Geomechanical issues in the exploitation of natural gas hydrate

C Yan, X Ren, Y Cheng, B Song, Y Li, W Tian - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
As a clean fossil fuel with great reserves, natural gas hydrate (NGH) is widely regarded as
an important future alternative energy source. NGH is widely distributed in onshore tundra …

Recent advances in creep behaviors characterization for hydrate-bearing sediment

M Chen, Y Li, Y Zhang, M Qi, N Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is widely accepted as one of the promising sustainable energy
resources, whereas the potential geo-engineering risks have become one of the major …

Review of gas hydrate dissociation kinetic models for energy recovery

Z Yin, ZR Chong, HK Tan, P Linga - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, a comprehensive review of gas hydrate dissociation kinetic models and hydrate
reservoir simulators are provided. The main features of the dissociation kinetic models are …

Experimental measurement and mathematical model of permeability with methane hydrate in quartz sands

G Li, DM Wu, XS Li, QN Lv, C Li, Y Zhang - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrates widely distributed in marine sediments and permafrost areas have
attracted global attentions as potential energy resources. The permeability of sediments with …

Coupled multiphase fluid flow and wellbore stability analysis associated with gas production from oceanic hydrate-bearing sediments

J Rutqvist, GJ Moridis, T Grover, S Silpngarmlert… - Journal of petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
We conducted numerical modeling of coupled multiphase fluid-flow, thermal, and
geomechanical processes during gas production from an oceanic hydrate deposit to study …

Numerical modeling for the mechanical behavior of marine gas hydrate-bearing sediments during hydrate production by depressurization

X Sun, L Wang, H Luo, Y Song, Y Li - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate, which is called inflammable ice, has drawn global interest. Many
countries have carried out the trial production of natural gas from marine gas hydrate …

Numerical investigation of the depressurization exploitation scheme of offshore natural gas hydrate: enlightenments for the depressurization amplitude and horizontal …

Y Li, Z Zhang, S Li, X Li, C Lu - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
According to the recent test mining of marine natural gas hydrate (NGH), extensive indoor
experimental and numerical simulation studies, depressurization is regarded as a relatively …

Feasibility of gas production from a gas hydrate accumulation at the UBGH2-6 site of the Ulleung basin in the Korean East Sea

GJ Moridis, J Kim, MT Reagan, SJ Kim - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigate the feasibility of production from a marine hydrate accumulation that has the
properties and conditions of the UBGH2-6 site at the Ulleung basin in the Korean East Sea …

Rigorous coupling of geomechanics and multiphase flow with strong capillarity

J Kim, HA Tchelepi, R Juanes - SPE journal, 2013 - onepetro.org
We study sequential formulations for coupled multiphase flow and reservoir geomechanics.
First, we identify the proper definition of effective stress in multiphase-fluid systems. Although …

Coupled wellbore–reservoir heat and mass transfer model for horizontal drilling through hydrate reservoir and application in wellbore stability analysis

Y Liao, Z Wang, M Chao, X Sun, J Wang, B Zhou… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the wellbore instability risk during drilling in hydrate reservoirs, a fully coupled
wellbore–reservoir model for horizontal drilling through a hydrate reservoir is presented …