Experimental determination of permeability in the presence of hydrates and its effect on the dissociation characteristics of gas hydrates in porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-122

  Kumar, Anjani ^a   Maini, Brij ^a   P R Bishnoi, ^a   Clarke, Matthew ^a   Zatsepina, Olga ^a   Srinivasan, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Hydrate dissociation; Permeability; Porous media

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOCIATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; GAS RECOVERY; GLASS BEAD; GRAIN SURFACE; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HYDRATE DECOMPOSITION; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY MODEL; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PORE FILLING; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

CAPILLARITY; DISSOCIATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT; RECOVERY METHOD; SATURATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72249086162     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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