Warm water flooding of confined gas hydrate reservoirs

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2361-2369

  Phirani, J ^a   Mohanty, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel; Hydrates; Marine deposits; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Simulation; Warm water injection

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC REGIONS; DEPRESSURIZATION; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIRS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HIGH INJECTIONS; HYDRATE PRODUCTIONS; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION TEMPERATURES; KINETIC MODES; LOW PRESSURES; MARINE DEPOSITS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MULTI COMPONENTS; NATURAL GAS HYDRATES; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; POROUS MEDIA; PRODUCTION WELLS; RESERVOIR POROSITIES; SIMULATION; THREE COMPONENTS; WARM WATER INJECTION; WARM WATERS; WATER FLOODING; WATER LAYERS;

FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS HYDRATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 64049108880     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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