Sand production management during marine natural gas hydrate exploitation: Review and an innovative solution

N Wu, Y Li, Q Chen, C Liu, Y Jin, M Tan, L Dong… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is widely distributed worldwide with great reserves and is
generally accepted as a promising alternative energy source. However, sustainable …

Dynamic coupling responses and sand production behavior of gas hydrate-bearing sediments during depressurization: An experimental study

X Fang, F Ning, L Wang, Z Liu, H Lu, Y Yu, Y Li… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas hydrates that occur in offshore sediments and onshore permafrost represent a vast
source of natural gas. However, current gas production trials indicate that sand production …

A comprehensive review on well completion operations and artificial lift techniques for methane gas production from natural gas hydrate reservoirs

C Sahu, R Kumar, JS Sangwai - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
The world's modernistic energy mix necessitates a clean and low carbon energy fuel. In this
regard, the hydrocarbon sector is recognizing the ultimate potential of natural gas hydrates …

Characterization of sand production for clayey-silt sediments conditioned to openhole gravel-packing: Experimental observations

Y Jin, Y Li, N Wu, D Yang - Spe Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
As one of the geotechnical risks, sanding has been one of the main constraints for safely
and sustainably developing marine natural gas hydrate. In this study, a cylindrical vessel …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-well strategy for gas production by depressurization from methane hydrate-bearing sediments

M Terzariol, JC Santamarina - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrate-bearing sediments are a potential source of energy. Depressurization is the
preferred production method in mechanically stable and highly permeable sandy reservoirs …

Fine sand migration in hydrate-bearing sediments and median grain size ratio optimization of gravel pack

S Zhou, L Yang, X Lv, K Xue, J Zhao, Y Liu… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sand production greatly influences reservoir stability and safety during gas hydrate
exploitation in hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS). Gravel packing is an effective method for …

The consistency of the normalized hydrate dissociation rate in the hydrate simulator with different scales

XY Li, XS Li, Y Wang, Y Zhang, K Wan, HP Zeng - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, in order to perform the gas production test from methane hydrate reservoir in
laboratory, the size of the experimental simulator is developing towards a larger scale. The …

Effect of electrostatic interaction on the retention and remobilization of colloidal particles in porous media

AK Kottsova, MM Yegane, AA Tchistiakov… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the effect of pH on external hematite colloidal particles entrapment and
remobilization by core-flood experiments combined with X ray computed tomography …

An innovative experimental apparatus for the analysis of sand production during natural gas hydrate exploitation

J Lu, D Li, D Liang, L Shi, X Zhou, Y He - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) will become a significant potential energy source in the post-oil
era due to its large reserves, wide distribution, high energy density, and low pollution. Sand …

Four-dimensional dynamic synchrotron microcomputed tomography imaging of gas-water interface at high pressure and low temperature

K Alshibli, ZA Jarrar - Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
It is challenging to separate water from gas phases in computed tomography images of three-
phase granular materials because water and most gases have close attenuation coefficients …