Laboratory-scale experiment of methane hydrate dissociation by hot-water injection and numerical analysis for permeability estimation in reservoir: Part 1 - Numerical study for estimation of permeability in methane hydrate reservoir

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Sakamoto, Yasuhide ^a   Komai, Takeshi ^a   Kawamura, Taro ^a   Minagawa, Hideki ^a   Tenma, Norio ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot water injection; Marine sediments dissociation; Methane hydrate; Permeability; Simulation; Thermal stimulation method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

HOT-WATER INJECTION; METHANE HYDRATES; THERMAL STIMULATION METHOD;

GAS HYDRATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; GAS HYDRATES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION;

EID: 33947670880     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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