Studying methane migration mechanisms at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, via 3D methane hydrate reservoir modeling

• Main Authors: Nole, Michael, Daigle, Hugh, Mohanty, Kishore, Cook, Ann, Hillman, Jess
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Walker Ridge; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1222218; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1222218

We have developed a 3D methane hydrate reservoir simulator to model marine methane hydrate systems. Our simulator couples highly nonlinear heat and mass transport equations and includes heterogeneous sedimentation, in-situ microbial methanogenesis, the influence of pore size contrast on solubility g...