Fire and Ice: Gas Hydrate Transportation - A Possibility for the Caribbean Region

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 217-228

  Taylor, Mark ^a   Dawe, Richard A ^b   Thomas, Sydney ^b  

^a Advantica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GASIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SLURRY PIPELINES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG); GAS RESERVOIRS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 0346368635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81022-MS     Document Type: Conference Paper

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