Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska

• Main Authors: Patil, Shirish, Dandekar, Abhijit
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska 2008
• Subjects: Natural Gas; 02 Petroleum; Alaskan North Slope; Oil Fields; Pipelines; Hydrates; Petroleum Industry; Two-Phase Flow; Methane; Drilling; Rivers; Brines; 03 Natural Gas; Blowouts; Prudhoe Bay; Permeability; Anchorage; Arctic; Fairbanks; Omni; Alaska North Slope; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/963359; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935288/

Natural gas hydrates have long been considered a nuisance by the petroleum industry. Hydrates have been hazards to drilling crews, with blowouts a common occurrence if not properly accounted for in drilling plans. In gas pipelines, hydrates have formed plugs if gas was not properly dehydrated. Remov...