Measurements of the capillary pressure-saturation relationship of methane hydrate bearing sediments

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 933-945

  Ghezzehei, Teamrat A ^a   Kneafsey, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION RELATIONSHIP; HYDRATE BEARING SEDIMENTS; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955790031     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/20550-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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