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Journal of Geophysical Research | 2015

A joint electromagnetic and seismic study of an active pockmark within the hydrate stability field at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard margin

Bedanta K. Goswami; Karen Weitemeyer; Timothy A. Minshull; Martin C. Sinha; Graham K. Westbrook; Anne Chabert; Timothy J. Henstock; Stephan Ker

We acquired coincident marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM), high-resolution seismic reflection and ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) data over an active pockmark in the crest of the southern part of the Vestnesa Ridge, to estimate fluid composition within an underlying fluid-migration chimney. Synthetic model studies suggest resistivity obtained from CSEM data can resolve gas or hydrate saturation greater than 5% within the chimney. Acoustic chimneys imaged by seismic reflection data beneath the pockmark and on the ridge flanks were found to be associated with high-resistivity anomalies (+2–4 ?m). High-velocity anomalies (+0.3 km/s), within the gas-hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) and low-velocity anomalies (?0.2 km/s) underlying the GHSZ, were also observed. Joint analysis of the resistivity and velocity anomaly indicates pore saturation of up to 52% hydrate with 28% free gas, or up to 73% hydrate with 4% free gas, within the chimney beneath the pockmark assuming a nonuniform and uniform fluid distribution, respectively. Similarly, we estimate up to 30% hydrate with 4% free gas or 30% hydrate with 2% free gas within the pore space of the GHSZ outside the central chimney assuming a nonuniform and uniform fluid distribution, respectively. High levels of free-gas saturation in the top part of the chimney are consistent with episodic gas venting from the pockmark.


Geophysical Prospecting | 2014

Navigating marine electromagnetic transmitters using dipole field geometry

Karen Weitemeyer; Steve Constable

The marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) technique has been adopted by the hydrocarbon industry to characterize the resistivity of targets identified from seismic data prior to drilling. Over the years, marine controlled source electromagnetic has matured to the point that four-dimensional or time lapse surveys and monitoring could be applied to hydrocarbon reservoirs in production, or to monitor the sequestration of carbon dioxide. Marine controlled source electromagnetic surveys have also been used to target shallow resistors such as gas hydrates. These novel uses of the technique require very well constrained transmitter and receiver geometry in order to make meaningful and accurate geologic interpretations of the data. Current navigation in marine controlled source electromagnetic surveys utilize a long base line, or a short base line, acoustic navigation system to locate the transmitter and seafloor receivers. If these systems fail, then rudimentary navigation is possible by assuming the transmitter follows in the ships track. However, these navigational assumptions are insufficient to capture the detailed orientation and position of the transmitter required for both shallow targets and repeat surveys. In circumstances when acoustic navigation systems fail we propose the use of an inversion algorithm that solves for transmitter geometry. This algorithm utilizes the transmitters electromagnetic dipole radiation pattern as recorded by stationary, close range (<1000 m), receivers in order to model the geometry of the transmitter. We test the code with a synthetic model and validate it with data from a well navigated controlled source electromagnetic survey over the Scarborough gas field in Australia.


Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union | 2012

Leaking Methane Reservoirs Offshore Svalbard

Timothy A. Minshull; Graham K. Westbrook; Karen Weitemeyer; Martin C. Sinha; Bedanta K. Goswami; Bruno Marsset

Methane hydrate—a solid substance in which methane is trapped within ice-like crystals—is stable at low temperatures and high pressures and may be destabilized by ocean warming on both geological and human time scales. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and methane released from hydrate provides a potential positive feedback mechanism in global climate change [e.g., Archer and Buffett, 2005]—in theory, the more methane is released by the hydrates, the warmer the climate gets, causing the ocean to warm and release more methane. However, methane escaping from the seabed is oxidized and dissolved in the ocean, and insufficient methane may reach the atmosphere to affect the climate significantly. Its importance for climate change therefore depends on whether the flux from the seabed is great enough to overcome solution in the ocean and perturb atmospheric concentrations over sufficiently long time scales.


Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems | 2017

Variations in pockmark composition at the Vestnesa Ridge: Insights from marine controlled source electromagnetic and seismic data

Bedanta K. Goswami; Karen Weitemeyer; Stefan Bünz; Timothy A. Minshull; Graham K. Westbrook; Stephan Ker; Martin C. Sinha

The Vestnesa Ridge marks the northern boundary of a known submarine gas hydrate province in the west Svalbard margin. Several seafloor pockmarks at the eastern segment of the ridge are sites of active methane venting. Until recently, seismic reflection data were the main tool for imaging beneath the ridge. Coincident controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM), high-resolution two-dimensional (2-D) airgun, sweep frequency SYSIF, and three-dimensional (3-D) p-cable seismic reflection data were acquired at the south-eastern part of the ridge between 2011 and 2013. The CSEM and seismic data contain profiles across and along the ridge, passing several active and inactive pockmarks. Joint interpretation of resistivity models obtained from CSEM and seismic reflection data provides new information regarding the fluid composition beneath the pockmarks. There is considerable variation in transverse resistance and seismic reflection characteristics of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) between the ridge flanks and chimneys beneath pockmarks. Layered seismic reflectors on the flanks are associated with around 300 Ωm2 transverse resistance, whereas the seismic reflectors within the chimneys exhibit amplitude blanking and chaotic patterns. The transverse resistance of the GHSZ within the chimneys vary between 400 and 1200 Ωm2. Variance attributes obtained from the 3-D p-cable data also highlight faults and chimneys, which coincide with the resistivity anomalies. Based on the joint data interpretation, widespread gas hydrate presence is likely at the ridge, with both hydrates and free gas contained within the faults and chimneys. However, at the active chimneys the effect of gas likely dominates the resistive anomalies.


Geophysical Journal International | 2016

Controlled-source electromagnetic and seismic delineation of sub-seafloor fluid flow structures in a gas hydrate province, offshore Norway

Eric Attias; Karen Weitemeyer; Timothy A. Minshull; Angus I. Best; Martin C. Sinha; Marion Jegen-Kulcsar; Sebastian Hölz; Christian Berndt


Geophysical Journal International | 2016

Resistivity image beneath an area of active methane seeps in the west Svalbard continental slope

Bedanta K. Goswami; Karen Weitemeyer; Timothy A. Minshull; Martin C. Sinha; Graham K. Westbrook; Héctor Marín-Moreno


Archive | 2013

CSEM Survey of a Methane Vent Site, Offshore West Svalbard

Bedanta K. Goswami; Karen Weitemeyer; Timothy A. Minshull; M. C. Sinha; Graham K. Westbrook


Geophysical Journal International | 2018

High-resolution resistivity imaging of marine gas hydrate structures by combined inversion of CSEM towed and ocean-bottom receiver data

Eric Attias; Karen Weitemeyer; Sebastian Hölz; Samer Naif; Timothy A. Minshull; Angus I. Best; Amir Haroon; Marion Jegen-Kulcsar; Christian Berndt


In supplement to: Attias, E et al. (in prep.): Gas hydrate quantification using sediment cores, marine CSEM, and seismic data coupled by joint elastic-electrical effective medium modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research | 2017

Magnetic properties of Nyegga CNE03 sediment core

Eric Attias; Kelvin Amalokwu; Mille Watts; Ismael Falcon-Suarez; Hu Gaowei; Angus I. Best; Karen Weitemeyer; Timothy A. Minshull


Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems | 2017

Variations in pockmark composition at the Vestnesa Ridge: Insights from marine controlled source electromagnetic and seismic data: POCKMARK COMPOSITIONS AT VESTNESA RIDGE

Bedanta K. Goswami; Karen Weitemeyer; Stefan Bünz; Timothy A. Minshull; Graham K. Westbrook; Stephan Ker; Martin C. Sinha

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Angus I. Best

National Oceanography Centre

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M. C. Sinha

University of Cambridge

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E. Attias

University of Southampton

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Ismael Falcon-Suarez

National Oceanography Centre

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Martin C. Sinha

National Oceanography Centre

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