Behavior of gas production from Type III hydrate reservoirs

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-504

  Zatsepina, O ^a   Pooladi Darvish, M ^a,b   Hong, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrate decomposition; Hydrate reservoir; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATION; MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; HYDRATE DECOMPOSITION; HYDRATE STABILITIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION APPROACHES; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIGNIFICANT GAS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79960399844     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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