Review of natural gas hydrates as an energy resource: Prospects and challenges

ZR Chong, SHB Yang, P Babu, P Linga, XS Li - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel and has been identified as a strong candidate
for energy resource compared to oil and coal. Natural gas hydrate is an energy resource for …

Physical properties of hydrate‐bearing sediments

WF Waite, JC Santamarina, DD Cortes… - Reviews of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Methane gas hydrates, crystalline inclusion compounds formed from methane and water,
are found in marine continental margin and permafrost sediments worldwide. This article …

Hydrate-bearing sediment of the South China Sea: Microstructure and mechanical characteristics

P Wu, Y Li, L Wang, X Sun, D Wu, Y He, Q Li… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The successful offshore hydrate production tests in the South China Sea proved the high
productivity of clayey-silty hydrate reservoirs. However, the mechanical characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the USDA soil texture triangle through Atterberg limits and an alternative classification system

JM Moreno-Maroto, J Alonso-Azcarate - Applied Clay Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the texture triangle developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has
traditionally been a basic tool in soil classification, a thorough examination of its suitability …

Challenges, uncertainties, and issues facing gas production from gas-hydrate deposits

GJJ Moridis, TSS Collett, M Pooladi-Darvish… - … reservoir evaluation & …, 2011 - onepetro.org
The current paper complements the review of the status of the effort toward commercial gas
production from hydrates. We aim to describe the concept of the gas-hydrate (GH) petroleum …

Mechanical properties of clathrate hydrates: status and perspectives

F Ning, Y Yu, S Kjelstrup, TJH Vlugt… - Energy & environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Knowledge of the mechanical properties of clathrate hydrates is central for studying the
mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments, their associated applications in …

Size effect of porous media on methane hydrate formation and dissociation in an excess gas environment

ZR Chong, M Yang, BC Khoo… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this fundamental study, we examined the effect of silica sand grain size on methane
hydrate formation under the excess gas formation approach method. The behavior of …

Pore‐scale 3D morphological modeling and physical characterization of hydrate‐bearing sediment based on computed tomography

P Wu, Y Li, X Sun, W Liu, Y Song - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Natural gas hydrate is considered to be a promising future energy resource; therefore,
obtaining its physical properties is crucial for evaluating gas production efficiency and …

Physical characteristic analysis of unconsolidated sediments containing gas hydrate recovered from the Shenhu Area of the South China sea

Y Kuang, L Yang, Q Li, X Lv, Y Li, B Yu, S Leng… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Laboratory research based on the physical characteristics of unconsolidated sediments
containing gas hydrate was carried out on hydrate-bearing sediment samples recovered …

Hydrate growth in quartzitic sands and implication of pore fractal characteristics to hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments

L Liu, Z Zhang, C Li, F Ning, C Liu, N Wu… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas hydrate pore habits significantly impact the pore-scale structure within hydrate-bearing
sediments, and thus, play a central role in the physical property evolution. Characterization …