Gas hydrates in sustainable chemistry

A Hassanpouryouzband, E Joonaki… - Chemical society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Hydrate blockage in subsea oil/gas flowlines: Prediction, prevention, and remediation

J Wang, Y Meng, B Han, Z Liu, L Zhang, H Yao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of oil and gas resources moving from onshore to offshore, hydrate
blockage issues in subsea flowlines have become increasingly prominent. Hydrate control …

Status of natural gas hydrate flow assurance research in China: a review

B Shi, S Song, Y Chen, X Duan, Q Liao, S Fu… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural gas hydrates (NGH) are prone to causing pipeline blockage in flow assurance,
attracting considerable attention in the petroleum industry. This work reviews the significant …

Microscopic molecular insights into methane hydrate growth on the surfaces of clay minerals: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations

R Wang, B Liao, J Wang, J Sun, Y Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clay is widely present in hydrate reservoirs and drilling and completion fluids. A quantitative
understanding of hydrate growth characteristics on clay solid phase surfaces is vital for …

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 …

Microscopic molecular insights into clathrate methane hydrates dissociation in a flowing system

B Liao, J Wang, X Han, R Wang, K Lv, Y Bai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural methane hydrates are estimated to be the largest source of unexploited hydrocarbon
fuel. Understanding the dissociation of methane hydrates in the flow system is vital for …

Methane hydrate formation in the salty water confined in clay nanopores: a molecular simulation study

Z He, F Mi, F Ning, J Pang, G Jiang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A sound knowledge of the effects of clay surfaces and salt ions on CH4 hydrate formation is
vital to understand the formation of natural gas hydrate resources and develop hydrate …

Effects of marine environments on methane hydrate formation in clay nanopores: A molecular dynamics study

F Mi, Z He, G Jiang, F Ning - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In nature, CH 4 hydrates are mainly buried in marine sediments. The complex marine
environments on the seafloor continuously affect hydrate formation. Herein, systematic …

Molecular dynamics simulation on methane hydrate formation in clay nanopores of edge surfaces

F Mi, Z He, L Cheng, G Jiang, F Ning - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrates are predominantly buried in clay sediments in natural environments,
where are some edge surfaces of clay particles directly contacting the hydrates. However …

Development of novel natural gas hydrate inhibitor and the synergistic inhibition mechanism with NaCl: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulation

B Liao, J Sun, J Wang, X Lv, J Wang, J Guo, R Wang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Drilling fluid systems with exceptional performance serve as a foundation for commercial
hydrate extraction. However, most hydrate reservoirs are located at relatively deep water …