Increased gas production from hydrates by combining depressurization with heating of the wellbore

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6259-6267

  Falser, S ^a   Uchida, S ^b   Palmer, A C ^a   Soga, K ^b   Tan, T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL TEMPERATURE; ADDITIONAL HEATING; CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOCIATION PROCESS; DISSOCIATION RATES; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HEAT ENERGY; HYDRATE SATURATION; IN-SITU; PORE FILLING; PORE FLUIDS; PRODUCTION TEST; RADIAL HEAT TRANSFER; WELLBORE; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

DISSOCIATION; HEATING; HYDRATION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84867630236     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3010652     Document Type: Article

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