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Title: Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report

Abstract

The research undertaken in this project pertains to study of various techniques for production of natural gas from Alaskan gas hydrates such as, depressurization, injection of hot water, steam, brine, methanol and ethylene glycol solutions through experimental investigation of decomposition characteristics of hydrate cores. An experimental study has been conducted to measure the effective gas permeability changes as hydrates form in the sandpack and the results have been used to determine the reduction in the effective gas permeability of the sandpack as a function of hydrate saturation. A user friendly, interactive, menu-driven, numerical difference simulator has been developed to model the dissociation of natural gas hydrates in porous media with variable thermal properties. A numerical, finite element simulator has been developed to model the dissociation of hydrates during hot water injection process.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Alaska Univ., Fairbanks, AK (United States). Petroleum Development Lab.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10120010
Report Number(s):
DOE/FE/61114-3031
ON: DE92001104
DOE Contract Number:  
FG21-86FE61114
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; PRODUCTION; PROGRESS REPORT; GAS HYDRATES; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; ALASKA; RESERVOIR ROCK; INJECTION WELLS; STEAM; BRINES; METHANOL; GLYCOLS; PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; 030300; 030200; DRILLING, PRODUCTION, AND PROCESSING; RESERVES, GEOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION

Citation Formats

Kamath, V A, Sharma, G D, and Patil, S L. Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/10120010.
Kamath, V A, Sharma, G D, & Patil, S L. Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10120010
Kamath, V A, Sharma, G D, and Patil, S L. 1991. "Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10120010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10120010.
@article{osti_10120010,
title = {Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report},
author = {Kamath, V A and Sharma, G D and Patil, S L},
abstractNote = {The research undertaken in this project pertains to study of various techniques for production of natural gas from Alaskan gas hydrates such as, depressurization, injection of hot water, steam, brine, methanol and ethylene glycol solutions through experimental investigation of decomposition characteristics of hydrate cores. An experimental study has been conducted to measure the effective gas permeability changes as hydrates form in the sandpack and the results have been used to determine the reduction in the effective gas permeability of the sandpack as a function of hydrate saturation. A user friendly, interactive, menu-driven, numerical difference simulator has been developed to model the dissociation of natural gas hydrates in porous media with variable thermal properties. A numerical, finite element simulator has been developed to model the dissociation of hydrates during hot water injection process.},
doi = {10.2172/10120010},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10120010}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991},
month = {Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991}
}