Research Article

Effect of Perforation Interval Design on Gas Production from the Validated Hydrate-Bearing Deposits with Layered Heterogeneity by Depressurization

Table 1

Main parameters of hydrate deposits in the model [22, 33, 48, 54].

ParameterValue

Thickness of model, 92 m
Length of perforation interval12 m
Borehole radius, 0.1 m
Initial pressure at the bottom of reservoir, 11.3 MPa
Initial temperature at the bottom of reservoir, 12.55°C
Wet thermal conductivity, 3.1 W/m/K
Dry thermal conductivity, 1.0 W/m/K
Water salinity, 5.00%
Gas composition100% CH4
Absolute permeability of hydrate reservoir, Layered heterogeneous as shown in Figure 5(a)
Porosity, Layered heterogeneous as shown in Figure 5(b)
Hydrate saturationLayered heterogeneous as shown in Figure 5(c)
Pore compressibility,
Parameters in capillary pressure model
1.0
0.45 (sand), 0.15 (clay)
104 Pa (sand), 105 Pa (clay)
Parameters in relative permeability model
3.5 (sand), 5.0 (clay)
2.5 (sand), 3.0 (clay)
0.20 (sand), 0.40 (clay)
0.02 (sand), 0.05 (clay)