Natural gas production from hydrate dissociation: An axisymmetric model

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 245-258

  Ahmadi, Goodarz ^a   Ji, Chuang ^a   Smith, Duane H ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrate; Hydrate dissociation; Natural gas production; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

GAS PRODUCTION RATE; METHANE HYDRATE;

DISSOCIATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATES; LINEARIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL PRESSURE;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

DISSOCIATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATES; LINEARIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL PRESSURE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELL; P-T CONDITIONS;

EID: 34447645649     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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