Hongzhi Xu^1,2, Jian Wang^1,3, Shuxia Li^1,*, Fengrui Zhao¹, Chengwen Wang¹, Yang Guo¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 505-523, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.030604 - 12 January 2024

Abstract Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is generally produced and accumulated together with the underlying conventional gas. Therefore, optimizing the production technology of these two gases should be seen as a relevant way to effectively reduce the exploitation cost of the gas hydrate. In this study, three types of models accounting for the coexistence of these gases are considered. Type A considers the upper hydrate-bearing layer (HBL) adjacent to the lower conventional gas layer (CGL); with the Type B a permeable interlayer exists between the upper HBL and the lower CGL; with the type C there is… More >

Md Nahin Mahmood^*, Boyun Guo

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.12, pp. 2707-2720, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.042996 - 29 November 2023

Abstract The energy industry faces a significant challenge in extracting natural gas from offshore natural gas hydrate (NGH) reservoirs, primarily due to the low productivity of wells and the high operational costs involved. The present study offers an assessment of the feasibility of utilizing geothermal energy to augment the production of natural gas from offshore gas hydrate reservoirs through the implementation of the methane-CO₂ swapping technique. The present study expands the research scope of the authors beyond their previous publication, which exclusively examined the generation of methane from marine gas hydrates. Specifically, the current investigation explores the… More >

Geng Guo^1,*, Leiwen Chen¹, Ji Li², Shu Yan³, Wenxiang Wu⁴, Lingxu Li⁵, Hongda Li⁶

Energy Engineering, Vol.117, No.2, pp. 79-88, 2020, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.010529 - 23 April 2020

Abstract Featured by high energy density, low combustion pollution and large quantity, natural gas hydrate has become one of the research hotspots in Sanlutian Field of Muri Coalfield since 2008, when China first drilled natural gas hydrate samples in the permafrost area of Qilian Mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, the study on the controlling factors of gas hydrate accumulation is still shallow, which hinders the exploration and development of natural gas hydrate resources. The controlling factors of gas hydrate accumulation mainly include temperature and pressure conditions, gas source conditions, sedimentary conditions and structural conditions, among which structural More >

Na Wei^1,*, Jinzhou Zhao¹, Wantong Sun¹, Shouwei Zhou¹, Liehui Zhang¹, Qingping Li², Haitao Li¹, Qiang Fu^1,2, Xin Lv², Lijun Zheng²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 84-86, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04533

Abstract Currently, marine natural gas hydrate has attracted people’s attention due to its huge amount of resources. As a creative way to securely and efficiently exploit metastable hydrate reservoir which is in shallow subsurface of sea floor and with weak cementing, the method of solid fluidization exploitation is to excavate and crush the marine natural gas hydrate reservoir, transport the hydrate to the sea surface platform through the airtight pipeline, and finally the methane gas is obtained after post-processing.
In the process that the hydrate solid particles are transported up, as the temperature rises and the pressure… More >

Lin Jiang^1,*, Na Wei^1,*, Jinzhou Zhao¹, Shouwei Zhou^1,2, Liehui Zhang¹, Qingping Li³, Guorong Wang¹, Jun Zhao¹, Kaisong Wu¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 81-83, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04515

Abstract With huge reserves, marine natural gas hydrate is one of the most potential unconventional alternative energy sources after shale gas, coalbed methane and tight gas. The research and pilot engineering of natural gas hydrate exploitation technology mainly adopts the depressurization method at home and abroad, all of which refer to the exploitation technology of conventional oil and gas.
While using the depressurization method to exploit the non-diagenetic gas hydrate, the undersea hydrate decomposes in situ, partly flows to the bottom of the well, and escapes into the seawater in large quantities, and the hydrate will face… More >