Hydrates are crystalline compounds similar to ice, with guest molecules like methane and ethane trapped inside cavities or cages formed by the hydrogen bounded framework of water molecules. These solid compounds give rise to problems in the natural gas oil industry because they can plug pipelines and process equipments. Low dosage hydrate inhibitors are a recently developed hydrate control tech...

A magnetic resonance imaging study was conducted to explore the kinetics and spatial characteristics of thermally induced methane hydrate formation in both synthetic natural sediment samples.

gas hydrates are a costly problem when they plug oil and gas pipelines. the best way to determine the hft and pressure is to measure these conditions experimentally for every gas system. since this is not practical in terms of time and money, correlations are the other alternative tools. there are a small number of correlations for specific gravity method to predict the hydrate formation. as th...

Methane hydrate formation and dissociation kinetics were investigated in seawater-saturated consolidated Ottawa sand-pack under sub-seafloor conditions to study the influence of effective pressure on formation and dissociation kinetics. To simulate a sub-seafloor environment, the pore-pressure was varied relative to confining pressure in successive experiments. Hydrate formation was achieved by...

Small-scale morphology of gas hydrate is important for understanding the formation of gas hydrate deposits, for estimating the concentrations of gas hydrate from geophysical data, and for predicting their response to climate change or commercial production. The recent use of borehole pressure coring tools has allowed marine gas-hydrate-bearing sediments to be recovered with centimeter to sub-mi...

Gas hydrates attracted worldwide attention due to their potential as huge energy resource in the recent decades. Effective parameters which influence the formation of hydrates are high pressure, low temperature and water presence. HYSYS software is one of the major simulators which are widely used in the chemical and thermodynamic processes. This research was conducted to simulate gas hydrate f...

Direct disposal of liquid CO2 on the ocean floor is one of the approaches considered for sequestering CO2 in order to reduce its concentration in the atmosphere. At oceanic depths deeper than approximately 3000 m, liquid CO2 density is higher than the density of seawater and CO2 is expected to sink and form a pool at the ocean floor. In addition to chemical reactions between CO2 and seawater to...

Formation of natural gas hydrate is a serious problem in the gas and oil industry because it can plug pipelines and destroy the equipment. This study aimes to evaluate the concentration effect of glycol ethers on their synergism with a commercial kinetic hydrate inhibitor (Luvicap 55W) in sweet natural gas-water systems at a constant temperature of 4 oC and pressure of 95 bar. Hydrate formation...

Gas hydrates are a costly problem when they plug oil and gas pipelines. The best way to determine the HFT and pressure is to measure these conditions experimentally for every gas system. Since this is not practical in terms of time and money, correlations are the other alternative tools. There are a small number of correlations for specific gravity method to predict the hydrate formation. As th...

• CH 4 hydrate formation rates were measured in varied temperatures, pressures and flow regimes. Five growth regimes identified with physical mechanisms proposed. The affect on the integrity of growing films rates. Hydrate exponentially increase chemical potential driving forces. Semi-empirical equations derived to describe this exponential relationship. To underpin increasing interest practica...