Gas production from methane hydrate in a pilot-scale hydrate simulator using the huff and puff method by experimental and numerical studies

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7183-7194

  Li, Bo ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Li, Xiao Sen ^a   Li, Qing Ping ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhao Yang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PRODUCTIONS; GRAIN SIZE; HOT WATER; HOT WATER INJECTION; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; INJECTED WATER; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; METHANE GAS; METHANE HYDRATES; PILOT SCALE; PRODUCTION WELLS; QUARTZ SAND; SYSTEM PRESSURE; VERTICAL WELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEIONIZED WATER; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRATION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE VESSELS; WATER; WATER INJECTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84871593274     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef301258w     Document Type: Article

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