Hydrates in the ocean beneath, around, and above production equipment

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4167-4176

  Anderson, Karl ^a   Bhatnagar, Gaurav ^a   Crosby, Daniel ^a   Hatton, Greg ^a   Manfield, Philip ^a   Kuzmicki, Adam ^a   Fenwick, Nevil ^a   Pontaza, Juan ^a   Wicks, Moye ^a   Socolofsky, Scott ^b   Brady, Cole ^c   Svedeman, Steve ^c   Sum, Amadeu K ^d   Koh, Carolyn ^d   Levine, Jonathan ^d   Warzinski, Robert P ^e   Shaffer, Franklin ^e  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE SYSTEM; FORMATION PARAMETER; NATURAL SEEPS; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENTS; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; SEAWATER;

HYDRATION;

EID: 84863887645     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300261z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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