Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070096

Title: Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs

Abstract

Two methane migration mechanisms have been proposed for coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs: short-range diffusive gas migration and long-range advective fluid transport from depth. Herein we demonstrate that short-range fluid flow due to overpressure in marine sediments is a significant additional methane transport mechanism that allows hydrate to precipitate in large quantities in thick, coarse-grained hydrate reservoirs. Two-dimensional simulations demonstrate that this migration mechanism, short-range advective transport, can supply significant amounts of dissolved gas and is unencumbered by limitations of the other two end-member mechanisms. Here, short-range advective migration can increase the amount of methane delivered to sands as compared to the slow process of diffusion, yet it is not necessarily limited by effective porosity reduction as is typical of updip advection from a deep source.

Authors:

^[1]; Daigle, Hugh ^[1]; Cook, Ann E. ^[2]; Malinverno, Alberto ^[3]

Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Observatory of Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY (United States)

Publication Date:: 2016-08-31

Research Org.:: Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Contributing Org.:: University of Texas at Austin

OSTI Identifier:: 1314040

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1402322

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0013919

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Geophysical Research Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats


                    Nole, Michael, Daigle, Hugh, Cook, Ann E., and Malinverno, Alberto. Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
        Web.  doi:10.1002/2016GL070096.

Copy to clipboard


                    Nole, Michael, Daigle, Hugh, Cook, Ann E., & Malinverno, Alberto. Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070096

Copy to clipboard


                    Nole, Michael, Daigle, Hugh, Cook, Ann E., and Malinverno, Alberto. Wed .  
        "Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070096.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1314040.

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_1314040,

  title        = {Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs},

  author       = {Nole, Michael and Daigle, Hugh and Cook, Ann E. and Malinverno, Alberto},

  abstractNote = {Two methane migration mechanisms have been proposed for coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs: short-range diffusive gas migration and long-range advective fluid transport from depth. Herein we demonstrate that short-range fluid flow due to overpressure in marine sediments is a significant additional methane transport mechanism that allows hydrate to precipitate in large quantities in thick, coarse-grained hydrate reservoirs. Two-dimensional simulations demonstrate that this migration mechanism, short-range advective transport, can supply significant amounts of dissolved gas and is unencumbered by limitations of the other two end-member mechanisms. Here, short-range advective migration can increase the amount of methane delivered to sands as compared to the slow process of diffusion, yet it is not necessarily limited by effective porosity reduction as is typical of updip advection from a deep source.},

  doi          = {10.1002/2016GL070096},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1314040},
  journal      = {Geophysical Research Letters},

  issn         = {0094-8276},

  number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {8}

}

Copy to clipboard

Journal Article:

Free Publicly Available Full Text

Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Publisher's Version of Record

https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070096

Other availability

Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 4 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Works referenced in this record:

Generalization of gas hydrate distribution and saturation in marine sediments by scaling of thermodynamic and transport processes
journal, June 2007

Bhatnagar, G.; Chapman, W. G.; Dickens, G. R.
American Journal of Science, Vol. 307, Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.2475/06.2007.01

Kinetic simulation of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media
journal, June 2006

Sun, Xuefei; Mohanty, Kishore K.
Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 61, Issue 11
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2005.12.017

Gas hydrate occurrence on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea
journal, March 2005

Wu, S.; Zhang, G.; Huang, Y.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 22, Issue 3
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.11.006

Resource Assessment of Methane Hydrate in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan
conference, April 2013

Fujii, Tetsuya; Saeki, Tatsuo; Kobayashi, Toshiaki
Offshore Technology Conference
https://doi.org/10.4043/19310-MS

Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-while-drilling data acquisition and analysis
journal, June 2012

Collett, Timothy S.; Lee, Myung W.; Zyrianova, Margarita V.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 34, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.003

Water permeability in hydrate-bearing sediments: A pore-scale study
journal, June 2014

Dai, Sheng; Seol, Yongkoo
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 41, Issue 12
https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060535

Gas hydrate resource potential in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico
journal, June 2012

Frye, Matthew; Shedd, William; Boswell, Ray
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 34, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.001

Subsurface Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrate in the Nankai Trough Area: Implication for Gas Hydrate Concentration
journal, March 2004

Uchida, Takashi; Lu, Hailong; Tomaru, Hitoshi
Resource Geology, Vol. 54, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00185.x

Gas hydrate growth and dissociation in narrow pore networks: capillary inhibition and hysteresis phenomena
journal, January 2009

Anderson, R.; Tohidi, B.; Webber, J. B. W.
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol. 319, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1144/SP319.12

Evidence of gas hydrate from downhole logging data in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea
journal, November 2011

Kim, Gil Young; Yi, Bo Yeon; Yoo, Dong Geun
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Issue 10
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.01.011

Focused fluid flow in passive continental margins
journal, October 2005

Berndt, Christian
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 363, Issue 1837
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2005.1666

Role of Fluid Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting
journal, January 1959

King Hubbert, M.; Rubey, William W.
Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 70, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1959)70[115:ROFPIM]2.0.CO;2

The impact of lithologic heterogeneity and focused fluid flow upon gas hydrate distribution in marine sediments: LITHOLOGY, FOCUSED FLOW AND GAS HYDRATES
journal, September 2014

Chatterjee, Sayantan; Bhatnagar, Gaurav; Dugan, Brandon
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 119, Issue 9
https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011236

Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments: 1. Conceptual model of gas hydrate growth conditioned by host sediment properties
journal, October 1999

Clennell, M. Ben; Hovland, Martin; Booth, James S.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 104, Issue B10
https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JB900175

Capillary effects on hydrate stability in marine sediments
journal, January 2011

Liu, Xiaoli; Flemings, Peter B.
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, Issue B7
https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JB008143

Rising methane gas bubbles form massive hydrate layers at the seafloor
journal, November 2004

Haeckel, Matthias; Suess, Erwin; Wallmann, Klaus
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 68, Issue 21
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2004.01.018

A model for the diffusive growth of hydrate saturation anomalies in layered sediments
journal, January 2011

Rempel, A. W.
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, Issue B10
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008484

Methane Hydrate and Free Gas on the Blake Ridge from Vertical Seismic Profiling
journal, September 1996

Holbrook, W. S.; Hoskins, H.; Wood, W. T.
Science, Vol. 273, Issue 5283
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5283.1840

Flow focusing in overpressured sandstones: Theory, observations, and applications
journal, December 2002

Flemings, P. B.
American Journal of Science, Vol. 302, Issue 10
https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.302.10.827

Scale effect on porosity and permeability: Kinetics, model, and correlation
journal, February 2001

Civan, Faruk
AIChE Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690470206

Multidisciplinary investigations exploring indicators of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna–Godavari Basin offshore, east coast of India
journal, August 2008

Ramana, M. V.; Ramprasad, T.; Paropkari, A. L.
Geo-Marine Letters, Vol. 29, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-008-0121-7

Physical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments
journal, January 2009

Waite, W. F.; Santamarina, J. C.; Cortes, D. D.
Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 47, Issue 4
https://doi.org/10.1029/2008RG000279

Architecture of gas-hydrate-bearing sands from Walker Ridge 313, Green Canyon 955, and Alaminos Canyon 21: Northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico
journal, June 2012

Boswell, Ray; Frye, Matthew; Shelander, Dianna
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 34, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.010

Short migration of methane into a gas hydrate-bearing sand layer at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico: SHORT MIGRATION OF METHANE
journal, February 2013

Cook, Ann E.; Malinverno, Alberto
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 14, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20040

Gas hydrate saturations estimated from fractured reservoir at Site NGHP-01-10, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India
journal, January 2009

Lee, M. W.; Collett, T. S.
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, Issue B7
https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB006237

Critically pressured free-gas reservoirs below gas-hydrate provinces
journal, January 2004

Hornbach, Matthew J.; Saffer, Demian M.; Steven Holbrook, W.
Nature, Vol. 427, Issue 6970
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02172

Marine gas hydrates in thin sand layers that soak up microbial methane
journal, April 2010

Malinverno, Alberto
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 292, Issue 3-4
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.008

Methane Flux and Authigenic Carbonate in Shallow Sediments Overlying Methane Hydrate Bearing Strata in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
journal, September 2014

Smith, Joseph; Coffin, Richard
Energies, Vol. 7, Issue 9
https://doi.org/10.3390/en7096118

Geochemical constraints on the origin of the pore fluids and gas hydrate distribution at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico
journal, November 2008

Kastner, Miriam; Claypool, George; Robertson, Gretchen
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 25, Issue 9
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.022

Testing short-range migration of microbial methane as a hydrate formation mechanism: Results from Andaman Sea and Kumano Basin drill sites and global implications
journal, July 2015

Malinverno, Alberto; Goldberg, David S.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 422
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.019

Methane hydrate formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311
journal, July 2008

Torres, M. E.; Tréhu, A. M.; Cespedes, N.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 271, Issue 1-4
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.061

Thermal evolution of the New Zealand Hikurangi subduction margin: Impact on natural gas generation and methane hydrate formation – A model study
journal, May 2015

Kroeger, K. F.; Plaza-Faverola, A.; Barnes, P. M.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 63
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.01.020

Works referencing / citing this record:

Linking basin-scale and pore-scale gas hydrate distribution patterns in diffusion-dominated marine hydrate systems: DIFFUSION-DRIVEN HYDRATE GROWTH IN SANDS
journal, February 2017

Nole, Michael; Daigle, Hugh; Cook, Ann E.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 18, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006662

Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Sandstones by Free Gas Flow
journal, June 2018

You, Kehua; Flemings, Peter B.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 123, Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb015683

Experimental Investigation of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone
journal, July 2018

Meyer, Dylan W.; Flemings, Peter B.; DiCarlo, David
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 123, Issue 7
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb015748

Effect of Gas Flow Rate on Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone
journal, August 2018

Meyer, Dylan W.; Flemings, Peter B.; DiCarlo, David
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 123, Issue 8
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb015878

Mechanisms of Methane Hydrate Formation in Geological Systems
journal, October 2019

You, K.; Flemings, P. B.; Malinverno, A.
Reviews of Geophysics, Vol. 57, Issue 4
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018rg000638

Factors Controlling Short‐Range Methane Migration of Gas Hydrate Accumulations in Thin Coarse‐Grained Layers
journal, August 2019

Wei, Li; Cook, Ann; Daigle, Hugh
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 20, Issue 8
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gc008405

Strength of Laboratory Synthesized Hydrate‐Bearing Sands and Their Relationship to Natural Hydrate‐Bearing Sediments
journal, December 2019

Priest, Jeffrey A.; Hayley, Jocelyn L.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 124, Issue 12
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb018324

Similar records in OSTI.GOV collections:

The impact of flow focusing on gas hydrate accumulations in overpressured marine sediments

Conference Nole, Michael ; Daigle, Hugh ; Cook, Ann ; ...

This study demonstrates the potential for flow focusing due to overpressuring in marine sedimentary environments to act as a significant methane transport mechanism from which methane hydrate can precipitate in large quantities in dipping sandstone bodies. Traditionally, gas hydrate accumulations in nature are discussed as resulting from either short-range diffusive methane migration or from long-range advective fluid transport sourced from depth. However, 3D simulations performed in this study demonstrate that a third migration mechanism, short-range advective transport, can provide a significant methane source that is unencumbered by limitations of the other two end-member mechanisms. Short-range advective sourcing is advantageous overmore »« less
Full Text Available
Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in Coarse-Grained Reservoirs

Technical Report Daigle, Hugh ; Bryant, Steven ; Mohanty, Kishore ; ...

The distribution of natural methane hydrate within high saturation reservoirs and mechanisms that control the migration of methane are an active area of research. In this project, we studied methane migration mechanisms and associated hydrate accumulation rates in coarse-grained sands of the Terrebonne Basin, located in Walker Ridge Block 313 (WR313), northern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrate in this area is distributed heterogeneously within ~900 m of methane hydrate stability zone, in both thick (10-25 m) and thin (< 3 m) sand layers, and in units of subvertical hydrate-filled fractures. We investigated hydrate formation from diffusively and advectively supplied methane usingmore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/1457393

Full Text Available
Factors Controlling Short-Range Methane Migration of Gas Hydrate Accumulations in Thin Coarse-Grained Layers

Journal Article Wei, Li ; Cook, Ann ; Daigle, Hugh ; ... - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Natural gas hydrate is often found in marine sediment in heterogeneous distributions in different sediment types. Diffusion may be a dominant mechanism for methane migration and affect hydrate distribution. We use a 1–D advection–diffusion–reaction model to understand hydrate distribution in and surrounding thin coarse–grained layers to examine the sensitivity of four controlling factors in a diffusion–dominant gas hydrate system. These factors are the particulate organic carbon content at seafloor, the microbial reaction rate constant, the sediment grading pattern, and the cementation factor of the coarse–grained layer. We use available data at Walker Ridge 313 in the northern Gulf of Mexicomore »« less
Cited by 2
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008405

Full Text Available
Gas hydrate reservoirs and gas migration mechanisms in the Terrebonne Basin, Gulf of Mexico

Journal Article Hillman, Jess I. T. ; Cook, Ann E. ; Daigle, Hugh ; ... - Marine and Petroleum Geology

Here, the interactions of microbial methane generation in fine-grained clay-rich sediments, methane migration, and gas hydrate accumulation in coarse-grained, sand-rich sediments are not yet fully understood. The Terrebonne Basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico provides an ideal setting to investigate the migration of methane resulting in the formation of hydrate in thin sand units interbedded with fractured muds. Using 3D seismic and well log data, we have identified several previously unidentified hydrate bearing units in the Terrebonne Basin. Two units are >100 m- thick fine-grained clay-rich units where gas hydrate occurs in near-vertical fractures. In some locations, these fine-grainedmore »« less
Cited by 5
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.07.029

Full Text Available
Studying methane migration mechanisms at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, via 3D methane hydrate reservoir modeling

Conference Nole, Michael ; Daigle, Hugh ; Mohanty, Kishore ; ...

We have developed a 3D methane hydrate reservoir simulator to model marine methane hydrate systems. Our simulator couples highly nonlinear heat and mass transport equations and includes heterogeneous sedimentation, in-situ microbial methanogenesis, the influence of pore size contrast on solubility gradients, and the impact of salt exclusion from the hydrate phase on dissolved methane equilibrium in pore water. Using environmental parameters from Walker Ridge in the Gulf of Mexico, we first simulate hydrate formation in and around a thin, dipping, planar sand stratum surrounded by clay lithology as it is buried to 295mbsf. We find that with sufficient methane beingmore »« less
Full Text Available

Similar Records

Title: Short-range, overpressure-driven methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs

Abstract

Citation Formats

Generalization of gas hydrate distribution and saturation in marine sediments by scaling of thermodynamic and transport processes journal, June 2007

Kinetic simulation of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media journal, June 2006

Gas hydrate occurrence on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea journal, March 2005

Resource Assessment of Methane Hydrate in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan conference, April 2013

Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-while-drilling data acquisition and analysis journal, June 2012

Water permeability in hydrate-bearing sediments: A pore-scale study journal, June 2014

Gas hydrate resource potential in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico journal, June 2012

Subsurface Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrate in the Nankai Trough Area: Implication for Gas Hydrate Concentration journal, March 2004

Gas hydrate growth and dissociation in narrow pore networks: capillary inhibition and hysteresis phenomena journal, January 2009

Evidence of gas hydrate from downhole logging data in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea journal, November 2011

Focused fluid flow in passive continental margins journal, October 2005

Role of Fluid Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting journal, January 1959

The impact of lithologic heterogeneity and focused fluid flow upon gas hydrate distribution in marine sediments: LITHOLOGY, FOCUSED FLOW AND GAS HYDRATES journal, September 2014

Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments: 1. Conceptual model of gas hydrate growth conditioned by host sediment properties journal, October 1999

Capillary effects on hydrate stability in marine sediments journal, January 2011

Rising methane gas bubbles form massive hydrate layers at the seafloor journal, November 2004

A model for the diffusive growth of hydrate saturation anomalies in layered sediments journal, January 2011

Methane Hydrate and Free Gas on the Blake Ridge from Vertical Seismic Profiling journal, September 1996

Flow focusing in overpressured sandstones: Theory, observations, and applications journal, December 2002

Scale effect on porosity and permeability: Kinetics, model, and correlation journal, February 2001

Multidisciplinary investigations exploring indicators of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna–Godavari Basin offshore, east coast of India journal, August 2008

Physical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments journal, January 2009

Architecture of gas-hydrate-bearing sands from Walker Ridge 313, Green Canyon 955, and Alaminos Canyon 21: Northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico journal, June 2012

Short migration of methane into a gas hydrate-bearing sand layer at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico: SHORT MIGRATION OF METHANE journal, February 2013

Gas hydrate saturations estimated from fractured reservoir at Site NGHP-01-10, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India journal, January 2009

Critically pressured free-gas reservoirs below gas-hydrate provinces journal, January 2004

Marine gas hydrates in thin sand layers that soak up microbial methane journal, April 2010

Methane Flux and Authigenic Carbonate in Shallow Sediments Overlying Methane Hydrate Bearing Strata in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico journal, September 2014

Geochemical constraints on the origin of the pore fluids and gas hydrate distribution at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico journal, November 2008

Testing short-range migration of microbial methane as a hydrate formation mechanism: Results from Andaman Sea and Kumano Basin drill sites and global implications journal, July 2015

Methane hydrate formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311 journal, July 2008

Thermal evolution of the New Zealand Hikurangi subduction margin: Impact on natural gas generation and methane hydrate formation – A model study journal, May 2015

Linking basin-scale and pore-scale gas hydrate distribution patterns in diffusion-dominated marine hydrate systems: DIFFUSION-DRIVEN HYDRATE GROWTH IN SANDS journal, February 2017

Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Sandstones by Free Gas Flow journal, June 2018

Experimental Investigation of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone journal, July 2018

Effect of Gas Flow Rate on Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone journal, August 2018

Mechanisms of Methane Hydrate Formation in Geological Systems journal, October 2019

Factors Controlling Short‐Range Methane Migration of Gas Hydrate Accumulations in Thin Coarse‐Grained Layers journal, August 2019

Strength of Laboratory Synthesized Hydrate‐Bearing Sands and Their Relationship to Natural Hydrate‐Bearing Sediments journal, December 2019

Generalization of gas hydrate distribution and saturation in marine sediments by scaling of thermodynamic and transport processes
journal, June 2007

Kinetic simulation of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media
journal, June 2006

Gas hydrate occurrence on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea
journal, March 2005

Resource Assessment of Methane Hydrate in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan
conference, April 2013

Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-while-drilling data acquisition and analysis
journal, June 2012

Water permeability in hydrate-bearing sediments: A pore-scale study
journal, June 2014

Gas hydrate resource potential in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico
journal, June 2012

Subsurface Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrate in the Nankai Trough Area: Implication for Gas Hydrate Concentration
journal, March 2004

Gas hydrate growth and dissociation in narrow pore networks: capillary inhibition and hysteresis phenomena
journal, January 2009

Evidence of gas hydrate from downhole logging data in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea
journal, November 2011

Focused fluid flow in passive continental margins
journal, October 2005

Role of Fluid Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting
journal, January 1959

The impact of lithologic heterogeneity and focused fluid flow upon gas hydrate distribution in marine sediments: LITHOLOGY, FOCUSED FLOW AND GAS HYDRATES
journal, September 2014

Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments: 1. Conceptual model of gas hydrate growth conditioned by host sediment properties
journal, October 1999

Capillary effects on hydrate stability in marine sediments
journal, January 2011

Rising methane gas bubbles form massive hydrate layers at the seafloor
journal, November 2004

A model for the diffusive growth of hydrate saturation anomalies in layered sediments
journal, January 2011

Methane Hydrate and Free Gas on the Blake Ridge from Vertical Seismic Profiling
journal, September 1996

Flow focusing in overpressured sandstones: Theory, observations, and applications
journal, December 2002

Scale effect on porosity and permeability: Kinetics, model, and correlation
journal, February 2001

Multidisciplinary investigations exploring indicators of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna–Godavari Basin offshore, east coast of India
journal, August 2008

Physical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments
journal, January 2009

Architecture of gas-hydrate-bearing sands from Walker Ridge 313, Green Canyon 955, and Alaminos Canyon 21: Northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico
journal, June 2012

Short migration of methane into a gas hydrate-bearing sand layer at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico: SHORT MIGRATION OF METHANE
journal, February 2013

Gas hydrate saturations estimated from fractured reservoir at Site NGHP-01-10, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India
journal, January 2009

Critically pressured free-gas reservoirs below gas-hydrate provinces
journal, January 2004

Marine gas hydrates in thin sand layers that soak up microbial methane
journal, April 2010

Methane Flux and Authigenic Carbonate in Shallow Sediments Overlying Methane Hydrate Bearing Strata in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
journal, September 2014

Geochemical constraints on the origin of the pore fluids and gas hydrate distribution at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico
journal, November 2008

Testing short-range migration of microbial methane as a hydrate formation mechanism: Results from Andaman Sea and Kumano Basin drill sites and global implications
journal, July 2015

Methane hydrate formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311
journal, July 2008

Thermal evolution of the New Zealand Hikurangi subduction margin: Impact on natural gas generation and methane hydrate formation – A model study
journal, May 2015

Linking basin-scale and pore-scale gas hydrate distribution patterns in diffusion-dominated marine hydrate systems: DIFFUSION-DRIVEN HYDRATE GROWTH IN SANDS
journal, February 2017

Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Sandstones by Free Gas Flow
journal, June 2018

Experimental Investigation of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone
journal, July 2018

Effect of Gas Flow Rate on Hydrate Formation Within the Hydrate Stability Zone
journal, August 2018

Mechanisms of Methane Hydrate Formation in Geological Systems
journal, October 2019

Factors Controlling Short‐Range Methane Migration of Gas Hydrate Accumulations in Thin Coarse‐Grained Layers
journal, August 2019

Strength of Laboratory Synthesized Hydrate‐Bearing Sands and Their Relationship to Natural Hydrate‐Bearing Sediments
journal, December 2019