Permeability of hydrate-bearing sediments

X Ren, Z Guo, F Ning, S Ma - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate is one of the most potential carbon energy resources because of its
tremendous reserves. Gas and water permeability of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments …

Permeability of hydrate-bearing fine-grained sediments: Research status, challenges and perspectives

Z Zhang, L Liu, W Lu, C Liu, F Ning, S Dai - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Commercial development of natural gas hydrate, over 90% of which is found in fine-grained
sediments worldwide, is of significance to energy structure, energy security, and global …

Hydrate morphology: Physical properties of sands with patchy hydrate saturation

S Dai, JC Santamarina, WF Waite… - Journal of geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The physical properties of gas hydrate‐bearing sediments depend on the volume fraction
and spatial distribution of the hydrate phase. The host sediment grain size and the state of …

Production performance and numerical investigation of the 2017 offshore methane hydrate production test in the Nankai Trough of Japan

T Yu, G Guan, A Abudula - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the first offshore methane hydrate production test was conducted in the Nankai Trough
of Japan in 2013, the second production test was also conducted at the same test site in …

Critical state soil constitutive model for methane hydrate soil

S Uchida, K Soga, K Yamamoto - Journal of geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a new constitutive model that simulates the mechanical behavior of
methane hydrate‐bearing soil based on the concept of critical state soil mechanics, referred …

Feasibility evaluation of hydraulic fracturing in hydrate-bearing sediments based on analytic hierarchy process-entropy method (AHP-EM)

X Liu, W Zhang, Z Qu, T Guo, Y Sun, M Rabiei… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate is an attractive potential as alternative energy source. The initial studies
of natural gas hydrate production test have shown that the hydrate productivity via …

Mount Elbert gas hydrate stratigraphic test well, Alaska North Slope: Overview of scientific and technical program

RB Hunter, TS Collett, R Boswell, BJ Anderson… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Mount Elbert gas hydrate stratigraphic test well was drilled within the Alaska North
Slope (ANS) Milne Point Unit (MPU) from February 3 to 19, 2007. The well was conducted …

Archie's saturation exponent for natural gas hydrate in coarse‐grained reservoirs

AE Cook, WF Waite - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accurately quantifying the amount of naturally occurring gas hydrate in marine and
permafrost environments is important for assessing its resource potential and understanding …

Formation & dissociation of methane gas hydrates in sediments: A critical review

BRC Malagar, KP Lijith, DN Singh - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Methane Gas Hydrates, MGHs, are perceived as a future source of energy for the
sustenance of mankind owing to their abundance, usually found in continental margins and …

Timescales and processes of methane hydrate formation and breakdown, with application to geologic systems

CD Ruppel, WF Waite - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gas hydrate is an ice‐like form of water and low molecular weight gas stable at
temperatures of roughly− 10° C to 25° C and pressures of~ 3 to 30 MPa in geologic systems …