Gas production from methane hydrate sediment layer by thermal stimulation with hot water injection

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1167-1176

  Sasaki, Kyuro ^a   Ono, Shinji ^a   Sugai, Yuichi ^a   Tenma, Norio ^b   Ebinuma, Takao ^b   Narita, Hideo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOCIATION; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRATION; ICE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; WATER;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; CUMULATIVE GAS PRODUCTIONS; DISSOCIATION HEAT; HOT WATER INJECTION; METHANE HYDRATE SEDIMENTS; METHANE HYDRATES; RESERVOIR MODELS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 79955872950     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/20592-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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