Evaluation of the gas production potential of marine hydrate deposits in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 908-932

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

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Gas production; Horizontal well; Shenhu area; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CONFINED SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; CYLINDRICAL INTERFACES; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FIELD STUDIES; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE SATURATION; HYDROSTATIC GRADIENTS; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; KEY LOCATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEARL RIVER MOUTH BASIN; PRODUCTION TARGETS; SHENHU AREA; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; THERMAL STIMULATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER PRODUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITS; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL STIMULATION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955836578     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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