J., Zhang, K., "Modeling of Gas Hydrate Instability and Methane Release in Response to Climate Change," 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
  12. Reagan, M.T., G.J. Moridis and K. Zhang, Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Production from Oceanic Hydrate Deposits, OTC 19433, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008.
  13. Rutqvist, J., and G.J. Moridis, A Numerical Model for Analysis of Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association, San Francisco, California, June 29-July 2, 2008.
  14. Rutqvist, J., G.J. Moridis and T. Grover, Coupled Hydrologic, Thermal and Geomechanical Analysis of Well Bore Stability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, OTC 19572, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008.
  15. Rutqvist, J., G.J. Moridis, T. Grover and T. Collett, Geomechanical Response of Known Permafrost Hydrate Deposits to Depressurization and Thermal Loading, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 6-10, 2008.
  16. Wilder, J.W., G.J. Moridis, S.J. Wilson, M. Kurihara, M.D. White, Y. Masuda, B.J. Anderson, T.S. Collett, R.B. Hunter, H. Narita, M. Pooladi-Darvish, K. Rose and R. Boswell, An International Effort to Compare Gas Hydrate Reservoir Simulators, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 6-10, 2008.
  17. Zhang, K., and G. Moridis, A Domain Decomposition Approach for Large-Scale Simulations of Coupled Processes in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 6-10, 2008.

Book Chapters

  1. Kurihara, M., H. Ouchi, T. Inoue, T. Yonezawa, Y. Masuda, S.R. Dallimore and T.S. Collett. "Analysis of the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Thermal Production Test Through Numerical Simulation", in Scientific Results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 585, S.R. Dallimore and T. Collett, Editors, 2005.
  2. Moridis, G.J. and M. Kowalsky, Gas Production from Unconfined Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Oceanic Subsurface, Chapter 7, in Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrates, M. Max, A.H. Johnson, W.P. Dillon and T. Collett, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 249-266, 2005 (LBNL-57299).
  3. Moridis, G.J. , T.S. Collett, S.R. Dallimore, T. Inoue and T. Mroz, Analysis and Interpretation of the Thermal Test of Gas Hydrate Dissociation in the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well, in Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585, S.R. Dallimore and T. Collett, Editors, 2005 (LBNL-57296).
  4. Moridis, G.J. and T. Collett, Gas Production from Class 1 Hydrate Accumulations, in Recent Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates, C. Taylor and J. Qwan, Editors, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Section I, Chapter 6, 75-88).

Reports

  1. Boswell, R., D. Shelander, M. Lee, T. Latham, T. Collett, G. Geurin, G. Moridis, M. Reagan and D. Goldberg, Occurrence of gas hydrate in Oligocene Frio sand: Alaminos Canyon Block 818: Northern Gulf of Mexico.
  2. Moridis, G. J., Analysis of Gas Production Scenarios From Hydrate Target Zones 1 and 2 of the Mallik Field, LBNL-48000, 2001.
  3. Moridis, G. J., and K. Pruess, Analysis of Gas Production Scenarios From Hydrate Zones A through C of the Mallik Fields, LBNL-47999, 2001.
  4. Moridis, G. J., and K. Pruess, Numerical Simulation of Gas Production From Hydrate Accumulations, LBNL-47998, 2001.
  5. Moridis, G.J., and T. Collett, Evaluation of Gas Production From Class 1 Deposits of Hydrates, LBNL-52827.
  6. Moridis, G.J., Kneafsey, T., Kowalsky, M., and M.T. Reagan, "Numerical, Laboratory And Field Studies of Gas Production From Natural Hydrate Accumulations in Geologic Media," OSTI Report 918665. Dec. 2007.