Methane production strategies for oceanic gas hydrate reservoirs

Neelam Choudhary, Jyoti Phirani*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gas hydrates can be an efficient replacement for the conventional fossil fuels, as the large amount of methane gas is trapped in the gas hydrate reservoirs that can be used as a potential source of energy. In this study, we investigate the impact of a combination of horizontal and vertical wells on the gas production from oceanic Class-2, unconfined gas hydrate reservoirs. An In-house multicomponent, multiphase, thermal, 3-D finite volume simulator is used. Different locations of horizontal and vertical wells as warm water injectors and methane gas producers are investigated. For unconfined reservoirs, depressurization is found to be ineffective with horizontal and vertical wells. Horizontal warm water injectors are more effective for gas production. The gas production increases from 22% of original gas in place (OIGP) when vertical injector is used to 48% of OGIP when horizontal injector is used.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultiphase Flow
Number of pages8
Volume5
ISBN (Electronic)9780791859087
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2019
EventASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 28 Jul 20191 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019
Volume5

Conference

ConferenceASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period28/07/191/08/19

Keywords

  • methane
  • methane hydrate
  • fossil fuels
  • water
  • wells
  • reservoirs
  • multiphase flow

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