To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the ...To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the micromorphology of hydrate particles in a natural gas+pure water system with pressure from 2.6 to 3.6 MPa and sub-cooling from 4.7 to 6.23C.The results showed that under low sub-cooling conditions,the amount and size of particles increased first and then decreased in the range of 0–330 lm,and the small particles always dominated.These particles can be roughly classified into two categories:planar flake particles and polyhedral solid particles.Then,the concept of maximum growth dominant particle size was proposed to distinguish the morphological boundary of growth and aggregation.In addition,the micro model was established to better reflect the effects of particle formation process and evolution mechanism near the gas–liquid interface under stirring condition.The results of this study can provide a guidance for flow assurance in multiphase pipeline.展开更多
With the development of offshore oil and gas resources,hydrates pose a significant challenge to flow assurance.Hydrates can form,accumulate,and settle in pipelines,causing blockages,reducing transport capacity,and lea...With the development of offshore oil and gas resources,hydrates pose a significant challenge to flow assurance.Hydrates can form,accumulate,and settle in pipelines,causing blockages,reducing transport capacity,and leading to significant economic losses and fatalities.As oil and gas exploration moves deeper into the ocean,the issue of hydrate blockages has become more severe.It is essential to take adequate measures promptly to mitigate the hazards of hydrate blockages after they form.However,a prerequisite for effective mitigation is accurately detecting the location and amount of hydrate formation.This article summarizes the temperature–pressure,acoustic,electrical,instrumental–response,and flow characteristics of hydrate formation and blocking under various conditions.It also analyzes the principles,limitations,and applicability of various blockage detection methods,including acoustic,transient,and fiber-optic-based methods.Finally,it lists the results of field experiments and commercially used products.Given their advantages of accuracy and a wide detection range,acoustic pulse reflectometry and transient-based methods are considered effective for detecting hydrate blockages in future underwater pipelines.Using strict backpressure warnings combined with accurate detection via acoustic pulse reflectometry or transient-based methods,efficient and timely diagnosis of hydrate blockages can be achieved.The use of a hydrate model combined with fiber optics could prove to be an effective method for detecting blockages in newly laid pipelines in the future.展开更多
Elucidating the synergistic effect of wax and hydrates, involving formation, aggregation and deposition,is imperative to the operation and transportation safety for offshore petroleum fields. To understand the charact...Elucidating the synergistic effect of wax and hydrates, involving formation, aggregation and deposition,is imperative to the operation and transportation safety for offshore petroleum fields. To understand the characteristics and mechanism of synergistic deposition of wax and hydrates, flow and deposition experiments of systems with different wax contents(0-2.89 wt%), initial flow rates, pressures and temperatures were conducted in a high pressure visual flow loop. According to the flow rate and pressure drop data as well as the visual window observation, four different types of plugging scenarios of waxhydrate coexisting systems with different flow properties and wall deposition state were summarized,including rapid plugging, transition plugging, gradual plugging type I and gradual plugging type II.Compared with the wax-free system after hydrate formation, even with the addition of anti-agglomerant(AA) with the same concentration, wax-hydrate coexisting systems could not reach stable hydrate slurry flow state, indicating that the existence of wax deteriorated the performance of AA. Aside from the influence of wax crystals on hydrate agglomeration, it was found that wax deposition layer would alter the adhesion and bedding of hydrates, resulting in the variation of flow properties and wall deposition state.For low wax content systems(0.75 wt%) where rapid plugging occurred, the synergistic effect between wax and hydrates promoted the formation of wax-hydrate coupling aggregates, resulting in severe local deposition when the coupling aggregates attained critical deposition size and consequently decreasing flow rate, forming a vicious circle of decreasing transportability. Since bedding of coupling aggregates was hindered by the uniformly coated wax deposition layer on pipe wall, gradual plugging rather than rapid plugging occurred in medium wax content systems(1-1.25 wt%), predominately caused by the gradual increment in viscosity of waxy hydrate slurry. For relatively high wax content systems(2.89 wt%), hydrate formation and plugging did not occur, due to the insulation effect of wax deposition layer. A physical model for the synergistic deposition of wax and hydrates was also presented, which was meaningful to the development of a mathematical model for the prediction of blockage formation and risk analysis.展开更多
The research on the thermal property of the hydrate has recently made great progress,including the understanding of hydrate thermal conductivity and effective thermal conductivity(ETC)of hydratebearing sediment.The th...The research on the thermal property of the hydrate has recently made great progress,including the understanding of hydrate thermal conductivity and effective thermal conductivity(ETC)of hydratebearing sediment.The thermal conductivity of hydrate is of great significance for the hydrate-related field,such as the natural gas hydrate exploitation and prevention of the hydrate plugging in oil or gas pipelines.In order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research progress of the hydrate thermal conductivity and the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment,the literature on the studies of the thermal conductivity of hydrate and the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment were summarized and reviewed in this study.Firstly,experimental studies of the reported measured values and the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of hydrate were discussed and reviewed.Secondly,the studies of the experimental measurements of the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment and the effects of temperature,porosity,hydrate saturation,water saturation,thermal conductivity of porous medium,phase change,and other factors on the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment were discussed and reviewed.Thirdly,the research progress of modeling on the ETC of the hydrate-bearing sediment was reviewed.The thermal conductivity determines the heat transfer capacity of the hydrate reservoir and directly affects the hydrate exploitation efficiency.Future efforts need to be devoted to obtain experimental data of the ETC of hydrate reservoirs and establish models to accurately predict the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment.展开更多
Slug flow or high GVF(Gas Volume Fraction)conditions can cause pressure disturbance waves and alternating loads at the boundary of mechanical seals for multiphase pumps,endangering the safety of multiphase pump units....Slug flow or high GVF(Gas Volume Fraction)conditions can cause pressure disturbance waves and alternating loads at the boundary of mechanical seals for multiphase pumps,endangering the safety of multiphase pump units.The mechanical seal model is simplified by using periodic boundary conditions and numerical calculations are carried out based on the Zwart-Gerber-Belamri cavitation model.UDF(User Define Function)programs such as structural dynamics equations,alternating load equations,and pressure disturbance equations are embedded in numerical calculations,and the dynamic response characteristics of mechanical seal are studied using layered dynamic mesh technology.The results show that when the pressure disturbance occurs at the inlet,as the amplitude and period of the disturbance increase,the film thickness gradually decreases.And the fundamental reason for the hysteresis of the film thickness change is that the pressure in the high-pressure area cannot be restored in a timely manner.The maximum value of leakage and the minimum value of axial velocity are independent of the disturbance period and determined by the disturbance amplitude.The mutual interference between enhanced waves does not have a significant impact on the film thickness,while the front wave in the attenuated wave has a promoting effect on the subsequent film thickness changes,and the fluctuation of the liquid film cavitation rate and axial velocity under the attenuated wave condition deviates from the initial values.Compared with pressure disturbance conditions,alternating load conditions have a more significant impact on film thickness and leakage.During actual operation,it is necessary to avoid alternating load conditions in multiphase pump mechanical seals.展开更多
Interpreting reservoir properties through log data and logging responses in complex strata is critical for efficient petroleum exploitation,particularly for metamorphic rocks.However,the unsatisfactory accuracy of suc...Interpreting reservoir properties through log data and logging responses in complex strata is critical for efficient petroleum exploitation,particularly for metamorphic rocks.However,the unsatisfactory accuracy of such interpretations in complex reservoirs has hindered their widespread application,resulting in severe inconvenience.In this study,we proposed a multi-mineral model based on the least-square method and an optimal principle to interpret the logging responses and petrophysical properties of complex hydrocarbon reservoirs.We began by selecting the main minerals based on a comprehensive analysis of log data,X-ray diffraction,petrographic thin sections and scanning electron microscopy(SEM)for three wells in the Bozhong 19-6 structural zone.In combination of the physical properties of these minerals with logging responses,we constructed the multi-mineral model,which can predict the log curves,petrophysical properties and mineral profile.The predicted and measured log data are evaluated using a weighted average error,which shows that the multi-mineral model has satisfactory prediction performance with errors below 11%in most intervals.Finally,we apply the model to a new well“x”in the Bozhong 19-6 structural zone,and the predicted logging responses match well with measured data with the weighted average error below 11.8%for most intervals.Moreover,the lithology is dominated by plagioclase,K-feldspar,and quartz as shown by the mineral profile,which correlates with the lithology of the Archean metamorphic rocks in this region.It is concluded that the multi-mineral model presented in this study provides reasonable methods for interpreting log data in complex metamorphic hydrocarbon reservoirs and could assist in efficient development in the future.展开更多
Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to prevent gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation pipelines.In this work,a series of KHIs were ...Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to prevent gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation pipelines.In this work,a series of KHIs were experimentally synthesized with N-vinyl caprolactam(N-VCap)and vinyl ether including vinyl ether,vinyl n-butyl ether,vinyl isobutyl ether,triethylene glycol divinyl ether,with the mole ratio ranging from 9:1 to 5:5.The inhibition performance of new-synthesized KHIs on the formation process of methane hydrate were examined and compared with that of commercial N-vinyl caprolactam PVCap.Several ethylenediamine reagents were used as synergists and tested to improve the inhibition capacity of new-synthesized KHIs.The experimental results demonstrate that the introduction of ether groups on PVCap improves the performance of hydrate inhibitors.PVCap-VNBE(N-VCap:vinyl n-butyl ether=5:5)shows the best inhibition performance for methane hydrate,which could extend the TVO to 1251 min under 6 K subcooling.N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine shows the best synergistic effect for PVCap-VNBE(5:5),and extends the TVO by 2.75 times at 7 K subcooling.Additionally,the relationship between hydrate inhibition performance and interfacial tension of newly-synthesized KHIs under high pressure were studied.It shows that the lower interfacial tension of KHIs would result in longer onset time,exhibiting better inhibition performance.展开更多
Natural gas hydrates can readily form in deep-water oil production processes and pose a great threat to the oil industry.Moreover,the coexistence of hydrate and asphaltene can result in more severe challenges to subse...Natural gas hydrates can readily form in deep-water oil production processes and pose a great threat to the oil industry.Moreover,the coexistence of hydrate and asphaltene can result in more severe challenges to subsea flow assurance.In order to study the effects of asphaltene on hydrate growth at the oil-water interface,a series of micro-experiments were conducted in a self-made reactor,where hydrates nucleated and grew on the surface of a water droplet immersed in asphaltene-containing oil.Based on the micro-observations,the shape and growth rate of the hydrate shell formed at the oil-water interface were mainly investigated and the effects of asphaltene on hydrate growth were analyzed.According to the experimental results,the shape of the water droplet and the interfacial area changed significantly after the formation of the hydrate shell when the asphaltene concentration was higher than a certain value.A mechanism related to the reduction of the interfacial tension caused by the absorption of asphaltenes on the interface was proposed for illustration.Moreover,the growth rate of the hydrate shell decreased significantly with the increasing asphaltene concentration under experimental conditions.The conclusions of this paper could provide preliminary insight how asphaltene affect hydrate growth at the oil-water interface.展开更多
Understanding the kinetics and viscosity of hydrate slurry in gas-water-sand system is of great significance for the high-efficiency and high-safety development of natural gas hydrates.The effect of micronsized sands ...Understanding the kinetics and viscosity of hydrate slurry in gas-water-sand system is of great significance for the high-efficiency and high-safety development of natural gas hydrates.The effect of micronsized sands with various concentrations and particle sizes on the hydrate formation,dissociation,and viscosity in gas-water-sand system are investigated in this work.The experimental results show that the hydrate induction time in the sandy system is slightly prolonged compared to the pure gas-water system,and the inhibition effect first strengthens and then weakens as the sand concentration increases from0 wt%to 5 wt%.Besides,the difference of hydrate formation amount in various cases is not obvious.The concentration and particle size of sand have little effect on the kinetics of hydrate formation.Both promoting and inhibiting effects on hydrate formation have been found in the sandy multiphase fluid.For the viscosity characteristics,there are three variations of hydrate slurry viscosity during the formation process:Steep drop type,S-type and Fluctuation type.Moreover,appropriate sand size is helpful to reduce the randomness of slurry viscosity change.Meanwhile,even at the same hydrate volume fraction,the slurry viscosity in the formation process is significantly higher than that in dissociation process,which needs further research.This work provides further insights of hydrate formation,dissociation,and viscosity in gas-water-sand system,which is of great significance for safe and economic development of natural gas hydrates.展开更多
Cavitating jet is a promising drilling rate improvement technology in both the marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) fluidization exploitation method and the integrated radial jet drilling and completion method. In present...Cavitating jet is a promising drilling rate improvement technology in both the marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) fluidization exploitation method and the integrated radial jet drilling and completion method. In present study, we aim to improve the efficiency of jet erosion and extracting NGH. With a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, the pressure, velocity and cavitation field characteristics of organ-pipe cavitating jet (OPCJ) are analysed. The divergent angle, throat length, and divergent length of OPCJ nozzle are preferred to obtain stronger jet cavitation erosion effect. Laboratory experiments of gas hydrate-bearing sediments (GHBS) erosion by OPCJ and conical jet (CJ) are conducted to compare and validate the jet erosion performance. The impinging models of OPCJ and CJ are constructed to study the impact characteristics. Results show that the preferred values of divergent angle, throat length, and divergent length are 15°, 1d, and 3d, respectively, in present simulation conditions. For GHBS, the OPCJ possesses the advantages of high efficiency and low energy consumption. Moreover, the OPCJ has higher penetration efficiency, while showing equivalent penetration ability compared to CJ. During the impinging process, the OPCJ can induce stronger impact pressure and turbulence effect, and also shows stronger chambering effect and bottom cleaning ability compared to CJ. This study presents the erosion performance of OPCJ and CJ on GHBS, and provides preliminary insights on the potential field applications in NGH exploitation.展开更多
As a new clean energy resource in the 21st century,natural gas hydrate is considered as one of the most promising strategic resources in the future.This paper,based on the research progress in exploitation of natural ...As a new clean energy resource in the 21st century,natural gas hydrate is considered as one of the most promising strategic resources in the future.This paper,based on the research progress in exploitation of natural gas hydrate(NGH)in China and the world,systematically reviewed and discussed the key issues in development of natural gas hydrate.From an exploitation point of view,it is recommended that the concepts of diagenetic hydrate and non-diagenetic hydrate be introduced.The main factors to be considered are whether diagenesis,stability of rock skeleton structure,particle size and cementation mode,thus NGHs are divided into 6 levels and used unused exploitation methods according to different types.The study of the description and quantitative characterization of abundance in hydrate enrichment zone,and looking for gas hydrate dessert areas with commercial exploitation value should be enhanced.The concept of dynamic permeability and characterization of the permeability of NGH by time-varying equations should be established.The‘Three-gas co-production’(natural gas hydrate,shallow gas,and conventional gas)may be an effective way to achieve early commercial exploitation.Although great progress has been made in the exploitation of natural gas hydrate,there still exist enormous challenges in basic theory research,production methods,and equipment and operation modes.Only through hard and persistent exploration and innovation can natural gas hydrate be truly commercially developed on a large scale and contribute to sustainable energy supply.展开更多
Hydrate reservoirs are different from the host reservoirs of all other fossil energy sources because the characteristics of hydrate reservoirs are generally controlled by deep-sea fine-grained sedimentation. In such r...Hydrate reservoirs are different from the host reservoirs of all other fossil energy sources because the characteristics of hydrate reservoirs are generally controlled by deep-sea fine-grained sedimentation. In such reservoirs, the reliability of the classical logging evaluation models established for diagenetic reservoirs is questionable. This study used well W8 in the Qiongdongnan Basin to explore the clay content, porosity, saturation, and hydrate-enriched layer identification of a logging-based hydrate reservoir, and it was found that considering the effect of the clay content on the log response is necessary in the logging evaluation of hydrate reservoirs. In the evaluation of clay content, a method based on the optimization inversion method can obtain a more reliable clay content than other methods. Fine-grained sediment reservoirs have a high clay content, and the effect of clay on log responses must be considered when calculating porosity. In addition, combining density logging and neutron porosity logging data can obtain the best porosity calculation results, and the porosity calculation method based on sonic logging predicted that the porosity of the studied reservoir was low. It was very effective to identify hydrate layers based on resistivity, but the clay distribution and pore structure will also affect the relationship between resistivity, porosity and saturation, and it was suggested that the factors effecting the resistivity of different layers should be considered in the saturation evaluation and that a suitable model should be selected. This study also considered the lack of clarity of the relationships among the lithology, physical properties, hydrate-bearing occurrence properties, and log response properties of hydrate reservoirs and the lack of specialized petrophysical models. This research can directly help to improve hydrate logging evaluation.展开更多
Microcosmic details of pore structure are the essential factors affecting the elastic properties of tight sandstone reservoirs,while the relationships in between are still incompletely clear due to the fact that quant...Microcosmic details of pore structure are the essential factors affecting the elastic properties of tight sandstone reservoirs,while the relationships in between are still incompletely clear due to the fact that quantitative or semi-quantitative experiments are hard to achieve.Here,three sets of tight sandstone samples from the Junggar Basin are selected elaborately based on casting thin sections,XRD detection,and petro-physical measurement,and each set is characterized by a single varied microcosmic factor(pore connectedness,pore type,and grain size)of the pore structure.An ultrasonic pulse transmission technique is conducted to study the response of elastic properties to the varied microcosmic details of pore structure in the situation of different pore fluid(gas,brine,and oil)saturation and confining pressure.Observations show samples with less connectedness,inter-granular dominant pores,and smaller grain size showed greater velocities in normal conditions.Vpis more sensitive to the variations of pore type,while Vsis more sensitive to the variations of grain size.Samples with better connectedness at fluid saturation(oil or brine)show greater sensitivity to the confining pressure than those with gas saturation with a growth rate of 6.9%-11.9%,and the sensitivity is more likely controlled by connectedness.The pore types(inter-granular or intra-granular)can be distinguished by the sensitivity of velocities to the variation of pore fluid at high confining pressure(>60 MPa).The samples with small grain sizes tend to be more sensitive to the variations of confining pressure.With this knowledge,we can semi-quantitatively distinguish the complex pore structures with different fluids by the variation of elastic properties,which can help improve the precision of seismic reservoir prediction for tight sandstone reservoirs.展开更多
The natural gas hydrate has been regarded as an important future green energy.Significant progress on the hydrate exploitation has been made,but some challenges are still remaining.In order to enhance the hydrate expl...The natural gas hydrate has been regarded as an important future green energy.Significant progress on the hydrate exploitation has been made,but some challenges are still remaining.In order to enhance the hydrate exploitation efficiency,a significant understanding of the effective thermal conductivity(ETC)of the hydrate-bearing sediment has become essential,since it directly controls the heat and mass transfer behaviors,and thereby determines the stability of hydrate reservoir and production rate.In this study,the effective thermal conductivities of various hydrate-bearing sediments were in-situ measured and studied.The impacts of temperature,particle size and type of sediment were investigated.The effective thermal conductivities of the quartz sand sediments before and after hydrate formation were in-situ measured.The results show the weak negative correlation of effective thermal conductivity of the quartz sand sediment on the temperature before and after the hydrate formation.The effective thermal conductivity of the hydrate-bearing sediment decreases with the increase of particle size of the sediment.The dominant effect of the type of porous medium on the characteristics of the effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediment was highlighted.The results indicate that both the effective thermal conductivities of hydrate-bearing quartz sand sediment and hydrate-bearing silicon carbide sediment are weakly negatively correlated with temperature,but the effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing clay sediment is weakly positively dependent on the temperature.In addition,the values of the effective thermal conductivities of various hydrate-bearing sediments are in the order of hydrate-bearing silicon carbide sediment>hydrate-bearing quartz sand sediment>hydrate-bearing clay sediment.These findings could suggest that the intrinsic thermal conductivity of porous medium could control the characteristics of effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediment.展开更多
The instability of continental slopes damages marine engineering equipment,such as submarine pipelines,resulting in the generation of tsunamis,which endangers the safety of nearshore personnel.Therefore,research on th...The instability of continental slopes damages marine engineering equipment,such as submarine pipelines,resulting in the generation of tsunamis,which endangers the safety of nearshore personnel.Therefore,research on the instability of continental slopes where submarine landslides usually occur is crucial to the risk evaluation of deepwater drilling.Previous studies were mainly based on simplified 2D and 3D models,which extend the 2D model applied on submarine slopes with complex topography.In this study,a numerical model with bathymetric data from the Qiongdongnan Basin was established.Furthermore,3D slope stability analysis and static and dynamic analyses were conducted.The static analysis found two discussions where slopes are most likely to occur.Through the analysis of different seismic forces,the dynamic result showed that an instability area is added to the two positions where the static analysis is unstable.Topography scatters and transmits seismic waves and controls the accumulation and diffusion of seismic energy.3D calculations and analysis revealed that the direction of slope instability is closely related to terrain inclination,slope,terrain effect,and terrain curvature.Data showed that instability situations could not be derived from a single direction or profile data.Such situations are an important factor in slope stability analysis and are critical to the prediction and evaluation of marine geological disasters.展开更多
Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to high dosage thermodynamic inhibitors for preventing gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation p...Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to high dosage thermodynamic inhibitors for preventing gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation pipelines.In this paper,a new KHI,poly(N-vinyl caprolactam)-co-tert-butyl acrylate(PVCapco-TBA),was successfully synthesized with N-vinyl caprolactam(NVCap)and tert-butyl acrylate.The kinetic inhibition performances of PVCap-co-TBA on the formations of both structureⅠmethane hydrate and structureⅡnatural gas hydrate were investigated by measuring the onset times of hydrate formation under different conditions and compared with commercial KHIs such as PVP,PVCap and inhibex 501.The results indicated that PVCap-co-TBA outperformed these widely applied inhibitors for both structureⅠand structureⅡhydrates.At the same dosage of KHI,the maximum tolerable degree of subcooling under which the onset time of hydrate formation exceeded 24 hours for structureⅠhydrate was much lower than that for structureⅡhydrate.The inhibition strength increased with the increasing dosage of PVCap-co-TBA;The maximum tolerable degree of subcooling for the natural gas hydrate is more than10 K when the dosage was higher than 0.5%(mass)while it achieved 12 K when that dosage rose to0.75%(mass).Additionally,we found polypropylene glycol could be used as synergist at the dosage of 1.0%(mass)or so,under which the kinetic inhibition performance of PVCap-co-TBA could be improved significantly.All evaluation results demonstrated that PVCap-co-TBA was a very promising KHI and a competitive alternative to the existing commercial KHIs.展开更多
The natural gas hydrate has become one of the most promising future green energy sources on the earth.The natural gas hydrates mostly exist in the sediments with porous structure, so a solid understanding of the hydra...The natural gas hydrate has become one of the most promising future green energy sources on the earth.The natural gas hydrates mostly exist in the sediments with porous structure, so a solid understanding of the hydrate formation and growth processes in the porous medium is of significance for the exploitation of natural gas hydrate. The micro-packed bed device is one of the efficient microfluidic devices in the engineering field, but it has been rarely used for the hydrate-based research. In this study, a transparent micro-packed bed device filled with glass beads was developed to mimic the porous condition of sediments, and used to in-situ visualize the hydrate formation and growth habits in the pore spaces under both static and dynamic conditions. For the static experiment, two types of hydrate growth patterns in porous medium were observed and identified in the micro-packed bed device, which were the graincoating growth and pore-filling growth. For the dynamic condition, the hydrate formation, growth,distribution habits and hydrate blockage phenomena in the pore spaces were in-situ visually captured.The impacts of flowrate and subcooling on the pressure variation of the micro-packed bed and the duration of the hydrate growth under dynamic flow condition in pores were in-situ monitored and analyzed. The higher flowrate could result in the faster hydrate growth and more severe blockage in pores, but the effect of subcooling condition might be less significant at the high flowrate.展开更多
The natural gas hydrate resources in the South China Sea alone are about 85 trillion cubic meters.In the drilling process of marine gas hydrate,the natural gas hydrate will decompose and produce gas,as the rising of t...The natural gas hydrate resources in the South China Sea alone are about 85 trillion cubic meters.In the drilling process of marine gas hydrate,the natural gas hydrate will decompose and produce gas,as the rising of temperature and dropping of the pressure in the annulus.This process will have a significant impact on drilling safety.Therefore,it is necessary to study the wellbore temperature distribution during the drilling of marine hydrate layer.In this paper,the wellbore temperature distribution of safe drilling in hydrated formation is taken as the research goal,and the research status of relevant domestic and international wellbore temperatures was investigated.According to the characteristics of the marine environment and reservoir-forming characteristics of hydrate reservoirs in the South China Sea,the wellbore temperature distribution model of offshore drilling wellbore under the condition of hydrate decomposition was established.The temperature distribution curve of drilling straight wellbore in hydrate layer of South China Sea was obtained.When drilling the hydrate reservoir,the distribution regularity of the wellbore temperature is similar to that of the conventional offshore drilling wellbore.However,the temperature of the wellbore annulus near the hydrate decomposition site is lower than the ambient temperature,mainly due to the hydrate decomposition endothermic.In this paper,the sensitivity analysis of several main parameters of the wellbore temperature distribution of drilling straight wellbore in hydrate layer of South China Sea was carried out.Through the conduction of experiment and numerical simulation,we have get some new findings:(1)The hydrate saturation has little effect on the wellbore temperature;(2)As the drilling fluid displacement increases,the annulus temperature of the wellbore above the mudline increases,and the temperature of the wellbore below the mudline decreases continuously;(3)As the density of the drilling fluid increases,the temperature at the wellhead decreases,and the temperature at the bottom of the well increases slightly;(4)The greater the rate of penetration of the well,the temperature at the upper part of the wellbore decreases,and the temperature at the bottom of the wellbore increases;Among them,the penetration rate has the most obvious effect on the annular temperature.The results are expected to be helpful to guide the drilling process of marine gas hydrate and offer some references.展开更多
There are many emergency risks in the process of natural gas hydrate(NGH)drilling.In order to ensure the safe and efficient exploitation of NGH,it is urgent to establish an intelligent judgment method for the risks in...There are many emergency risks in the process of natural gas hydrate(NGH)drilling.In order to ensure the safe and efficient exploitation of NGH,it is urgent to establish an intelligent judgment method for the risks in the process of NGH drilling.In this paper,the response relationship between monitoring parameters and risk categories of NGH while drilling is established.Based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process(FAHP),the comprehensive weights of 10 risk monitoring parameters are obtained,including gas production,wellbore instability,hydrate ice barrier,drill string fracture,sticking,bit balling,drilling tool piercement,gas seepage,seabed subsidence and seabed landslide.Besides,the comprehensive judgment weight matrix is constructed,and the reasonable fluctuation range of monitoring parameters is formed.Thus,the intelligent judgment method of NGH drilling risk is established.The intelligent judgment and alarm of NGH drilling risks can be realized quickly and accurately by this method,namely,it can monitor the risks in the process of operation and guarantee the construction safety of NGH drilling.展开更多
Natural gas hydrate is a kind of clean energy with huge reserves,and the saturation(volume percentage of hydrate in pore space of sediments)is the key parameter for determining whether the reservoir is worthy of explo...Natural gas hydrate is a kind of clean energy with huge reserves,and the saturation(volume percentage of hydrate in pore space of sediments)is the key parameter for determining whether the reservoir is worthy of exploitation.In this work,rapid hydrate dissociation by the combination of heat injection and NaCl inhibitor addition was studied,and an on-site evaluation method for hydrate saturation in sediment samples was proposed by using a core sampler to transfer hydrate samples under pressure.The results showed that the average gas production rate per unit volume was increased significantly to reach 7.22 L/Lr$min-1 by the injection of NaCl aqueous solution with 50.9C,which was attributed to the increase of the chemical potential to further accelerate the rate of hydrate dissociation in the presence of NaCl.Furthermore,for the measurement of methane hydrate samples saturation with a volume of 673 cm3(which contained 1.4 mol hydrates with the saturation of 58%),hydrate saturation could be accurately achieved within 30 min with a relative error lower than 11.7%This work may provide new thoughts for on-site saturation evaluation and rapid dissociation of hydrate samples during natural gas hydrate exploitation.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(51974349,U19B2012,51991363)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2017MEE057)which are gratefully acknowledged.
文摘To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the micromorphology of hydrate particles in a natural gas+pure water system with pressure from 2.6 to 3.6 MPa and sub-cooling from 4.7 to 6.23C.The results showed that under low sub-cooling conditions,the amount and size of particles increased first and then decreased in the range of 0–330 lm,and the small particles always dominated.These particles can be roughly classified into two categories:planar flake particles and polyhedral solid particles.Then,the concept of maximum growth dominant particle size was proposed to distinguish the morphological boundary of growth and aggregation.In addition,the micro model was established to better reflect the effects of particle formation process and evolution mechanism near the gas–liquid interface under stirring condition.The results of this study can provide a guidance for flow assurance in multiphase pipeline.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52476058,U21B2065,52006024,and 52306188)the National Key Research and Development(2022YFC2806200).
文摘With the development of offshore oil and gas resources,hydrates pose a significant challenge to flow assurance.Hydrates can form,accumulate,and settle in pipelines,causing blockages,reducing transport capacity,and leading to significant economic losses and fatalities.As oil and gas exploration moves deeper into the ocean,the issue of hydrate blockages has become more severe.It is essential to take adequate measures promptly to mitigate the hazards of hydrate blockages after they form.However,a prerequisite for effective mitigation is accurately detecting the location and amount of hydrate formation.This article summarizes the temperature–pressure,acoustic,electrical,instrumental–response,and flow characteristics of hydrate formation and blocking under various conditions.It also analyzes the principles,limitations,and applicability of various blockage detection methods,including acoustic,transient,and fiber-optic-based methods.Finally,it lists the results of field experiments and commercially used products.Given their advantages of accuracy and a wide detection range,acoustic pulse reflectometry and transient-based methods are considered effective for detecting hydrate blockages in future underwater pipelines.Using strict backpressure warnings combined with accurate detection via acoustic pulse reflectometry or transient-based methods,efficient and timely diagnosis of hydrate blockages can be achieved.The use of a hydrate model combined with fiber optics could prove to be an effective method for detecting blockages in newly laid pipelines in the future.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52004039&51804046&51974037)Open Project of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oil-gas Storage and Transportation Technology (Grant No. CDYQCY202102)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2021M693908)。
文摘Elucidating the synergistic effect of wax and hydrates, involving formation, aggregation and deposition,is imperative to the operation and transportation safety for offshore petroleum fields. To understand the characteristics and mechanism of synergistic deposition of wax and hydrates, flow and deposition experiments of systems with different wax contents(0-2.89 wt%), initial flow rates, pressures and temperatures were conducted in a high pressure visual flow loop. According to the flow rate and pressure drop data as well as the visual window observation, four different types of plugging scenarios of waxhydrate coexisting systems with different flow properties and wall deposition state were summarized,including rapid plugging, transition plugging, gradual plugging type I and gradual plugging type II.Compared with the wax-free system after hydrate formation, even with the addition of anti-agglomerant(AA) with the same concentration, wax-hydrate coexisting systems could not reach stable hydrate slurry flow state, indicating that the existence of wax deteriorated the performance of AA. Aside from the influence of wax crystals on hydrate agglomeration, it was found that wax deposition layer would alter the adhesion and bedding of hydrates, resulting in the variation of flow properties and wall deposition state.For low wax content systems(0.75 wt%) where rapid plugging occurred, the synergistic effect between wax and hydrates promoted the formation of wax-hydrate coupling aggregates, resulting in severe local deposition when the coupling aggregates attained critical deposition size and consequently decreasing flow rate, forming a vicious circle of decreasing transportability. Since bedding of coupling aggregates was hindered by the uniformly coated wax deposition layer on pipe wall, gradual plugging rather than rapid plugging occurred in medium wax content systems(1-1.25 wt%), predominately caused by the gradual increment in viscosity of waxy hydrate slurry. For relatively high wax content systems(2.89 wt%), hydrate formation and plugging did not occur, due to the insulation effect of wax deposition layer. A physical model for the synergistic deposition of wax and hydrates was also presented, which was meaningful to the development of a mathematical model for the prediction of blockage formation and risk analysis.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U19B2005,21808238,U20B6005,22127812)the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing,China University of Petroleumthe National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2800902)
文摘The research on the thermal property of the hydrate has recently made great progress,including the understanding of hydrate thermal conductivity and effective thermal conductivity(ETC)of hydratebearing sediment.The thermal conductivity of hydrate is of great significance for the hydrate-related field,such as the natural gas hydrate exploitation and prevention of the hydrate plugging in oil or gas pipelines.In order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research progress of the hydrate thermal conductivity and the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment,the literature on the studies of the thermal conductivity of hydrate and the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment were summarized and reviewed in this study.Firstly,experimental studies of the reported measured values and the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of hydrate were discussed and reviewed.Secondly,the studies of the experimental measurements of the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment and the effects of temperature,porosity,hydrate saturation,water saturation,thermal conductivity of porous medium,phase change,and other factors on the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment were discussed and reviewed.Thirdly,the research progress of modeling on the ETC of the hydrate-bearing sediment was reviewed.The thermal conductivity determines the heat transfer capacity of the hydrate reservoir and directly affects the hydrate exploitation efficiency.Future efforts need to be devoted to obtain experimental data of the ETC of hydrate reservoirs and establish models to accurately predict the ETC of hydrate-bearing sediment.
基金the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52372368)。
文摘Slug flow or high GVF(Gas Volume Fraction)conditions can cause pressure disturbance waves and alternating loads at the boundary of mechanical seals for multiphase pumps,endangering the safety of multiphase pump units.The mechanical seal model is simplified by using periodic boundary conditions and numerical calculations are carried out based on the Zwart-Gerber-Belamri cavitation model.UDF(User Define Function)programs such as structural dynamics equations,alternating load equations,and pressure disturbance equations are embedded in numerical calculations,and the dynamic response characteristics of mechanical seal are studied using layered dynamic mesh technology.The results show that when the pressure disturbance occurs at the inlet,as the amplitude and period of the disturbance increase,the film thickness gradually decreases.And the fundamental reason for the hysteresis of the film thickness change is that the pressure in the high-pressure area cannot be restored in a timely manner.The maximum value of leakage and the minimum value of axial velocity are independent of the disturbance period and determined by the disturbance amplitude.The mutual interference between enhanced waves does not have a significant impact on the film thickness,while the front wave in the attenuated wave has a promoting effect on the subsequent film thickness changes,and the fluctuation of the liquid film cavitation rate and axial velocity under the attenuated wave condition deviates from the initial values.Compared with pressure disturbance conditions,alternating load conditions have a more significant impact on film thickness and leakage.During actual operation,it is necessary to avoid alternating load conditions in multiphase pump mechanical seals.
基金funded by Science and Technology Major Project of China National Offshore Oil Corporation(CNOOC-KJ 135 ZDXM36 TJ 08TJ).
文摘Interpreting reservoir properties through log data and logging responses in complex strata is critical for efficient petroleum exploitation,particularly for metamorphic rocks.However,the unsatisfactory accuracy of such interpretations in complex reservoirs has hindered their widespread application,resulting in severe inconvenience.In this study,we proposed a multi-mineral model based on the least-square method and an optimal principle to interpret the logging responses and petrophysical properties of complex hydrocarbon reservoirs.We began by selecting the main minerals based on a comprehensive analysis of log data,X-ray diffraction,petrographic thin sections and scanning electron microscopy(SEM)for three wells in the Bozhong 19-6 structural zone.In combination of the physical properties of these minerals with logging responses,we constructed the multi-mineral model,which can predict the log curves,petrophysical properties and mineral profile.The predicted and measured log data are evaluated using a weighted average error,which shows that the multi-mineral model has satisfactory prediction performance with errors below 11%in most intervals.Finally,we apply the model to a new well“x”in the Bozhong 19-6 structural zone,and the predicted logging responses match well with measured data with the weighted average error below 11.8%for most intervals.Moreover,the lithology is dominated by plagioclase,K-feldspar,and quartz as shown by the mineral profile,which correlates with the lithology of the Archean metamorphic rocks in this region.It is concluded that the multi-mineral model presented in this study provides reasonable methods for interpreting log data in complex metamorphic hydrocarbon reservoirs and could assist in efficient development in the future.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22127812,22278433,U20B6005,22178379)Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund(Grant NO.ZDKJ2021026)。
文摘Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to prevent gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation pipelines.In this work,a series of KHIs were experimentally synthesized with N-vinyl caprolactam(N-VCap)and vinyl ether including vinyl ether,vinyl n-butyl ether,vinyl isobutyl ether,triethylene glycol divinyl ether,with the mole ratio ranging from 9:1 to 5:5.The inhibition performance of new-synthesized KHIs on the formation process of methane hydrate were examined and compared with that of commercial N-vinyl caprolactam PVCap.Several ethylenediamine reagents were used as synergists and tested to improve the inhibition capacity of new-synthesized KHIs.The experimental results demonstrate that the introduction of ether groups on PVCap improves the performance of hydrate inhibitors.PVCap-VNBE(N-VCap:vinyl n-butyl ether=5:5)shows the best inhibition performance for methane hydrate,which could extend the TVO to 1251 min under 6 K subcooling.N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine shows the best synergistic effect for PVCap-VNBE(5:5),and extends the TVO by 2.75 times at 7 K subcooling.Additionally,the relationship between hydrate inhibition performance and interfacial tension of newly-synthesized KHIs under high pressure were studied.It shows that the lower interfacial tension of KHIs would result in longer onset time,exhibiting better inhibition performance.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(U19B2012,51974349,51991363)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(20CX06098A)State Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates(CCL2020RCPS0225ZQN)。
文摘Natural gas hydrates can readily form in deep-water oil production processes and pose a great threat to the oil industry.Moreover,the coexistence of hydrate and asphaltene can result in more severe challenges to subsea flow assurance.In order to study the effects of asphaltene on hydrate growth at the oil-water interface,a series of micro-experiments were conducted in a self-made reactor,where hydrates nucleated and grew on the surface of a water droplet immersed in asphaltene-containing oil.Based on the micro-observations,the shape and growth rate of the hydrate shell formed at the oil-water interface were mainly investigated and the effects of asphaltene on hydrate growth were analyzed.According to the experimental results,the shape of the water droplet and the interfacial area changed significantly after the formation of the hydrate shell when the asphaltene concentration was higher than a certain value.A mechanism related to the reduction of the interfacial tension caused by the absorption of asphaltenes on the interface was proposed for illustration.Moreover,the growth rate of the hydrate shell decreased significantly with the increasing asphaltene concentration under experimental conditions.The conclusions of this paper could provide preliminary insight how asphaltene affect hydrate growth at the oil-water interface.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grand numbers:52104069,51874323,U20B6005]China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[Grand number:2022M713460]Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing[Grand number:2462020YXZZ045]。
文摘Understanding the kinetics and viscosity of hydrate slurry in gas-water-sand system is of great significance for the high-efficiency and high-safety development of natural gas hydrates.The effect of micronsized sands with various concentrations and particle sizes on the hydrate formation,dissociation,and viscosity in gas-water-sand system are investigated in this work.The experimental results show that the hydrate induction time in the sandy system is slightly prolonged compared to the pure gas-water system,and the inhibition effect first strengthens and then weakens as the sand concentration increases from0 wt%to 5 wt%.Besides,the difference of hydrate formation amount in various cases is not obvious.The concentration and particle size of sand have little effect on the kinetics of hydrate formation.Both promoting and inhibiting effects on hydrate formation have been found in the sandy multiphase fluid.For the viscosity characteristics,there are three variations of hydrate slurry viscosity during the formation process:Steep drop type,S-type and Fluctuation type.Moreover,appropriate sand size is helpful to reduce the randomness of slurry viscosity change.Meanwhile,even at the same hydrate volume fraction,the slurry viscosity in the formation process is significantly higher than that in dissociation process,which needs further research.This work provides further insights of hydrate formation,dissociation,and viscosity in gas-water-sand system,which is of great significance for safe and economic development of natural gas hydrates.
基金financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52174009 and No.51827804)Marine Economy Development Foundation of Guangdong Province(GDNRC[2022]44)“Technical Support for Stimulation and Testing of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs”.
文摘Cavitating jet is a promising drilling rate improvement technology in both the marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) fluidization exploitation method and the integrated radial jet drilling and completion method. In present study, we aim to improve the efficiency of jet erosion and extracting NGH. With a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, the pressure, velocity and cavitation field characteristics of organ-pipe cavitating jet (OPCJ) are analysed. The divergent angle, throat length, and divergent length of OPCJ nozzle are preferred to obtain stronger jet cavitation erosion effect. Laboratory experiments of gas hydrate-bearing sediments (GHBS) erosion by OPCJ and conical jet (CJ) are conducted to compare and validate the jet erosion performance. The impinging models of OPCJ and CJ are constructed to study the impact characteristics. Results show that the preferred values of divergent angle, throat length, and divergent length are 15°, 1d, and 3d, respectively, in present simulation conditions. For GHBS, the OPCJ possesses the advantages of high efficiency and low energy consumption. Moreover, the OPCJ has higher penetration efficiency, while showing equivalent penetration ability compared to CJ. During the impinging process, the OPCJ can induce stronger impact pressure and turbulence effect, and also shows stronger chambering effect and bottom cleaning ability compared to CJ. This study presents the erosion performance of OPCJ and CJ on GHBS, and provides preliminary insights on the potential field applications in NGH exploitation.
文摘As a new clean energy resource in the 21st century,natural gas hydrate is considered as one of the most promising strategic resources in the future.This paper,based on the research progress in exploitation of natural gas hydrate(NGH)in China and the world,systematically reviewed and discussed the key issues in development of natural gas hydrate.From an exploitation point of view,it is recommended that the concepts of diagenetic hydrate and non-diagenetic hydrate be introduced.The main factors to be considered are whether diagenesis,stability of rock skeleton structure,particle size and cementation mode,thus NGHs are divided into 6 levels and used unused exploitation methods according to different types.The study of the description and quantitative characterization of abundance in hydrate enrichment zone,and looking for gas hydrate dessert areas with commercial exploitation value should be enhanced.The concept of dynamic permeability and characterization of the permeability of NGH by time-varying equations should be established.The‘Three-gas co-production’(natural gas hydrate,shallow gas,and conventional gas)may be an effective way to achieve early commercial exploitation.Although great progress has been made in the exploitation of natural gas hydrate,there still exist enormous challenges in basic theory research,production methods,and equipment and operation modes.Only through hard and persistent exploration and innovation can natural gas hydrate be truly commercially developed on a large scale and contribute to sustainable energy supply.
基金funded by the Laboratory for Marine Geology,Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(No.MGQNLM-KF202004)Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.422RC746 and 421QN281)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42106213)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2021M690161 and 2021T140691)the Postdoctorate Funded Project in Hainan Province.
文摘Hydrate reservoirs are different from the host reservoirs of all other fossil energy sources because the characteristics of hydrate reservoirs are generally controlled by deep-sea fine-grained sedimentation. In such reservoirs, the reliability of the classical logging evaluation models established for diagenetic reservoirs is questionable. This study used well W8 in the Qiongdongnan Basin to explore the clay content, porosity, saturation, and hydrate-enriched layer identification of a logging-based hydrate reservoir, and it was found that considering the effect of the clay content on the log response is necessary in the logging evaluation of hydrate reservoirs. In the evaluation of clay content, a method based on the optimization inversion method can obtain a more reliable clay content than other methods. Fine-grained sediment reservoirs have a high clay content, and the effect of clay on log responses must be considered when calculating porosity. In addition, combining density logging and neutron porosity logging data can obtain the best porosity calculation results, and the porosity calculation method based on sonic logging predicted that the porosity of the studied reservoir was low. It was very effective to identify hydrate layers based on resistivity, but the clay distribution and pore structure will also affect the relationship between resistivity, porosity and saturation, and it was suggested that the factors effecting the resistivity of different layers should be considered in the saturation evaluation and that a suitable model should be selected. This study also considered the lack of clarity of the relationships among the lithology, physical properties, hydrate-bearing occurrence properties, and log response properties of hydrate reservoirs and the lack of specialized petrophysical models. This research can directly help to improve hydrate logging evaluation.
基金supported by the Open Fund(PLC2020002,PLC20190507)of the State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation(Chengdu University of Technology)National Natural Science Foundation of China(42004112,42274175,42030812,41974160)+1 种基金sponsored by Special projects of local science and technology development guided by the central government in Sichuan(2021ZYD0030)Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(23NSFSC5311)
文摘Microcosmic details of pore structure are the essential factors affecting the elastic properties of tight sandstone reservoirs,while the relationships in between are still incompletely clear due to the fact that quantitative or semi-quantitative experiments are hard to achieve.Here,three sets of tight sandstone samples from the Junggar Basin are selected elaborately based on casting thin sections,XRD detection,and petro-physical measurement,and each set is characterized by a single varied microcosmic factor(pore connectedness,pore type,and grain size)of the pore structure.An ultrasonic pulse transmission technique is conducted to study the response of elastic properties to the varied microcosmic details of pore structure in the situation of different pore fluid(gas,brine,and oil)saturation and confining pressure.Observations show samples with less connectedness,inter-granular dominant pores,and smaller grain size showed greater velocities in normal conditions.Vpis more sensitive to the variations of pore type,while Vsis more sensitive to the variations of grain size.Samples with better connectedness at fluid saturation(oil or brine)show greater sensitivity to the confining pressure than those with gas saturation with a growth rate of 6.9%-11.9%,and the sensitivity is more likely controlled by connectedness.The pore types(inter-granular or intra-granular)can be distinguished by the sensitivity of velocities to the variation of pore fluid at high confining pressure(>60 MPa).The samples with small grain sizes tend to be more sensitive to the variations of confining pressure.With this knowledge,we can semi-quantitatively distinguish the complex pore structures with different fluids by the variation of elastic properties,which can help improve the precision of seismic reservoir prediction for tight sandstone reservoirs.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U19B2005,21808238,U20B6005,22127812)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2800902).
文摘The natural gas hydrate has been regarded as an important future green energy.Significant progress on the hydrate exploitation has been made,but some challenges are still remaining.In order to enhance the hydrate exploitation efficiency,a significant understanding of the effective thermal conductivity(ETC)of the hydrate-bearing sediment has become essential,since it directly controls the heat and mass transfer behaviors,and thereby determines the stability of hydrate reservoir and production rate.In this study,the effective thermal conductivities of various hydrate-bearing sediments were in-situ measured and studied.The impacts of temperature,particle size and type of sediment were investigated.The effective thermal conductivities of the quartz sand sediments before and after hydrate formation were in-situ measured.The results show the weak negative correlation of effective thermal conductivity of the quartz sand sediment on the temperature before and after the hydrate formation.The effective thermal conductivity of the hydrate-bearing sediment decreases with the increase of particle size of the sediment.The dominant effect of the type of porous medium on the characteristics of the effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediment was highlighted.The results indicate that both the effective thermal conductivities of hydrate-bearing quartz sand sediment and hydrate-bearing silicon carbide sediment are weakly negatively correlated with temperature,but the effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing clay sediment is weakly positively dependent on the temperature.In addition,the values of the effective thermal conductivities of various hydrate-bearing sediments are in the order of hydrate-bearing silicon carbide sediment>hydrate-bearing quartz sand sediment>hydrate-bearing clay sediment.These findings could suggest that the intrinsic thermal conductivity of porous medium could control the characteristics of effective thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediment.
基金This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFC0312301)the Nation Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1701245).
文摘The instability of continental slopes damages marine engineering equipment,such as submarine pipelines,resulting in the generation of tsunamis,which endangers the safety of nearshore personnel.Therefore,research on the instability of continental slopes where submarine landslides usually occur is crucial to the risk evaluation of deepwater drilling.Previous studies were mainly based on simplified 2D and 3D models,which extend the 2D model applied on submarine slopes with complex topography.In this study,a numerical model with bathymetric data from the Qiongdongnan Basin was established.Furthermore,3D slope stability analysis and static and dynamic analyses were conducted.The static analysis found two discussions where slopes are most likely to occur.Through the analysis of different seismic forces,the dynamic result showed that an instability area is added to the two positions where the static analysis is unstable.Topography scatters and transmits seismic waves and controls the accumulation and diffusion of seismic energy.3D calculations and analysis revealed that the direction of slope instability is closely related to terrain inclination,slope,terrain effect,and terrain curvature.Data showed that instability situations could not be derived from a single direction or profile data.Such situations are an important factor in slope stability analysis and are critical to the prediction and evaluation of marine geological disasters.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20B6005)Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund(ZDKJ2021026)。
文摘Low dosage kinetic hydrate inhibitors(KHIs)are a kind of alternative chemical additives to high dosage thermodynamic inhibitors for preventing gas hydrate formation in oil&gas production wells and transportation pipelines.In this paper,a new KHI,poly(N-vinyl caprolactam)-co-tert-butyl acrylate(PVCapco-TBA),was successfully synthesized with N-vinyl caprolactam(NVCap)and tert-butyl acrylate.The kinetic inhibition performances of PVCap-co-TBA on the formations of both structureⅠmethane hydrate and structureⅡnatural gas hydrate were investigated by measuring the onset times of hydrate formation under different conditions and compared with commercial KHIs such as PVP,PVCap and inhibex 501.The results indicated that PVCap-co-TBA outperformed these widely applied inhibitors for both structureⅠand structureⅡhydrates.At the same dosage of KHI,the maximum tolerable degree of subcooling under which the onset time of hydrate formation exceeded 24 hours for structureⅠhydrate was much lower than that for structureⅡhydrate.The inhibition strength increased with the increasing dosage of PVCap-co-TBA;The maximum tolerable degree of subcooling for the natural gas hydrate is more than10 K when the dosage was higher than 0.5%(mass)while it achieved 12 K when that dosage rose to0.75%(mass).Additionally,we found polypropylene glycol could be used as synergist at the dosage of 1.0%(mass)or so,under which the kinetic inhibition performance of PVCap-co-TBA could be improved significantly.All evaluation results demonstrated that PVCap-co-TBA was a very promising KHI and a competitive alternative to the existing commercial KHIs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21808238,U19B2005,U20B6005,22127812)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2800902)。
文摘The natural gas hydrate has become one of the most promising future green energy sources on the earth.The natural gas hydrates mostly exist in the sediments with porous structure, so a solid understanding of the hydrate formation and growth processes in the porous medium is of significance for the exploitation of natural gas hydrate. The micro-packed bed device is one of the efficient microfluidic devices in the engineering field, but it has been rarely used for the hydrate-based research. In this study, a transparent micro-packed bed device filled with glass beads was developed to mimic the porous condition of sediments, and used to in-situ visualize the hydrate formation and growth habits in the pore spaces under both static and dynamic conditions. For the static experiment, two types of hydrate growth patterns in porous medium were observed and identified in the micro-packed bed device, which were the graincoating growth and pore-filling growth. For the dynamic condition, the hydrate formation, growth,distribution habits and hydrate blockage phenomena in the pore spaces were in-situ visually captured.The impacts of flowrate and subcooling on the pressure variation of the micro-packed bed and the duration of the hydrate growth under dynamic flow condition in pores were in-situ monitored and analyzed. The higher flowrate could result in the faster hydrate growth and more severe blockage in pores, but the effect of subcooling condition might be less significant at the high flowrate.
基金the prospective research project of petroleum and gas development foundation of science and technology department of Sinopec(P20040-3)Postdoctoral program of Shengli Oilfield,Sinopec(YKB2107)+2 种基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFC0312302 and 2019YFC0312303)National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20B6005 and 51874252)111 Project(D21025).
文摘The natural gas hydrate resources in the South China Sea alone are about 85 trillion cubic meters.In the drilling process of marine gas hydrate,the natural gas hydrate will decompose and produce gas,as the rising of temperature and dropping of the pressure in the annulus.This process will have a significant impact on drilling safety.Therefore,it is necessary to study the wellbore temperature distribution during the drilling of marine hydrate layer.In this paper,the wellbore temperature distribution of safe drilling in hydrated formation is taken as the research goal,and the research status of relevant domestic and international wellbore temperatures was investigated.According to the characteristics of the marine environment and reservoir-forming characteristics of hydrate reservoirs in the South China Sea,the wellbore temperature distribution model of offshore drilling wellbore under the condition of hydrate decomposition was established.The temperature distribution curve of drilling straight wellbore in hydrate layer of South China Sea was obtained.When drilling the hydrate reservoir,the distribution regularity of the wellbore temperature is similar to that of the conventional offshore drilling wellbore.However,the temperature of the wellbore annulus near the hydrate decomposition site is lower than the ambient temperature,mainly due to the hydrate decomposition endothermic.In this paper,the sensitivity analysis of several main parameters of the wellbore temperature distribution of drilling straight wellbore in hydrate layer of South China Sea was carried out.Through the conduction of experiment and numerical simulation,we have get some new findings:(1)The hydrate saturation has little effect on the wellbore temperature;(2)As the drilling fluid displacement increases,the annulus temperature of the wellbore above the mudline increases,and the temperature of the wellbore below the mudline decreases continuously;(3)As the density of the drilling fluid increases,the temperature at the wellhead decreases,and the temperature at the bottom of the well increases slightly;(4)The greater the rate of penetration of the well,the temperature at the upper part of the wellbore decreases,and the temperature at the bottom of the wellbore increases;Among them,the penetration rate has the most obvious effect on the annular temperature.The results are expected to be helpful to guide the drilling process of marine gas hydrate and offer some references.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program(2019YFC0312300)the 111 Project(D21025)+3 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China Item of China(U20B6005,51874252 and 5177041544)Scientific Research Starting Project of SWPU(2018QHZ007)Open Fund Project of State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation(PLN2021-02 and PLN2021-03)Found of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhanjing)(ZJW-2019-03).
文摘There are many emergency risks in the process of natural gas hydrate(NGH)drilling.In order to ensure the safe and efficient exploitation of NGH,it is urgent to establish an intelligent judgment method for the risks in the process of NGH drilling.In this paper,the response relationship between monitoring parameters and risk categories of NGH while drilling is established.Based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process(FAHP),the comprehensive weights of 10 risk monitoring parameters are obtained,including gas production,wellbore instability,hydrate ice barrier,drill string fracture,sticking,bit balling,drilling tool piercement,gas seepage,seabed subsidence and seabed landslide.Besides,the comprehensive judgment weight matrix is constructed,and the reasonable fluctuation range of monitoring parameters is formed.Thus,the intelligent judgment method of NGH drilling risk is established.The intelligent judgment and alarm of NGH drilling risks can be realized quickly and accurately by this method,namely,it can monitor the risks in the process of operation and guarantee the construction safety of NGH drilling.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21736005)the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC0304006 and 2017YFC0307302).
文摘Natural gas hydrate is a kind of clean energy with huge reserves,and the saturation(volume percentage of hydrate in pore space of sediments)is the key parameter for determining whether the reservoir is worthy of exploitation.In this work,rapid hydrate dissociation by the combination of heat injection and NaCl inhibitor addition was studied,and an on-site evaluation method for hydrate saturation in sediment samples was proposed by using a core sampler to transfer hydrate samples under pressure.The results showed that the average gas production rate per unit volume was increased significantly to reach 7.22 L/Lr$min-1 by the injection of NaCl aqueous solution with 50.9C,which was attributed to the increase of the chemical potential to further accelerate the rate of hydrate dissociation in the presence of NaCl.Furthermore,for the measurement of methane hydrate samples saturation with a volume of 673 cm3(which contained 1.4 mol hydrates with the saturation of 58%),hydrate saturation could be accurately achieved within 30 min with a relative error lower than 11.7%This work may provide new thoughts for on-site saturation evaluation and rapid dissociation of hydrate samples during natural gas hydrate exploitation.
