Numerical investigation of gas production strategy for the hydrate deposits in the Shenhu area

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 946-974

  Su, Zheng ^a   Moridis, George J ^b   Zhang, Keni ^b   Yang, Rui ^a   Wu, Nengyou ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressurization; Gas hydrates; Huff and puff; Hydrate dissociation; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; DISSOCIATION; GASES; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; HYDRATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; HUFF-AND-PUFF; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79955865438     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/20551-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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