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Hydraulic fracturing in methane-hydrate-bearing sand

2016172 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Yoshihiro Konno · Frontier Energy (United States)

Yusuke Jin · National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Jun Yoneda · Hydro Tasmania

Takashi Uchiumi · HydraTek (Canada)

Kazunori Shinjou · Department of Energy and Environment

Jiro Nagao · HydraTek (Canada)

Abstract

Hydraulic fracturing in methane-hydrate-bearing sand can generate laminar fractures and increase the effective permeability.

Topics & Keywords

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Publication Details

Published in: RSC Advances

Volume 6, Issue 77, pp. 73148-73155

DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15520k

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.69

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