Mechanisms of methane hydrate formation in geological systems

K You, PB Flemings, A Malinverno… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural gas hydrate is ice‐like mixture of gas (mostly methane) and water that is widely
found in sediments along the world's continental margins and within and beneath permafrost …

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 …

Gas recovery from marine hydrate reservoir: Experimental investigation on gas flow patterns considering pressure effect

H Wang, W Liu, P Wu, X Pan, Z You, J Lu, Y Li - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate acquisition of fluid flow patterns is crucial for economic exploitation and production
prediction of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBSs). In this study, the clayey-silt marine …

Pore habit of methane hydrate and its evolution in sediment matrix–Laboratory visualization with phase-contrast micro-CT

L Lei, Y Seol, JH Choi, TJ Kneafsey - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Describing the pore habit of methane hydrate in sediment matrices is essential for
understanding natural distribution of methane hydrate, methane trace (transport and …

Strength analysis of hydrate-bearing sandy sediments in excess gas and excess water based on drained triaxial compression tests

Z You, Y Hao, W Hu, S Shen, P Wu, Y Li - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The safe and efficient production of methane hydrate (MH) has attracted much attention, and
the engineering geological risks in MH production are highly valued. Safety evaluation of the …

An international code comparison study on coupled thermal, hydrologic and geomechanical processes of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments

MD White, TJ Kneafsey, Y Seol, WF Waite… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geologic reservoirs containing gas hydrate occur beneath permafrost environments and
within marine continental slope sediments, representing a potentially vast natural gas …

Distribution and reformation characteristics of gas hydrate during hydrate dissociation by thermal stimulation and depressurization methods

X Kou, XS Li, Y Wang, Y Zhang, ZY Chen - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Pore-scale distribution and reformation characteristics of gas hydrate in porous sediments
can provide invaluable information on macroscale production behaviors. In this work, the X …

Review of high-speed imaging with lab-based x-ray computed tomography

EA Zwanenburg, MA Williams… - … Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is frequently used for non-destructive testing with many
applications in a wide range of scientific research areas. The difference in imaging speeds …

Role of salinity in clathrate hydrate based processes

A Kumar, AV Palodkar, R Gautam, N Choudhary… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clathrate or gas hydrates have gained tremendous interest due to their potential
applications in various industries and flow assurance problems in the oil and gas sector. In …

Pore-scale investigation of permeability evolution during hydrate formation using a pore network model based on X-ray CT

L Zhang, K Ge, J Wang, J Zhao, Y Song - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Permeability in hydrate-bearing sediment critically governs fluid flow and determines
hydrate nucleation, growth, and distribution, making it important to characterize the evolution …