SUGAR B2

B2 – Optimization of Gas Hydrate Production Technologies

In sub-project B2 methods for the production of CH4 from gas hydrates are investigated in laboratory experiments. These focus on the conversion of the methane hydrate to CO2 hydrate in the reservoir. Promising approaches to accelerate the exchange reaction and to achieve higher CH4 production rates are the injection of hot supercritical CO2, the addition of polymers to the CO2 stream, and combinations of these with depressurization and supply of heat. The latter will be most efficient if the heat is produced locally in the hydrate-bearing formation using an in situ combustion reactor.

RD2

Marine Biogeochemistry

Projectpartner:
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR)
Matthias Haeckel
Wischhofstr. 1-3, 24148 Kiel
Telefon: +49-431-6002123
Email: mhaeckel@geomar.de
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GZG Abt. Kristallographie
Werner F. Kuhs
Goldschmidtstr. 1, 37077 Göttingen
Telefon: +49-551-393891/-399521
Email: wf.kuhs(at)geo.uni-goettingen.de
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
Judith M. Schicks
Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam
Telefon: +49-331-2881487
Email: schick(at)gfz-potsdam.de
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits-und Energietechnik (UMSICHT)
Görge Deerberg
Osterfelder Straße 3, 46047 Oberhausen
Telefon: +49-208-8598-1107
E-Mail: goerge.deerberg(at)umsicht.fraunhofer.de
CONTROS Systems & Solutions
Stefan Marx
Wischhofstraße 1, 24148 Kiel
Telefon: +49-431-26095900
Email: s.marx(at)contros.eu
Cooperationpartner:
RWE Dea AG, GeoSupport Center, Überseering 40, 22297 Hamburg
BASF SE, 67056 Ludwigshafen
E.ON Ruhrgas E&P GmbH, Brüsseler Platz 1, 45131 Essen

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