Effects of methane hydrates on two-phase relative permeability in sandstone: Numerical simulation of laboratory experiments

Bello-Palacios, Alejandro; Fotland, Per; Almenningen, Stian; Ersland, Geir

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109606

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“…Extensive research has been carried out on GHBS samples based on laboratory experiments [15][16][17][18][19][20]. Considering different factors, including hydrate saturations, sediment materials (sand types), confining pressures, etc., many studies have investigated the mechanical properties of GHBS specimens, such as deformation and damage characteristics, stress-strain behaviors, elastic properties (Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio), strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle), etc.…”

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Evolution Characteristics of the Strength and Dilation Parameters of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments and a Modeling Study

Yu,

Cheng,

Yang

2024

Applied Sciences

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Gas hydrate has gradually become a new potential energy resource. However, some engineering and environmental problems related to the mechanical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediments (GHBS) during gas recovery may occur. Many studies have been carried out on the basic mechanical properties of GHBS samples based on laboratory tests, but their evolution characteristics and suitable models require further research. Based on a series of data analyses of published laboratory experimental results on GHBS samples with different hydrate saturations under various confining pressures, the evolution characteristics of strength and dilation parameters were investigated. It was found that cohesion (c) increases quickly to a peak value and then decreases gradually to a residual value with an increasing plastic shear strain, and the samples with higher hydrate saturations have higher initial values, peak values, and residual values of cohesion (c). The internal friction angle (φ) increases quickly with increasing plastic shear strain and then becomes stable at a residual value for all the samples with different hydrate saturations. The dilation angle (ψ) increases from negative to positive values with increasing plastic shear strain and then becomes stable at a residual value. These characteristics are likely to be related to the compaction occurring at the early stage of compression before expansion due to dilation. In this paper, a non-linearly fitted model is proposed considering the evolution of the mechanical parameters, and the verification tests show that the proposed model can simulate the stress–strain behaviors of the GHBS samples well. This model is also adopted in the stability analysis of submarine slopes containing hydrate reservoirs. The analytical approach is developed, accompanied by the strength reduction method.

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