Sensitivity analysis of gas production from Class I hydrate reservoir by depressurization

Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 281-285

  Jiang, Xingxing ^a   Li, Shuxia ^a   Zhang, Lina ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Depressurization; Hydrate reservoir; Numerical model; Sensitivity studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; HYDRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

3D NUMERICAL MODEL; ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; BOTTOMHOLE; CLASS I; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOCIATION RATE CONSTANT; FREE GAS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE PRODUCTION; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; RESEARCH RESULTS; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; THREE COMPONENT; THREE PHASIS;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS PRODUCTION; MASS BALANCE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE DROP; REACTION RATE; RESERVOIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84862782939     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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