Michael D. Max, Arthur H. Johnson

Exploration and Production of Oceanic Natural Gas Hydrate

Critical Factors for Commercialization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes aspects of the natural gas hydrate (NGH) system that offer opportunities for the innovative application of existing technology and development of new technology that could dramatically lower the cost of NGH exploration and production. It is written for energy industry professsionals and those concerned with energy choices and efficiencies at a university graduate level. The NGH resource is compared with physical, environmental, and commercial aspects of other gas resources. The authors' theme is that natural gas can provide for base and peak load energy demands during the transition to and possibly within a renewable energy future.

This is possibly the most useful book discussing fossil fuels that will be a reference for environmentalists and energy policy institutions, and for the environmental and energy community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-43384-4
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 405
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 26mm x 162mm x 242mm
• Gewicht: 856g
• ISBN-13: 9783319433844
• ISBN-10: 3319433849
• Artikelnr.: 45237405

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Energy Overview: Prospects for Natural Gas 1.1 Energy, GDP, and Society 1.2 The Energy Mix 1.3 Matching Power Supply to Demand 1.4 Energy Policy in a CO2 Sensitive Power Future 1.5 Strategic Importance of Natural Gas in the New Energy Paradigm 1.6 Natural Gas Backstop to Renewable Energy References
2. Economic Characteristics of Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate 2.1 Natural Gas Hydrate 2.2 NGH Stability within the GHSZ: Implications for Gas Production Cost 2.3 Geology Controls NGH Paragenesis 2.4 Production-Oriented Classification of Oceanic NGH 2.5 NGH May Be the Largest Natural Gas Resource on Earth 2.6 NGH in the Spectrum of Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources 2.7 Low Environmental Risk Character of the NGH Resource References
3. Exploration for Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate 3.1 NGH Exploration 3.2 NGH Petroleum System Analysis 3.3 Marine Sediment Host for NGH deposits 3.4 NGH Exploration Methods 3.6 NGH Exploration Potential: Glacial Period Sea Level Low Stands in the Mediterranean and Black Seas References
4. Potential High-Quality Reservoir Sediments in the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone 4.1 High-Quality Sand Reservoirs on Continental Margins 4.2 Subsided Rift-Related Sediments 4.3 Paralic Reservoirs 4.4 Aeolian-Sabkha Reservoirs 4.5 Sequence Stratigraphy-Related Marine Sequences 4.6 High-Quality Reservoir Potential in the Mediterranean and Black Seas 4.7 Exploration for High-Quality Reservoirs References
5. Valuation of NGH Deposits 5.1 Petrogenesis 5.2 Valuation 5.3 Geophysical Characterization of NGH Deposit Settings 5.4 The Creaming Curve References
6. Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate Innovation Opportunities 6.1 NGH Technology Opportunities 6.2 Exploration Opportunities 6.3 Drilling 6.4 Production Opportunities 6.5 Operations on the Seafloor 6.6 Environmental Security 6.7 Lightweight Exploration and Production 6.8 Summary of NGH Opportunity Issues and Conclusions References
7. Leveraging Technology for NGH Development and Production 7.1 The Curve of Technology and Innovation 7.2 Moving to the Seafloor: Subsea Industrial Sites 7.3 Background Technology Trends 7.4 Drilling 7.5 Production Issues 7.6 Modularization of Apparatus 7.7 Leveraging of Conventional Technology References

8. New Technology for NGH Development and Production 8.1 New Technology for NGH Development and Production 8.2 Exploration 8.3 Drilling 8.4 Production Issues 8.5 Well Abandonment 8.6 NGH as a Geotechnical Material 8.7 Role of Intellectual Property 8.8 Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 8.9 Optimizing Leveraged and Innovative Technology for NGH Development References
9. Offshore Operations and Logistics 9.1 NGH Exploration and Production Operations 9.2 Access 9.3 Open Oceanic Regions 9.4 Arctic Ocean 9.5 Other Frontier Areas References
10. Energy Resource Risk Factors 10.1 Factoring Risk into Development of Energy Resources 10.2 Risk Factors of Natural Gas Resource Types 10.3 Risk of Overdependence on Natural Gas 10.4 Environmental Risk to Energy Projects and Production 10.5 NGH Environmental Risk 10.6 Geohazards 10.7 Risks of Non-NGH Energy Sources 10.8 Regulations, Leasing, Tax Matters, and Law 10.9 Energy Prices 10.10 Business Cycles 10.11 Exploration Risk 10.12 New Technology Risk 10.13 Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis References
11. Commercial Potential of Natural Gas Hydrate 11.1 State of the Industry 11.2 Conventional and Shale Gas and Oil Dominate Markets 11.3 Underlying Economics of the Natural Gas Commodity 11.4 Supply, Demand and Natural Gas Resources and Markets 11.5 The Emerging World Gas Market 11.6 A World Price for Natural Gas 11.7 NGH Factors 11.8 How Soon NGH? References

Index

Rezensionen

"The book is noteworthy for its complete coverage of each step in the process ... . The chapters are written as standalone research papers, with abstracts and extensive reference lists, but the book reads smoothly as a whole. ... the book is practically a how-to manual. ... With no other publication presenting close to this level of detail on the subject, the book stands alone as the definitive reference. The book is adequately, though not extravagantly, illustrated with figures." (Seth S. Haines, The Leading Edge, Vol. 39 (10), October, 2020)