The use of huff and puff method in a single horizontal well in gas production from marine gas hydrate deposits in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2010, IOGCEC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1446-1476

  Li, Gang ^a,b   Moridis, George J ^a   Zhang, Keni ^a   Li, Xiao Sen ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclic steam stimulation; Gas hydrate; Horizontal well; Huff and puff; Shenhu area

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BEARING LAYERS; BRINE INJECTION; CONFINED SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLIC STEAM STIMULATIONS; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HUFF AND PUFF; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; KEY LOCATION; MODELING STUDIES; NUMERICAL MODELING; PEARL RIVER MOUTH BASIN; PRODUCTION RATES; SHENHU AREA; SIMULATION RESULT; SITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; THERMAL STIMULATION; WATER DEPTH;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL DRILLING;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 78650589138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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