Numerical Studies of Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition in a Geological Reservoir

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Uddin ◽  
D. Coombe ◽  
D. Law ◽  
B. Gunter
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Co2 Sequestration ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Ch4 Production ◽  
Hydrate Reservoir ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation

Numerical modeling of gas hydrates can provide an integrated understanding of the various process mechanisms controlling methane (CH4) production from hydrates and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration as a gas hydrate in geologic reservoirs. This work describes a new unified kinetic model which, when coupled with a compositional thermal reservoir simulator, can simulate the dynamics of CH4 and CO2 hydrate formation and decomposition in a geological formation. The kinetic model contains two mass transfer equations: one equation converts gas and water into hydrate and the other equation decomposes hydrate into gas and water. The model structure and parameters were investigated in comparison with a previously published model. The proposed kinetic model was evaluated in two case studies. Case 1 considers a single well within a natural hydrate reservoir for studying the kinetics of CH4 and CO2 hydrate decomposition and formation. A close agreement was achieved between the present numerical simulations and results reported by Hong and Pooladi-Darvish (2003, “A Numerical Study on Gas Production From Formations Containing Gas Hydrates,” Petroleum Society’s Canadian International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, AB, Jun. 10–12, Paper No. 2003-060). Case 2 considers multiple wells within a natural hydrate reservoir for studying the unified kinetic model to demonstrate the feasibility of CO2 sequestration in a natural hydrate reservoir with potential enhancement of CH4 recovery. The model will be applied in future field-scale simulations to predict the dynamics of gas hydrate formation and decomposition processes in actual geological reservoirs.

Modeling of Gas Hydrate Formation in a High Pressure Reactor

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Mandal ◽  
Sukumar Laik
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
System A ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation ◽  
Simple Kinetic Model ◽  
Geometric Variables ◽  
Order Rate Equation

Gas hydrates are now gaining importance in oil and gas industries because they are considered a future source of energy and a means for the transport of natural gas. On the other hand gas hydrates create problems by plugging the pipelines during transportation. Obviously, predicting the conditions in which hydrates are formed would be valuable. In the present study, experiments were performed to observe the conditions, which favor the formation of an ethane gas hydrate. The results of the hydrate formation are elucidated with the help of a conceptual kinetic model. An empirical correlation is developed to predict the rate of formation of the hydrate in terms of the operating and geometric variables of the system. A simple kinetic model based on the dissolved ethane gas is also developed which shows that the hydrate formation follows the first order rate equation.

Thermodynamic Modelling of Gas Hydrate Formation in the Presence of Inhibitors and the Consideration of their Effect

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Peyman Sabzi ◽  
Saheb Noroozi
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Flow Lines ◽  
Main Approach ◽  
Efficient Inhibitor ◽  
System A ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation

Gas hydrates formation is considered as one the greatest obstacles in gas transportation systems. Problems related to gas hydrate formation is more severe when dealing with transportation at low temperatures of deep water. In order to avoid formation of Gas hydrates, different inhibitors are used. Methanol is one of the most common and economically efficient inhibitor. Adding methanol to the flow lines, changes the thermodynamic equilibrium situation of the system. In order to predict these changes in thermodynamic behavior of the system, a series of modelings are performed using Matlab software in this paper. The main approach in this modeling is on the basis of Van der Waals and Plateau's thermodynamic approach. The obtained results of a system containing water, Methane and Methanol showed that hydrate formation pressure increases due to the increase of inhibitor amount in constant temperature and this increase is more in higher temperatures. Furthermore, these results were in harmony with the available empirical data.Keywords: Gas hydrates, thermodynamic inhibitor, modelling, pipeline blockage

scholarly journals Rapid Gas Hydrate Formation—Evaluation of Three Reactor Concepts and Feasibility Study

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 3615
Author(s):  
Florian Filarsky ◽  
Julian Wieser ◽  
Heyko Juergen Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Synthetic Natural Gas ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation ◽  
Gas Conditioning ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Economic Considerations ◽  
High Storage

Gas hydrates show great potential with regard to various technical applications, such as gas conditioning, separation and storage. Hence, there has been an increased interest in applied gas hydrate research worldwide in recent years. This paper describes the development of an energetically promising, highly attractive rapid gas hydrate production process that enables the instantaneous conditioning and storage of gases in the form of solid hydrates, as an alternative to costly established processes, such as, for example, cryogenic demethanization. In the first step of the investigations, three different reactor concepts for rapid hydrate formation were evaluated. It could be shown that coupled spraying with stirring provided the fastest hydrate formation and highest gas uptakes in the hydrate phase. In the second step, extensive experimental series were executed, using various different gas compositions on the example of synthetic natural gas mixtures containing methane, ethane and propane. Methane is eliminated from the gas phase and stored in gas hydrates. The experiments were conducted under moderate conditions (8 bar(g), 9–14 °C), using tetrahydrofuran as a thermodynamic promoter in a stoichiometric concentration of 5.56 mole%. High storage capacities, formation rates and separation efficiencies were achieved at moderate operation conditions supported by rough economic considerations, successfully showing the feasibility of this innovative concept. An adapted McCabe-Thiele diagram was created to approximately determine the necessary theoretical separation stage numbers for high purity gas separation requirements.

scholarly journals Investigation on Gas Hydrates Formation and Dissociation in Multiphase Gas Dominant Transmission Pipelines

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayani Jai Krishna Sahith ◽  
Srinivasa Rao Pedapati ◽  
Bhajan Lal
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Water System ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Multiphase System ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation ◽  
Water Cut

In this work, a gas hydrate formation and dissociation study was performed on two multiphase pipeline systems containing gasoline, CO2, water, and crude oil, CO2, water, in the pressure range of 2.5–3.5 MPa with fixed water cut as 15% using gas hydrate rocking cell equipment. The system has 10, 15 and 20 wt.% concentrations of gasoline and crude oil, respectively. From the obtained hydrate-liquid-vapor-equilibrium (HLVE) data, the phase diagrams for the system are constructed and analyzed to represent the phase behavior in the multiphase pipelines. Similarly, induction time and rate of gas hydrate formation studies were performed for gasoline, CO2, and water, and crude oil, CO2, water system. From the evaluation of phase behavior based on the HLVE curve, the multiphase system with gasoline exhibits an inhibition in gas hydrates formation, as the HLVE curve shifts towards the lower temperature and higher-pressure region. The multiphase system containing the crude oil system shows a promotion of gas hydrates formation, as the HLVE curve shifted towards the higher temperature and lower pressure. Similarly, the kinetics of hydrate formation of gas hydrates in the gasoline system is slow. At the same time, crude oil has a rapid gas hydrate formation rate.

Insights into CO2 Capture by Flue Gas Hydrate Formation: Gas Composition Evolution in Systems Containing Gas Hydrates and Gas Mixtures at Stable Pressures

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 5732-5736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband ◽  
Jinhai Yang ◽  
Bahman Tohidi ◽  
Evgeny Chuvilin ◽  
Vladimir Istomin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Gas Composition ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation

Importance of Gas Hydrates for India and Characterization of Methane Gas Dissociation in the Krishna-Godavari Basin Reservoir

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 58-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayanaswamy Vedachalam ◽  
Sethuraman Ramesh ◽  
Arunachalam Umapathy ◽  
Gidugu Ananda Ramadass
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Methane Gas ◽  
Hydrate Reservoir ◽  
Gas Hydrate Reservoir ◽  
Godavari Basin

AbstractNatural gas hydrates are considered to be a strategic unconventional hydrocarbon resource in the Indian energy sector, and thermal stimulation is considered as one of the methods for producing methane from gas hydrate-bearing sediments. This paper discusses the importance of this abundantly available blue economic resource and analyzes the efficiency of methane gas production by circulating hot water in a horizontal well in the fine-grained, clay-rich natural gas hydrate reservoir in the Krishna-Godavari basin of India. Analysis is done using the electrothermal finite element analysis software MagNet-ThermNet and gas hydrate reservoir modeling software TOUGH+HYDRATE with reservoir petrophysical properties as inputs. Energy balance studies indicate that, in the 90% hydrate-saturated reservoir, the theoretical energy conversion ratio is 1:4.9, and for saturations below 20%, the ratio is <1. It is identified that a water flow of 0.2 m3/h at 270°C is required for every 1 m2 of wellhead surface area to dissociate gas hydrates up to a distance of 2.6 m from the well bore within 36 h.

scholarly journals Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates by Dielectric Spectroscopy

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (15) ◽  
pp. 4459
Author(s):  
Ivan Lunev ◽  
Bulat Kamaliev ◽  
Valery Shtyrlin ◽  
Yuri Gusev ◽  
Airat Kiiamov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Dielectric Spectroscopy ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Natural Gas Hydrate ◽  
Real Component ◽  
Local Structures ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation

The influence of kinetic hydrate inhibitors on the process of natural gas hydrate nucleation was studied using the method of dielectric spectroscopy. The processes of gas hydrate formation and decomposition were monitored using the temperature dependence of the real component of the dielectric constant ε′(T). Analysis of the relaxation times τ and activation energy ΔE of the dielectric relaxation process revealed the inhibitor was involved in hydrogen bonding and the disruption of the local structures of water molecules.

Optimization Strategies of Production Parameters to Prevent Hydrate Reformation in Marine Gas Hydrate Production System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Baojiang Sun ◽  
Zhiyuan Wang ◽  
Jianbo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Production System ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Formation Condition ◽  
Transient Temperature ◽  
Marine Gas Hydrate

Abstract In recent decades, the development of natural gas hydrates has become a research hotspot of scholars all over the world. However, the decomposed gas and water in marine gas hydrate production system may regenerate gas hydrates due to the low-temperature and high-pressure environment in seafloor. In this study, a transient temperature and pressure calculating model was established to predict the risk of hydrate reformation in production pipelines during offshore natural gas hydrate development. Using the proposed model, the region of hydrate reformation in gas hydrate production wells were predicted quantitatively. Meanwhile, the hydrate reformation management strategies through optimization of production design parameters in combination with hydrate inhibitor injection were proposed and discussed in detail. The results indicate that the risk of hydrate reformation is the highest in the drainage pipeline (DP); however, the flow in gas-water mixed transportation and gas production pipelines (MTP and GPP) basically does not satisfy the hydrate formation condition. In the process of production well design, adding additional the EH and ESP can fully eliminate the hydrate reformation risk in the DP without using the hydrate inhibitor.

Dynamics of the gas hydrate formation in a porous medium at the gas injection

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 178-183
Author(s):  
M.K. Khasanov ◽  
N.G. Musakaev
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
Frontal Surface ◽  
Gas Hydrate Formation ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Extended Area ◽  
Similar Solutions

The features of the gas hydrates formation at the gas injection into the porous medium initially saturated with gas and water are considered. Self-similar solutions of the axisymmetric problem describing the distribution of the main parameters in a reservoir are constructed. The solutions have been found according to which the gas hydrate formation can occur at the frontal surface or in the extended area.

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