Numerical analysis on gas production from silty hydrate reservoirs in the South China sea by depressurizing: The effect of permeability reduction caused by pore …

Y Gu, J Sun, F Qin, F Ning, Y Li, X Cao, T Liu… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Natural Gas Hydrate (NGH) is widely discovered in silty sediments with a high
compressibility in the South China Sea. The permeability reduction in these reservoirs …

Numerical simulation of gas production from hydrate-bearing sediments in the Shenhu area by depressurising: The effect of burden permeability

J Sun, F Ning, S Li, K Zhang, T Liu, L Zhang… - … of Unconventional Oil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrates have been investigated as a potential resource for commercially
producing gas since the 1990s. Based on the latest available data for the Shenhu area of …

Numerical simulation of gas hydrate production in shenhu area using depressurization: The effect of reservoir permeability heterogeneity

K Xue, Y Liu, T Yu, L Yang, J Zhao, Y Song - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Numerical analysis of production behaviors and permeability characteristics on the second gas hydrate production test in the South China Sea

CW Xiao, XS Li, G Li, Y Yu, JX Yu, QN Lv - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
The dissociation of hydrate plays an important role in restructuring the pore space and
controlling the permeability, which determines the gas recovery from offshore hydrate …

Numerical analysis of depressurization production of natural gas hydrate from different lithology oceanic reservoirs with isotropic and anisotropic permeability

D Han, Z Wang, Y Song, J Zhao, D Wang - Journal of Natural Gas Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is a promising alternative energy and mainly distributes in deep
oceanic sediments. The intrinsic permeability of hydrate-bearing layers can potentially …

Numerical investigation on the long-term production behavior of horizontal well at the gas hydrate production site in South China Sea

F Yin, Y Gao, Y Chen, B Sun, S Li, D Zhao - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The gas hydrates-bearing shaly silt reservoirs have the characteristics of high reserves and
low permeability. The trial production test in South China Sea in 2020 shows that horizontal …

Numerical study of depressurization and hot water injection for gas hydrate production in China's first offshore test site

X Ma, Y Sun, B Liu, W Guo, R Jia, B Li, S Li - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
In 2017, China successfully conducted its first offshore gas hydrate production test by using
vertical well in the Shenhu area, achieving a total gas production of 3.09× 10 5 m 3 …

Effect of permeability anisotropy on depressurization‐induced gas production from hydrate reservoirs in the South China Sea

P Mao, J Sun, F Ning, G Hu, Y Wan… - Energy Science & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The permeability anisotropy (ie, horizontal, kr, to vertical, kz, permeability ratio) of gas
hydrate reservoirs may be a significant factor that affects hydrate dissociation and gas …

Numerical simulation of gas recovery from a low-permeability hydrate reservoir by depressurization

X Sun, T Luo, L Wang, H Wang, Y Song, Y Li - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A successful gas production trial in the South China Sea in 2017 proves that low-
permeability hydrate reservoirs have great gas production potential. To improve the …

Numerical simulation of the improved gas production from low permeability hydrate reservoirs by using an enlarged highly permeable well wall

J Zhang, X Li, Z Chen, Q Li, G Li, T Lv - Journal of petroleum science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gas production from low-permeability hydrate reservoirs is characterized by very low
efficiency. In this work, the enlarged well wall with good permeability was first proposed to …