New approaches for the production of hydrocarbons from hydrate bearing sediments

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-172

  Schicks, Judith M ^a   Spangenberg, Erik ^a   Giese, Ronny ^a   Steinhauer, Bernd ^a   Klump, Jens ^a   Luzi, Manja ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

CH 4 CO 2; CO 2 injection; Gas production; Swapping process; Thermal stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551515519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4010151     Document Type: Article

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