DOI: 10.2118/118851-pa. MRI Visualization of Spontaneous Methane Production From Hydrates in Sandstone Core Plugs When Exposed to CO2

MRI Visualization of Spontaneous Methane Production From Hydrates in Sandstone Core Plugs When Exposed to CO2

10.2118/118851-pa

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Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

SPE Journal (861)

Abstract

Summary Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of core samples in laboratory experiments showed that CO2 storage in gas hydrates formed in porous rock resulted in the spontaneous production of methane with no associated water production. The exposure of methane hydrate in the pores to liquid CO2 resulted in methane production from the hydrate that suggested the exchange of methane molecules with CO2 molecules within the hydrate without the addition or subtraction of significant amounts of heat. Thermodynamic simulations based on Phase Field Theory were in agreement with these results and predicted similar methane production rates that were observed in several experiments. MRI-based 3D visualizations of the formation of hydrates in the porous rock and the methane production improved the interpretation of the experiments. The sequestration of an important greenhouse gas while simultaneously producing the freed natural gas offers access to the significant amounts of energy bound in natural gas hydrates and also offers an attractive potential for CO2 storage. The potential danger associated with catastrophic dissociation of hydrate structures in nature and the corresponding collapse of geological formations is reduced because of the increased thermodynamic stability of the CO2 hydrate relative to the natural gas hydrate.

Bibliography

Graue, A., Kvamme, B., Baldwin, B. A., Stevens, J., Howard, J., Aspenes, E., Ersland, G., HusebÃ¸, J., & Zornes, D. (2008). MRI Visualization of Spontaneous Methane Production From Hydrates in Sandstone Core Plugs When Exposed to CO2. SPE Journal, 13(02), 146â152.

Authors 9

A. Graue (first)
B. Kvamme (additional)
B. A. Baldwin (additional)
J. Stevens (additional)
J. Howard (additional)
E. Aspenes (additional)
G. Ersland (additional)
J. Husebø (additional)
D. Zornes (additional)

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Type	When
Created	17 years, 1 month ago (July 9, 2008, 4:20 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 21, 2021, 2:46 p.m.)
Indexed	3 months, 1 week ago (May 26, 2025, 11:06 a.m.)
Issued	17 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2008)
Published	17 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2008)
Published Online	17 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2008)
Published Print	17 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2008)

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