Offshore Gas Hydrates

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-802319-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

Gas hydrates collect and store both thermogenic and biogenic methane generated in deep ocean sediments that, over geologic time, forms vast methane repositories. Offshore Gas Hydrates: Origins, Development, and Production presents gas hydrates as an emerging, clean energy source possibly more abundant than all other fossil fuels and especially important for countries geographically and economically restricted from conventional fossil fuel resources. The book explores feasible methods to produce offshore hydrate gas, the means to store and transport the remotely produced gas, new hydrate inhibitors for conventional and hydrate production in ultra-deep waters, instability manifestations of seafloor hydrates, and hydrate roles in complex ecological scenarios. Complementing production and drilling method presentations are computer simulation studies, hydrate field tests, and seismic and logging developments. Offshore Gas Hydrates delivers a well-developed framework for both the oil and gas researcher and corporate engineer to better exploit this future unconventional resource, empowering the oil and gas professional with the latest data and information on sophisticated challenges that offshore hydrates present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogers, Rudy

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chaper 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Deep Ocean Sediment-Hydrate RelationshipsChapter 3: Gulf of Mexico, Thermo-Biogenic HydratesChapter 4: Producing Methane from Offshore HydratesChapter 5: Hydrate Inhibition during Drilling & ProductionChapter 6: Hydrate-Associated Seafloor InstabilitiesChapter 7: Biogenic Hydrate ProvincesChapter 8: Microbe, Mineral Synergy and Seafloor Hydrate NucleationChapter 9: Hydrate Zone EcologyChapter 10: Martian Hydrate Feasibility; Extending Extreme Seafloor Environments

Über Autor(innen)

Rogers, Rudy
Rudy Rogers, Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University, holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona and the University of Alabama. Beginning in 1977, Dr. Rogers spent thirty-three years teaching petroleum engineering and chemical engineering at MSU, including eight years as Petroleum Engineering Chairman. During twenty yearsof gas hydrate research, he garnered nearly two million dollars of grants, participated in four scientific cruises to the Gas Hydrate Observatory in the Gulf of Mexico, received three U.S. patents, authored fifteen hydrate papers in peer-reviewed journals, gave over thirty presentations on gas hydrates as author or coauthor at national and international conferences, had numerous hydrate publications in proceedings, and introduced a senior/graduate-level hydrate course.