Ultrasonic Shear Wave Velocity and Attenuation during methane hydrate formation in water saturated sandstone (NERC Grant NE/J020753/1)

This dataset is of laboratory ultrasonic shear wave measurements during methane hydrate formation in water saturated Berea sandstone using pulse echo method. We formed methane hydrate and took shear wave measurements during the formation process at different time interval. The hydrate saturation was calculated from measured pressure and temperature changes. This data set was used to show how shear wave velocity and attenuation can be used to estimate permeability of hydrate-bearing geological formations. We observed that velocity and attenuation both increase with hydrate saturation, with two peaks in attenuation at hydrate saturations of around 6% and 20% that correspond to changes in gradient of velocity. These laboratory experiments were conducted in National Oceanography Centre, Southampton by Sourav Sahoo with technical support provided by Laboratory Manager Laurence North. Sourav Sahoo interpreted the data. The hydrate formation process continued for few days and measurements were done mostly during daytime due to limited laboratory access during the night. This data set has been used for the paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (DOI 10.1029/2021JB022206)

Date (Creation): 2021-09-30

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607813

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Oceanography Centre	Angus Ian Best	not available	Principal investigator
National Oceanography Centre	Mr Sourav Kumar Sahoo	not available	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Point of contact

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Geology

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NGDC Deposited Data
Methane
Sandstone
Attenuation
Shear waves
Gas hydrates

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Language: English

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Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2015-03-01

End date: 2015-09-30

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Name	Version
7z file

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item168790	Data

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Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: No

Statement: We formed methane hydrate in a cylindrical sample of Berea sandstone (4.97 cm diameter, 2.06 cm height; 22% porosity, 448 mD permeability) inside a stainless-steel pressure cell. We used the pulse-echo system and signal analysis described in detail in Sahoo et al., (2019), after Winkler and Plona (1982). The method is described in details in published paper. This dataset includes shear wave measurements done during methane hydrate formation in Berea Sandstone. We formed methane hydrate and took shear wave measurements during the formation process at different time interval. The experimental setup is described in the main manuscript. Several files are included in the data set. Each files is one measurement during hydrate formation. So each file has a different hydrate saturation.