Gas hydrates have received considerable attention due to their important role in flow
assurance for the oil and gas industry, their extensive natural occurrence on Earth and …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) hydrate technology has the potential applications to the fields of CO
2 capture and storage, gas replacement in the exploitation of natural gas hydrates, seawater …

Adding kinetic inhibitors (KHIs) is a common method to prevent hydrate from blocking oil and
gas pipelines. Considering the pollution of traditional KHIs, several amphiphilic peptides are …

As the foundation of energy industry moves towards gas, flow assurance technology
preventing pipelines from hydrate blockages becomes increasingly significant. However, the …

Natural gas hydrates are solid hydrogen-bonded water crystals containing small molecular
gases. The amount of natural gas stored as hydrates in permafrost and ocean sediments is …

Within the framework of a proposed two-step mechanism for hydrate inhibition, the energy of
binding of four inhibitor molecules (PEO, PVP, PVCap, and VIMA) to a hydrate surface is …

Kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) have been used for several decades to solve the hydrate
formation problem in oil and gas flowlines. Traditional KHIs are amide-based polymers, eg …

Methane clathrates are widespread on the ocean floor of the Earth. A better understanding
of methane clathrate formation has important implications for natural-gas exploitation …

The adsorption of guest and kinetic inhibitor molecules on the surface of methane hydrate is
investigated by using molecular dynamics simulations. We calculate the free energy profile …

Nucleation is a key step in the crystallization of solution. For regulating and controlling this
process, it is thus critical to understand the nucleation mechanism under different …