Recovery of gas from hydrate deposits using conventional production technology. [Salt-frac technique]

• Main Author: McGuire, P. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1982
• Subjects: Mineral Resources; Organic Compounds; Petroleum Deposits; Mathematical Models; Gas Hydrates; Steam Injection; Geologic Deposits; Fluid Injection; Thermal Recovery 030900* > Natural Gas > Artificial Stimulation; Plowshare > (-1989); Methane; Enhanced Recovery; Gas Condensate Fields; Pressure Drop; 03 Natural Gas; Hydrocarbons; Fracturing; Comminution; Hydraulic Fracturing; Permeability; Recovery; Natural Gas Deposits; Hydrates; Porosity; Alkanes; Resources; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1071797/

Methane hydrate gas could be a sizeable energy resource if methods can be devised to produce this gas economically. This paper examines two methods of producing gas from hydrate deposits by the injection of hot water or steam, and also examines the feasibility of hydraulic fracturing and pressure reduction as a hydrate gas production technique. A hydraulic fracturing technique suitable for hydrate reservoirs is also described.