Analysis of the Black Sea Gas Hydrates

Gas hydrate deposits which are found in deep ocean sediments and in permafrost regions are supposed to be a fossil fuel reserve for the future. The Black Sea is also considered rich in terms of gas hydrates. It abundantly contains gas hydrates as methane (CH 4 ~80 to 99.9%) source. In this study, by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sukru Merey, Caglar Sinayuc
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1125767
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Summary:Gas hydrate deposits which are found in deep ocean sediments and in permafrost regions are supposed to be a fossil fuel reserve for the future. The Black Sea is also considered rich in terms of gas hydrates. It abundantly contains gas hydrates as methane (CH 4 ~80 to 99.9%) source. In this study, by using the literature, seismic and other data of the Black Sea such as salinity, porosity of the sediments, common gas type, temperature distribution and pressure gradient, the optimum gas production method for the Black Sea gas hydrates was selected as mainly depressurization method. Numerical simulations were run to analyze gas production from gas hydrate deposited in turbidites in the Black Sea by depressurization.