Wellbore stability analysis is a critical component of petroleum engineering, evaluating the
risks of sanding, reservoir compaction, and casing failures. Laboratory rock mechanical …

The extraction process of methane hydrate involves interactions of multiple fields, phases,
and loading stages. By extrapolating deductions from the thermodynamic equation in …

Gas production from hydrates induced by depressurization is a complex thermal-
hydrodynamic-mechanical–chemical (THMC) coupled process. In this paper, we present a …

Natural gas hydrate is prevalent in ultralow-permeability fine-grained sediments with
substantial reserves. However, effective and safe gas production from fine-grained hydrate …

Many researchers have investigated the potential of methane hydrate reservoirs (MHRs) for
carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration and methane (CH4) production through the CO2–CH4 …

Even in the carbon-neutral age, natural gas will be valuable as environment-friendly fuel that
can fulfill the gap between the energy demand and supply from the renewable energies …

An accurate description of the reservoir characteristics is essential to the precise prediction
of gas production from nature gas hydrate (NGH) deposits. In most numerical studies related …

Multilateral wells are acknowledged as a promising well type to achieve the commercial
development of natural gas hydrate. Previous studies have validated the efficacy of …

The exploitation of methane (CH 4) hydrate will reduce the mechanical properties of the
hydrate-bearing reservoirs. When exploiting CH 4 hydrate through carbon dioxide (CO 2) …

Gas hydrates (GH) are well known to have an influential effect on the velocity and
attenuation of gas hydrate-bearing sediments (GHBS). Based on rock physics modeling …