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Gas Hydrate Research: From the Laboratory to the Pipeline

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Gas hydrates have been the subject of intensive research over the past several decades. Complications created by hydrate formation and the plugging of gas and oil flowlines has been the main driver in the development of predictive models based on experimental observations. The multiscale approach discussed in this article is based on many years of systematic investigations; phenomena related to gas hydrate formation are considered at the microscale to the macroscale. The processes surrounding hydrate nucleation, growth and agglomeration are critical to designing strategies for hydrate plug avoidance and management. An overview of the main key experimental techniques used in hydrate research will be presented, with special emphasis on how those techniques may provide valuable input in improving integrated hydrate models in different flow assurance scenarios.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Department of Energy, DOE-NETL, Award#DE-FE0031578 for funding. Special thanks to present and past hydrate busters for their dedication to the hydrate world.

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    Jose G. Delgado-Linares & Carolyn A. Koh

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Delgado-Linares, J.G., Koh, C.A. (2022). Gas Hydrate Research: From the Laboratory to the Pipeline. In: Mienert, J., Berndt, C., Tréhu, A.M., Camerlenghi, A., Liu, CS. (eds) World Atlas of Submarine Gas Hydrates in Continental Margins. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81186-0_1

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