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Effects of Formation Dip on Gas Production from Unconfined Marine Hydrate-Bearing Sediments through Depressurization
Joint Authors
Xu, Tianfu
Yuan, Yilong
Xin, Xin
Xia, Yingli
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-06-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The effects of geologic conditions and production methods on gas production from hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) have been widely investigated.
The reservoir was usually treated as horizontal distribution, whereas the sloping reservoir was not considered.
In fact, most strata have gradients because of the effects of geological structure and diagenesis.
In this study, based on currently available geological data from field measurements in Shenhu area of the South China Sea, the effects of formation dip on gas production were investigated through depressurization using a horizontal well.
The modeling results indicate that the strategy of horizontal well is an effective production method from the unconfined Class 2 HBS.
The predicted cumulative volume of methane produced at the 1000 m horizontal well was 4.51 × 107 ST m3 over 5-year period.
The hydrate dissociation behavior of sloping formation is sensitive to changes in the reservoir pressure.
As in unconfined marine hydrate reservoir, the sloping formation is not conducive to free methane gas recovery, which results in more dissolved methane produced at the horizontal well.
The obvious issue for this challenging target is relatively low exploitation efficiency of methane because of the recovery of very large volumes of water.
Consequently, the development of the favorable well completion method to prevent water production is significantly important for realizing large scale hydrate exploitation in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yuan, Yilong& Xu, Tianfu& Xia, Yingli& Xin, Xin. 2018. Effects of Formation Dip on Gas Production from Unconfined Marine Hydrate-Bearing Sediments through Depressurization. Geofluids،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158079
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yuan, Yilong…[et al.]. Effects of Formation Dip on Gas Production from Unconfined Marine Hydrate-Bearing Sediments through Depressurization. Geofluids No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158079
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yuan, Yilong& Xu, Tianfu& Xia, Yingli& Xin, Xin. Effects of Formation Dip on Gas Production from Unconfined Marine Hydrate-Bearing Sediments through Depressurization. Geofluids. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158079
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1158079