Research Article

Effects of Formation Dip on Gas Production from Unconfined Marine Hydrate-Bearing Sediments through Depressurization

Table 1

Main model parameters of the HBS in Shenhu area of the SCS.

ParameterValue

HBS thickness, 40 m
Porosity, 0.38
Intrinsic permeability, 1.0 × 10-14 m2 (1 mD = 1.0 × 10-15 m2)
Gas composition100% CH4
Hydrate saturation in the HBS, 0.40
Water salinity, 3.30%
Pressure at the middle of the HBS, 16.0 MPa
Temperature at the middle of the HBS, 13.95°C
Critical mobile porosity, 0.05
Rock grain density, 2600 kg/m3
Wet thermal conductivity, 3.1 W/m/K
Dry thermal conductivity, 1.0W/m/K
Pore compressibility, 1.0 × 10-8 Pa−1
Bottom-hole pressure, 4 MPa
Composite thermal conductivity model [8]
Capillary pressure model [53]
1.0
0.45
1.0 × 105 Pa
Relative permeability model [1]
3.572
3.572
0.30
0.02