MRI visualization of spontaneous methane production from hydrates in sandstone core plugs when exposed to CO2

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Graue, Arne ^a   Kvamme, Bjørn ^a   Baldwin, Bernard A ^b   Stevens, Jim C ^c   Howard, James J ^c   Aspenes, Eirik ^a   Ersland, Geir ^a   Husebø, Jarle ^a   Zornes, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Green Country Petrophysics LLC

^c ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRATION; MAGNETIC CORE STORAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHANE; MOLECULES; NATURAL GAS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HYDRATE STRUCTURES; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; METHANE MOLECULES; METHANE PRODUCTION; PHASE FIELD THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; WATER PRODUCTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 48849112938     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/118851-PA     Document Type: Article

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