Hydrate is a Nonwetting Phase in Porous Media

Murphy, Zachary W.; DiCarlo, David A.; Flemings, Peter B.; Daigle, Hugh

doi:10.1029/2020gl089289

Hydrate is a Nonwetting Phase in Porous Media

Journal Article · Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl089289· OSTI ID:1799877

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Jackson School of Geosciences, Institute for Geophysics; OSTI
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Jackson School of Geosciences, Institute for Geophysics
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering

In porous media containing gas hydrate, the hydrate morphology impacts the flow behavior of the fluid phases. We hypothesize that hydrate emplaces itself as a nonwetting phase and use this idea to describe relative permeability of water in a hydrate/water system. We perform steady-state relative permeability measurements in hydrate-bearing samples with a range of hydrate saturation. We measure and compare water relative permeability in the presence of gas and in the presence of hydrate and find that the water relative permeability is the same in both cases. This suggests that (1) relative permeability for hydrate systems can be obtained without performing difficult experiments on hydrate bearing sediments, (2) flow properties are porous-media dependent, and (3) models that assume a fixed pore or tube geometry are inadequate.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0028967

OSTI ID:: 1799877

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 47; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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