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Review of exploration and production technology of natural gas hydrate

Show Author's Information Yudong Cui1,  Cheng Lu1,2,  Mingtao Wu1,  Yue Peng1,  Yanbin Yao1,  Wanjing Luo1( )
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
The Key Laboratory of Unconventional Petroleum Geology, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Gas hydrate, property of natural gas hydrate, exploration methods, production methods
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Natural gas hydrate is an ice-like substance which is sometimes called"combustible ice"since it can literally be lighted on fire and burned as fuel.Natural gas hydrate is characterized by widespread distribution, large reserves and little pollution.This paper introduced the distributions of hydrate, hydrate reserves and properties of hydrate.The main exploration methods, such as geophysical exploration and geochemical exploration have been presented.In addition, the main production techniques of natural gas hydrate including depressurization, thermal stimulation and chemical injection have been summed up.Finally, the challenges and outlooks of natural gas hydrate production have been proposed.


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Review of exploration and production technology of natural gas hydrate

Show Author's information Yudong Cui1, Cheng Lu1,2, Mingtao Wu1, Yue Peng1, Yanbin Yao1, Wanjing Luo1( )
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
The Key Laboratory of Unconventional Petroleum Geology, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100029, P. R. China

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Natural gas hydrate is an ice-like substance which is sometimes called"combustible ice"since it can literally be lighted on fire and burned as fuel.Natural gas hydrate is characterized by widespread distribution, large reserves and little pollution.This paper introduced the distributions of hydrate, hydrate reserves and properties of hydrate.The main exploration methods, such as geophysical exploration and geochemical exploration have been presented.In addition, the main production techniques of natural gas hydrate including depressurization, thermal stimulation and chemical injection have been summed up.Finally, the challenges and outlooks of natural gas hydrate production have been proposed.

Keywords: Gas hydrate, property of natural gas hydrate, exploration methods, production methods

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Received: 06 January 2018
Revised: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 28 January 2018
Published: 05 February 2018
Issue date: March 2018

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51674227) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2652015133).

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