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Title: The effects of gas composition and geothermal properties on the thickness and depth of natural gas hydrate zones

Abstract

When natural gas and water are contacted at low temperature and high pressure, gas hydrates can form. In colder climates (such as Alaska, Northern Canada, and Russian Siberia) and beneath the earth's oceans, conditions are appropriate for gas hydrate formation. This paper gives the depths and potential thickness of such hydrate formations as a function of the geothermal gradient, the gas composition, and where appropriate, the permafrost thickness, the pressure gradient, and the ocean bottom temperature.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Pittsburgh
OSTI Identifier:
5190732
Report Number(s):
CONF-830512-
Journal ID: CODEN: SEAPA
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: SPE13595; Conference: IEE/APS symposium, Houston, TX, USA, 23 May 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; GAS HYDRATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; NATURAL GAS HYDRATE DEPOSITS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; NATURAL GAS; OFFSHORE SITES; ONSHORE SITES; PERMAFROST; THICKNESS; CHEMISTRY; DIMENSIONS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; HYDRATES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; 033000* - Natural Gas- Properties & Composition

Citation Formats

Holder, G D, Lawson, W F, and Malone, R D. The effects of gas composition and geothermal properties on the thickness and depth of natural gas hydrate zones. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Holder, G D, Lawson, W F, & Malone, R D. The effects of gas composition and geothermal properties on the thickness and depth of natural gas hydrate zones. United States.
Holder, G D, Lawson, W F, and Malone, R D. 1985. "The effects of gas composition and geothermal properties on the thickness and depth of natural gas hydrate zones". United States.
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title = {The effects of gas composition and geothermal properties on the thickness and depth of natural gas hydrate zones},
author = {Holder, G D and Lawson, W F and Malone, R D},
abstractNote = {When natural gas and water are contacted at low temperature and high pressure, gas hydrates can form. In colder climates (such as Alaska, Northern Canada, and Russian Siberia) and beneath the earth's oceans, conditions are appropriate for gas hydrate formation. This paper gives the depths and potential thickness of such hydrate formations as a function of the geothermal gradient, the gas composition, and where appropriate, the permafrost thickness, the pressure gradient, and the ocean bottom temperature.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5190732}, journal = {Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = SPE13595,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985}
}

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