Gas hydrates and offshore drilling. Predicting the hydrate free zone

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 912, Issue , 2000, Pages 411-419

  Ostergaard K K ^a   Tohidi, B ^a   Danesh, A ^a   Todd, A C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ETHYLENE; FORMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; GLYCOL; HYDROCARBON; INORGANIC SALT; METHANOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM BROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARCTIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRILL; EXPERIMENT; GAS; HAZARD; MODEL; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PREDICTION; SAFETY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033925268     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06795.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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