This review aims to introduce the chemistry of low dosage inhibitors of clathrate hydrate
formation within the context of their role in the oil and gas industry. The review covers both …

Fundamental understanding of gas hydrate formation and decomposition processes is
critical in many energy and environmental areas and has special importance in flow …

Clathrate hydrates are crucial from the point of view of flow assurance and future energy
resources, as well as potential innovative and sustainable applications such as gas …

Clathrate hydrates have steadily emerged as an important field in the areas of flow
assurance, energy storage and resource, and environment. To better understand the role of …

Formation of hydrates in gas transmission lines due to high pressures and low temperatures
is a serious problem in the oil and gas industry with potential hazards and/or economic …

Kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) have been studied, developed, and used in the oil and gas
industries for more than two decades. The main active ingredients in commercial KHI …

Gas hydrate-caused pipeline plugging is an industrial nuisance for petroleum flow
assurance that calls for technological innovations. Traditional thermodynamic inhibitors such …

Methane hydrates have been considered as the future clean energy resource. To recover
energy from hydrate-bearing sediments safely and effectively requires a fundamental …

Methane hydrate nucleation rates are reported from over 200 μs of molecular dynamics
simulations across a range of thermodynamic conditions and varying degrees of methane …

Interest in describing clathrate hydrate formation mechanisms spans multiple fields of
science and technical applications. Here, we report findings from multiple molecular …