An Overview on Gas Hydrate Exploration and Exploitation in Natural Fields

GUAN Jin-an; FAN Shuan-shi; LIANG De-qing; WAN Li-hua; LI Dong-liang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-560X.2019.06.008

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.2095-560X.2019.06.008

An Overview on Gas Hydrate Exploration and Exploitation in Natural Fields

GUAN Jin-an ,
FAN Shuan-shi ,
LIANG De-qing ,
WAN Li-hua ,
LI Dong-liang

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1. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
2. CAS Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou 510640, China;
3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, China;
4. Guangzhou Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
5. Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer Enhancement and Energy Conservation of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Received date: 2019-05-21

Online published: 2019-12-31

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The success of China’s first marine gas hydrate extraction in Shenhu area of northern South China Sea shows the great potential of this new type of energy. Natural gas hydrates have received more and more social attention, and it has also been listed in the governmental medium and long-term development plan. Firstly, the general distribution area and resource estimation of natural gas hydrates in fields was introduced. Then, the progress of global hydrate exploration and development was stated. And then, three aspects of exploration methods and occurrence analyses on natural gas hydrate reservoirs, including seismic wave inversion, drilling core/logging and indoor laboratory testing, were summarized. Finally, according to the classification of different hydrate reservoirs, the corresponding mining assessment and technical recovery solutions, as well as the existing technical difficulties and uncertainties, were concluded. This article can provide beneficial references for hydrate-related experts.

Key words： natural gas hydrate; resource estimation; exploration technology; distribution and occurrence; reservoir classification; gas hydrate mining recovery

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GUAN Jin-an , FAN Shuan-shi , LIANG De-qing , WAN Li-hua , LI Dong-liang . An Overview on Gas Hydrate Exploration and Exploitation in Natural Fields[J]. Advances in New and Renewable Energy, 2019 , 7(6) : 522 -531 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-560X.2019.06.008

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