Simulation of gas production from hydrate reservoir by the combination of warm water flooding and depressurization

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2469-2476

  Bai, Yuhu ^a,b   Li, Qingping ^a  

^a CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploitation   (China)

Author keywords

depressurization; natural gas hydrate reservoir; numerical simulation; warm water flooding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; FLOODS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SECONDARY RECOVERY;

CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; ENDOTHERMIC PROCESS; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; NATURAL GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PRODUCTION METHODS; WARM WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 77955495919     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-4036-y     Document Type: Article

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