Natural gas hydrate decomposition characteristics at the exploitation anaphase via sediment warming

S Ma, Z Liu, J Zheng, Z Wu, N Li, X Guan, J Han… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The exploitation anaphase of natural gas hydrate is with irreducible pressure conditions and
low hydrate saturation low temperature, when the hydrates may only decompose via …

Mechanical properties of the interstratified hydrate-bearing sediment in permafrost zones

Y Li, W Hu, H Tang, P Wu, T Liu, Z You, T Yu, Y Song - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is a promising energy for the future since the huge-reserve and
clean-burning. Currently, countries such as China, Japan, Canada, and the United States …

Study of CO2 injection to enhance gas hydrate production in multilateral wells

H Du, Y Zhang, B Zhang, S Tian, G Li, P Zhang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Multilateral wells offer promising opportunities for the commercial development of natural
gas hydrates. The reservoir strength and stiffness weaken as hydrates decompose during …

A quick and reliable production prediction approach for multilateral wells in natural gas hydrate: Methodology and case study

H Chu, J Zhang, W Zhu, D Kong, T Ma, Y Gao, WJ Lee - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Multilateral well is a promising solution to increase natural gas hydrate (NGH) production. To
simplify the production prediction of multilateral wells in NGH, this paper proposes a …

A Review on Submarine Geological Risks and Secondary Disaster Issues during Natural Gas Hydrate Depressurization Production

X Ma, Y Jiang, P Yan, H Luan, C Wang, Q Shan… - Journal of Marine …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The safe and efficient production of marine natural gas hydrates faces the challenges of
seabed geological risk issues. Geological risk issues can be categorized from weak to …

Multiphysical evolution and dynamic competition involved in natural gas hydrate dissociation in porous media and its implications for engineering

H Zhang, B Wu, X Luo, M Tang, X Zhang, L Yang, Y Nie… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrate (shorted for natural gas hydrate) is one of the most promising future energies, and
dissociating hydrate in situ is commonly recognized as the best strategy to realize …

Numerical simulation on coupling behaviors of sand production and mechanical response during NGH exploitation by depressurization from the argillaceous reservoir

K Shen, Y An, Z Xu, X Wu, P Zhang, Y Zhang, J Lu… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the exploitation of unconsolidated argillaceous reservoirs containing natural gas hydrate
(NGH), challenges related to sand production and reservoir instability are widespread. To …

Gas recovery from silty hydrate reservoirs by using vertical and horizontal well patterns in the South China Sea: Effect of well spacing and its optimization

J Sun, F Qin, F Ning, Y Gu, Y Li, X Cao, P Mao, T Liu… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Low productivity is the key to restrict the commercial development of hydrates. Due to the
advantage of integration, the multi-well pattern is a promising way to obtain high gas …

Rate transient analysis for multilateral horizontal well in natural gas hydrate: superposition principle and reciprocity

T Ma, H Chu, J Li, J Zhang, Y Gao, W Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Due to high energy density, clean combustion products and abundant resources, natural
gas hydrates (NGHs) have been regarded as an important clean energy source with the …

Numerical study on the geomechanical responses in the Jilin Oilfield CO2-EOR and CGS projects in China

X Ye, Z Yu, T Xu, Y Zhang, L Guo - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to overcome the limitation of low recovery in secondary recovery of oil fields, CO 2 is
used as a reliable solvent to enhance oil recovery. The process also enables the storage of …