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2024

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Rintaro Miyatake1, Takeshi Sugahara1, Tasuku Ishikawa1, Motoi Oshima2, Yusuke Jin2, Takayuki Hirai1

1.Osaka University, 2.AIST

Isothermal Phase Equilibria of the CH4+CO2 Mixed-Gas Hydrate System for CO2 Capture and Storage in a Reservoir after CH4 Hydrate Exploitation

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2024 69 (9), 3210-3216

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Toshinori Imai1, Than Tin Aung1, Akira Fujimoto1, Satoshi Ohtsuki1, Kotaro Tano1・5, Shuhei Otomo1, Naoyuki Shimoda1, Takanao Yoshii2・3, Ryugen Sakata2・3, Kiyofumi Suzuki4, Jun Yoneda4

1.JOGMEC, 2.JMH, 3.JAPEX, 4.AIST, 5.INPEX

Data Acquisition of Logging While Drilling at the Newly Discovered Gas Hydrate Reservoir in Hyuganada Sea, Japan

Energies, 2024, 17(15), 3815 (Open Access)

new
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Machiko Tamaki1, Misuzu Taninaka1, Satoshi Ohtsuki2, Aung Than Tin2, Naoyuki Shimoda2, Ray Boswell3, Timothy S. Collett4

1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC, 3.NETL, 4.USGS

3-D Geological Modeling for Numerical Flow Simulation Studies of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at the Kuparuk State 7-11-12 Pad in the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels, 2024 38 (16), 15248–15269

new
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Zelin Xu1, Yoshihiro Konno1

1.University of Tokyo

Review of permeability analysis methods in gas hydrate-bearing natural sediments with high permeability characteristics

Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 168, October 2024, 107036

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Satoshi Ohtsuki1, Bei Gao2, Takanao Yoshii3・4, Yuki Maehara2, Daigoro Watanabe2, Takayuki Kanno2, Zhaoya Fan2

1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JMH, 4.JAPEX

First Successful Wireline Stress Testing in a Gas Hydrate Reservoir in the Hyuganada Sea, Japan

Energies, 2024, 17(11), 2610 (Open Access)

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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Joel Choi2, Nickolas Manning2, Zachary M. Aman1, Takuya Nagaoka3, Motohiro Omori3,Bruce W.E. Norris1

1.University of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies, 3.JOGMEC

Rheology of Methane-Hydrate-Slurry Flow in 100% Water Cut System and Influence of Turbulent–Laminar Transition

Energy & Fuels, 2024 38 (10), 8661–8673

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Yusuke Jin, Jun Yoneda, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Motoi Oshima, Michihiro Muraoka, Norio Tenma, Jiro Nagao

AIST

Structure-II Clathrate Hydrates in the Daini–Atsumi Knoll of the Nankai Trough, Japan

 

Energy & Fuels, 2024 38 (6), 5218-5225

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Jun Yoneda, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Motoi Oshima, Michihiro Muraoka, Yusuke Jin

AIST

Empirical evaluation of the strength and deformation characteristics of natural and synthetic gas hydrate-bearing sediments with different ranges of porosity, hydrate saturation, effective stress, and strain rate

 

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science volume 11, Article number: 3 (2024) (Open Access)

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Kenya Suzuki1, Ryota Wada1, Yoshihiro Konno1,Kazuo Hiekata1, Takashi Nanjo2, Sadao Nagakubo2

1.University of Tokyo, 2.JMH

Impact of epistemic uncertainty on tradeoff in model-based decision support for methane hydrate development system design

Applied Energy, Volume 356, 15 February 2024, 122408

2023

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Imai Toshinori1, Aung Than Tin1, Takashima Reishi2, Nishi Hiroshi3, Chiyonobu Shun4, Tamura Itoko5

1.JOGMEC, 2.Tohoku University, 3.Fukui Prefectural University, 4.Akita University, 5.Chuo University

Study of sedimentary history in the eastern Nankai Trough

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

Conference

Aung Than Tin1, Naito Kazuya1, Suzuki Kiyofumi2

1.JOGMEC, 2.AIST

Reservoir Delineation of Daini Atsumi Gas Production Test Site, Eastern Nankai Trough Japan: Inferred from Wireline Logging Data Acquired after Second Production Test

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

Conference

Zelin Xu1, Yoshihiro Konno1

1.University of Tokyo

Micromorphology of clathrate hydrates in porous media

AGU Fall Meeting 2023

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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Zachary M. Aman1, Tomoya Nonoue2, Takuya Nagaoka3, Motohiro Omori3, Joel Choi4, Eric F. May1, Bruce W.E. Norris1

1.The Univ. of Western Australia, 2.JOGMEC (currently JGC), 3.JOGMEC, 4.Oilfield Technologies

Simulations of hydrate reformation in the water production line of the second offshore methane hydrate production test in Japan’s Nankai trough

Fuel, Volume 349, 1 October 2023, 128606

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Hiroyuki Oyama1, Wenxiang Ye1,Tsuyoshi Shimojo1, Yosuke Sawano1, Toru Sato1, Norio Tenma2

1.University of Tokyo, 2.AIST

Measurement of Tensile Characteristics of Methane Hydrate and Extraction of DEM Model Parameters

Energy & Fuels, 2023 37 (14), 10397-10413

Conference

Koji YAMAMOTO

JOGMEC

Future of gas hydrate resources: Technical and socioeconomic challenges

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Yusuke Jin, Motoi Oshima, Jun Yoneda, Michihiro Muraoka, Kiyofumi Suzuki

AIST

Crystalline characterization of natural gas hydrates sampled from AT1 wells in eastern Nankai trough area, Japan

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Jun Yoneda, Motoi Oshima, Michihiro Muraoka, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Yusuke Jin

AIST

Natural gas hydrate morphology based on the Cryo-SEM-EDS mapping analysis

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Satoshi Ohtsuki1, Hisanao Ouchi2, Machiko Tamaki2, Koya Akamine2, Yutaro Arima1, Motoyoshi Naiki2

1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE

3-D Numerical Flow Simulation Studies of Gas Production from Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at Kuparuk State 7-11-12 pad in the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Satoshi Ohtsuki1, Gao Bei2, Takanao Yoshii3, Yuki Maehara2, Daigoro Watanabe2, Takayuki Kanno2,  Fan Zhaoya2

1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JMH

First Successful Wireline Stress Testing at the Gas Hydrate Reservoir in Hyuganada Sea, Japan

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Toshinori IMAI1, Than Tin Aung1, Kotaro TANO1・5, Akira FUJIMOTO1, Satoshi OHTSUKI1, Shuhei OTOMO1, Naoyuki SHIMODA1, Takanao YOSHII2, Ryugen SAKATA2・3, Kiyofumi SUZUKI4, Jun YONEDA4

1.JOGMEC, 2.JMH, 3.JAPEX, 4.AIST, 5.ENEOS

Data Acquisition of Logging While Drilling at the New Gas Hydrate Reservoir in Hyuganada sea, Japan

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Shungo Abe1, Hirokazu Akagi2, Satoshi Takanashi2, Mayo Yamada2, Shun Uchida3

1.JOGMEC, 2.Waseda University, 3.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Experimental study on sand production from confined sand specimen under one-dimensional flow condition

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Kenya Suzuki1, Ryota Wada1, Yoshihiro Konno1,Kazuo Hiekata1, Takashi Nanjo2, Sadao Nagakubo2

1.University of Tokyo, 2.JMH

Model-Based Architecture Comparison under Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainty for Decarbonized Methane Hydrate Development

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Bruce Noris1, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Zachary Aman1

1.University of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies, 3.JOGMEC (currently JGC)

An Improved Mass Transfer Limited Model for Hydrate Growth in Water Dominant Systems

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Bruce Noris1, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Zachary Aman1

1.University of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies, 3.JOGMEC (currently JGC)

Flowloop Experiment for Validation of an Improved Mass Transfer Limited Model for Hydrate Growth in Water Dominant Systems

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Machiko Tamaki1, Misuzu Taninaka1, Satoshi Ohtsuki2, Aung Than Tin2, Naoyuki Shimoda2, Ray Boswell3, Timothy S. Collett4

1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC, 3.NETL, 4.USGS

Reservoir Characterization and 3-D Geological Modeling for the Numerical Flow Simulation Studies of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at Kuparuk State 7-11-12 Pad in the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Evgeniy Myshakin(1,3), Nagasree Garapati(2,4,5), Leebyn Chong(1,3), Yongkoo Seol(2), Ray Boswell(1) 

1.NETL Pittsburgh, 2.NETL Morgantown, 3.NETL Support Contractor, 4.West Virginia University, 5.University of New Haven

Numerical simulations of gas hydrate reservoir productivity using 2D and 3D reservoir models of the Prudhoe Bay Unit Kuparuk 7-11-12 pad on Alaska North Slope

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Teck Kean Lim1, Naoyuki Shimoda2, Akira Fujimoto2, Toshiaki Kobayashi2 , Michael Mondanos3

1.Toyo Engineering, 2.JOGMEC, 3.Silixa Ltd

DAS-3DVSP data acquisition at 2018 Stratigraphic Test Well (Hydrate-01)

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Seth Haines1, Tim Collett1, Sam Heller1, Craig Markey1, Cullen Young2, Jeff Shragge2, Naoyuki Shimoda3, Akira Fujimoto3, Norihiro Okinaka3, Machiko Tamaki4, Ray Boswell5

1.USGS, 2.Colorado School of Mines, 3.JOGMEC, 4.JOE, 5.NETL

Gas hydrate saturation estimates at the Alaska Gas Hydrate Production Test Site using DAS 3DVSP seismic amplitudes

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Nathaniel Moryan(1), Nagasree Garapati(2,3,4), Yongkoo Seol(4), Ray Boswell(5), Timothy S. Collett(6)

1.National University of Singapore, 2.University of New Haven, 3.West Virginia University, 4.NETL Mongrantown, 5.NETL Pittsburgh, 6.USGS

A Life Cycle Analysis of Potential CO2 Emissions from Gas Production from Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope

10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10)

Conference

Koji YAMAMOTO1, Takayuki KANNO1, Kenichi KUMAGAI2 

1.JOGMEC, 2.JOGMEC (currently JAPEX) 

Downhole Detection of Solid Inflow and Identifciawtion of Sand Control Failure Using Pressure and Temperature Sensing Data

Internationa Petroulem Technology Conference 2023 (IPTC 2023)

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M. Muraoka1, J. Yoneda1, Y. Jin1, T. Hattori2, T. Imai2, K. Suzuki1.2

1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC

Thermal Properties of Pressure Core Samples Recovered From Nankai Trough Wells Before and After Methane Hydrate Dissociation

Earth and Space Science, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2023 (Open Access)

2022

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Ray Boswell1, Koji Yamamoto2, Timothy S. Collett3, Norihiro Okinaka2

1.NETL, 2.JOGMEC, 3.USGS

Virtual Special Issue of Recent Advances on Gas Hydrates Scientific Drilling in Alaska

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,15,7921–7924

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Koji Yamamoto1, Ray Boswell2, Timothy S. Collett3 , Scott R. Dalimore4, Hailong Lu5

1.JOGMEC, 2.NETL, 3.USGS, 4.NRCan, 5.Peking University

Review of Past Gas Production Attempts from Subsurface Gas Hydrate Deposits and Necessity of Long-Term Production Testing

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,10,5047–5062 (Open Access)

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Ray Boswell1, Timothy S. Collett2, Koji Yamamoto3, Norihiro Okinaka3, Robert Hunter4, Kiyofumi Suzuki5, Machiko Tamaki6, Jun Yoneda5, David Itter7, Seth S. Haines2, Evgeniy Myshakin1, George Moridis8

1.NETL, 2.USGS, 3.JOGMEC, 4.PRA, 5.AIST, 6.JOE, 7.Hilcorp, 8.LBNL

Scientific Results of the Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well Program, Western Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,10,5167–5184 (Open Access)

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Timothy S. Collett1, Margarita V. Zyrianova1, Norihiro Okinaka2, Motoi Wakatsuki2, Ray Boswell3, Scott Marsteller4, David Minge5, Stephen Crumley6, David Itter7, Robert Hunter8, Ana Garcia-Cebellos9, Ge Jin9

1.USGS, 2.JOGMEC, 3.NETL, 4.DOE, 5.BPXA, 6.BP Epsilon, 7.Hilcorp, 8.PRA, 9.Colorado School of Mines

Planning and Operations of the Hydrate 01 Stratigraphic Test Well, Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,6,3016–3039 (Open Access)

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Machiko Tamaki1, Akira Fujimoto2, Ray Boswell3, Timothy S. Collett4

1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC, 3.NETL, 4.USGS

Geological Reservoir Characterization of a Gas Hydrate Prospect Associated with the Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,15,8128–8149 (Open Access)

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Jun Yoneda1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1, Yusuke Jin1, Satoshi Otsuki2, Timothy S. Collett3, Ray Boswell4, Yuki Maehara5, Norihiro Okinaka2

1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC, 3.USGS, 4.NETL, 5.Schlumberger

Permeability Measurement and Prediction with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Recovered from Alaska North Slope 2018 Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,5,2515–2529

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Seth S. Haines1, Timothy S. Collett1, Jun Yoneda2, Naoyuki Shimoda3, Ray Boswell4, Norihiro Okinaka3

1.USGS, 2.AIST, 3.JOGMEC, 4.NETL

Gas Hydrate Saturation Estimates, Gas Hydrate Occurrence, and Reservoir Characteristics Based on Well Log Data from the Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,6,3040–3050 (Open Access)

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Ray Boswell1, Koji Yamamoto2, Machiko Tamaki3, Timothy S. Collett4, George Moridis5, Evgeniy Myshakin1

1.NETL, 2.JOGMEC, 3JOE, 4.USGS, 5.LBNL

New Insights into the Occurrence and Implications of Mobile Water in Gas Hydrate Systems

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022,36,5,2447–2461 (Open Access)

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Cullen Young1, Jeffrey Shragge1, Whitney Schultz1, Seth Haines2, Can Oren1, James Simmons1, Timothy S. Collett2

1.Colorado School of Mines, 2.USGS

Advanced Distributed Acoustic Sensing Vertical Seismic Profile Imaging of an Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Field

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022, 36, 7, 3481–3495

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Evgeniy Myshakin1, Nagasree Garapati1,Yongkoo Seol1, Xuerui Gai1, Ray Boswell1, Satoshi Otsuki2, Kenichi Kumagai2, Mizuki Sato2, Kiyofumi Suzuki3, Norihiro Okinaka2

1.NETL, 2.JOGMEC, 3.AIST

Numerical Simulations of Depressurization-Induced Gas Hydrate Reservoir (B1 Sand) Response at the Prudhoe Bay Unit Kuparuk 7-11-12 Pad on the Alaska North Slope

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022, 36, 5, 2542–2560

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George J. Moridis12, Matthew T. Reagan2, Yongzan Liu2

1.Texas A&M Univ., 2.LBNL

Numerical Simulations in Support of a Long-Term Test of Gas Production from Hydrate Accumulations on the Alaska North Slope: Reservoir Response to Interruptions of Production (Shut-Ins)

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022, 36, 7, 3496–3525

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Chihiro Nakajima1, Hisanao Ouchi1, Machiko Tamaki1, Koya Akamine1, Mizuki Sato2, Satoshi Ohtsuki2, Motoyoshi Naiki1

1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC

Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for Natural Gas Hydrate Production Tests in Alaska

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022, 36, 14, 7434–7455

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Shun Uchida1, Yongkoo Seol2, Koji Yamamoto3

1.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2.NETL, 3.JOGMEC

Sand Migration Simulation during Gas Production from Gas Hydrate Reservoir at Kuparuk 7–11–12 site in the Prodhoe Bay Unit, Alaska

Energy & Fuels (Virtual Special Issue) 2022, 36, 14, 7382–7390

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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Eric F. May1, Zachary M. Aman1, Bruce W. E. Norris1 1.Univ. of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies Dynamics of methane hydrate particles in water-dominant systems during transient flow Fuel, Volume 324, 2022, 124772
Conference

Koji Yamamoto1, Yutaro Arima1, Satoshi Otsuki1, Kazuaki Mikami1, Hisanao Ouchi2, Chihiro Nakajima2, Koya Akamine2, Yusuke Shimotoku2, Machiko Tamaki2, Motoyoshi Naiki2, Mika Takekoshi3, Soma Watahiki3, Atsuki Oba3

1.JOGMEC, 2.Japan Oil Engineering, 3.Kozo Keikaku Engineering

Gas production from methanehydrates and application of dataassimilation technique

The International EnKF Workshop 2022 

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Jun Yoneda1,  Yusuke Jin1, Michihiro Muraoka1, Motoi Oshima1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1, William F. Waite2, Peter B. Flemings3 1.AIST, 2.USGS, 3.Univ. of Texas at Austin Comprehensive pressure core analysis for hydrate-bearing sediments from Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon Block 955, including assessments of geomechanical viscous behavior and nuclear magnetic resonance permeability AAPG Bulletin (2022) 106 (5), 1143–1177
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Taiki Katayama1, Hideyoshi Yoshioka1, Masanori Kaneko1, Miki Amo2,Tetsuya Fujii2, Hiroshi A.Takahashi1, SatoshiYoshida3, Susumu Sakata1 1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC, 3.QST Cultivation and biogeochemical analyses reveal insights into methanogenesis in deep subseafloor sediment at a biogenic gas hydrate site The ISME Journal, 16, 1464–1472 (2022) (Open Access)
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Hisanao Ouchi1, Koji Yamamoto2, Koya Akamine1, Satoshi Kano1, Motoyoshi Naiki1, Machiko Tamaki1, Satoshi Ohtsuki2, Takayuki Kanno2, Norio Tenma3 1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC, 3.AIST Numerical History-Matching of Modeling and Actual Gas Production Behavior and Causes of the Discrepancy of the Nankai Trough Gas-Hydrate Production Test Cases Energy & Fuels 2022, 36, 1, 210–226 (Open Access)

2021

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Jun Yoneda1, Yusuke Jin1,  Michihiro Muraoka1, Motoi Oshima1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1.2, Mike Walker3, Satoshi Otsuki2, Kenichi Kumagai2, Timothy S. Collett4, Ray Boswell5, Norihiro Okinaka2

1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC, 3.Stratum Reservoir, 4.USGS, 5.NETL

Multiple physical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediments recovered from Alaska North Slope 2018 Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well

Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 123, January 2021, 104748

Conference Koji Yamamoto1, Yutaro Arima1, Chihro Nakajima2, Koya Akamine2, Yusuke Shimotoku2,  Hisanao Ouchi2, Soma Watahiki3, Atsuki Oba3 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE, 3.Kozo Keikaku Engineering Application of data assimilation technique to gas hydrate dissociation problems AGU Fall Meeting 2021
Conference Than Tin Aung1, Naoya Wada2, Toshinori Imai1, Kotaro Tano1 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger Sensitivity Analysis in Methane Hydrate System Modeling: Case Study from   the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2021
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Sho Kimura, Shohei Noda, Hideki Minagawa AIST Experimental investigation of effects of mica content, Fe and pressure on the pore size distribution and permeability of sandy sediment using proton nuclear magnetic resonance Engineering Geology, Volume 295, 20 December 2021, 106408
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Masato Kida1,2, Jun Yoneda1, Akira Masui1, Yoshihiro Konno1,3, Yusuke Jin1, Jiro Nagao1 1.AIST, 2.Kitami Institute of Technology, 3.University of Tokyo Mechanical properties of polycrystalline tetrahydrofuran hydrates as analogs for massive natural gas hydrates Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 96, December 2021, 104284
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Koji Yamamoto1, Takayuki Kanno1, Hisanao Ouchi2, Koya Akamine2, Satoshi Kano2, Motoyoshi Naiki2, Machiko Tamaki2, Satoshi Ohtsuki1, Norio Tenma3 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE, 3.AIST Comparison of the Vertical Gas-Hydrate Production Profile with the Simulation Results Obtained Using Geophysical Log-Based Reservoir Characteristics and Reasons for Their Discrepancies in the Nankai Trough Energy & Fuels 2021, 35, 24, 20026–20036 (Open Access)
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Koji Yamamoto1, Sadao Nagakubo2 1.JOGMEC, 2.JMH Review of energy efficiency of the gas production technologies from gas hydrate-bearing sediments Frontiers in Energy Research, Volume 9, Article 741715 (Open Access)
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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Bruce W. E. Norris1, Eric F. May1, Michael L. Johns1, Zachary M. Aman1 1.Univ. of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies Behavior of Methane Hydrate-in-Water Slurries from Shut-in to Flow Restart Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 16, 13086–13097
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Yasuhide Sakamoto1, Yusuke Nakano2, Fuyuki Kaneko2, Kengo Nakamura2, Takeshi Komai2 1.AIST, 2.Tohoku Univ. Experimental and Numerical Studies on Dissociation of Methane Hydrate by Simultaneous Injection of Nitrogen and Hot Water International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.31, No.2, pp.186–198
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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Asheesh Kumar1, Bruce Norris1, Zachary Aman1 1.The Univ. of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies, 3.JOGMEC Investigating hydrate formation rate and the viscosity of hydrate slurries in water-dominant flow: Flowloop experiments and modelling Fuel, Volume 292, 120193
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Yoshihiro Konno1, Tetsuya Fujii2, Akihiko Sato3, Koya Akamine3, Motoyoshi Naiki3, Yoshihiro Masuda1, Koji Yamamoto3, Jiro Nagao4 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.JOGMEC, 3.JOE, 4.AIST Influence of Flow Properties on Gas Productivity in Gas-Hydrate Reservoirs: What Can We Learn from Offshore Production Tests? Energy & Fuels 2021, 35, 10, 8733–8741
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Yoshihiro Konno1, Jiro Nagao2 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.AIST Methane Hydrate in Marine Sands: Its Reservoir Properties, Gas Production Behaviors, and Enhanced Recovery Methods Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute 64 (3), 113-122, 2021
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Koji Yamamoto1, Norio Tenma2, Masanori Abe3 1.JOGMEC, 2.AIST, 3.JMH Japan’s Phase Four Methane Hydrate Research Program NETL News Letter: Fire in the ice, 2021, Vol.21, Issue 1

2020

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Conference Koji Yamamoto1, Hisanao Ouchi2, Machiko Tamaki2, Koya Akamine2, Satoshi Kano2, Takayuki Kanno3 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE, 3.Schulumberger Comparison of modeling and actual gas production behaviors and reasons of discrepancy: Nankai Trough gas hydrate production test cases AGU Fall Meeting 2020
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Toshiro Hata 1, Alexandra Clarà Saracho 2, Stuart K.Haigh 3, Jun Yoneda 4, Koji Yamamoto 5 1.Hiroshima Univ., 2.Univ. of Cambridge(currently Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), 3.Univ. of Cambridge, 4.AIST, 5.JOGMEC Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation applicability with the methane hydrate-bearing layer microbe Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 81, September 2020, 103490
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Mingliang Zhou 1, Kenichi Soga 2, Koji Yamamoto 3, Hongwei Huang 4 1.Univ. of Cambridge, 2.Univ. of California, Berkeley, 3.JOGMEC, 4.Tongji Univ. Geomechanical responses during depressurization of hydrate-bearing sediment formation over a long methane gas production period Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Volume 23, 2020, 100111
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Yasuhide Sakamoto 1, Fuyuki Kaneko 2, Yusuke Nakano 2, Kengo Nakamura 2, Takeshi Komai 2 1.AIST, 2.Tohoku Univ. Numerical Study on the Application of In situ Low-Temperature Oxidation for Enhanced Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoir International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.30, Iss.2, 2020, Pages228-239
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Michihiro Muraoka, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Norio Tenma AIST Simultaneous measurement of water permeability and methane hydrate pore habit using a two-dimensional glass micromodel Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 77, 2020, 103279
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Ray Boswell 1, Steve Hancock 2, Koji Yamamoto 3, Timothy Collett 4, Mahendra Pratap 5, Sung-Rock Lee 6 1.NETL, 2.XtremeWell Engineering, 3.JOGMEC, 4.USGS, 5.DGH, 6.KIGAM Natural Gas Hydrates: Status of Potential as an Energy Resource Future Energy (Third Edition), Pages 111-131
Conference Jun Yoneda, Motoi Oshima, Kiyofumi Suzuki, Yusuke Jin AIST Effect of strain rate on strength and deformation properties of hydrate-bearing sediments Gordon Research Conference (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Conference Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Bruce Noris1, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Zachary Aman1 1.Univ. of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies Pty. Ltd., 3.JOGMEC (currently JGC)  A Model for Hydrate Growth in Water-Dominant Turbulent Flow Gordon Research Conference (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Conference Koji Yamamoto1, Norio Tenma2, Masanori Abe3 1.JOGMEC, 2.AIST, 3.JMH Methane hydrate resource development: Approach of the MH21 research consortium, objectives and research issues JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
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Mingliang Zhou 1, Kenichi Soga 2, Koji Yamamoto 3 1.Tongji Univ., 2.Univ. of California, Berkeley, 3.JOGMEC Upscaling techniques for fully coupled THM simulation and application to hydrate gas production tests Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 124, 2020, 103596
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A.Murphy 1, K.Soga 2, K.Yamamoto 3 1.Univ. of Cambridge, 2.Univ. of California,Berkeley, 3 JOGMEC Experimental investigation into sand production from turbidite strata Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 190, 2020, 107056
Conference Shun Uchida1,2, Yongkoo Seol2, Koji Yamamoto3 1.Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2.NETL, 3.JOGMEC Sand flow during gas production in the Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska Gordon Research Conference (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
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Yasuhide Sakamoto1, Yusuke Nakano2, Fuyuki Kaneko2, Kengo Nakamura2, Takeshi Komai2 1.AIST, 2.Tohoku Univ. Numerical Simulation of a Laboratory-scale Experiment for the Hydrate Dissociation Process in Porous Media by Acid Injection International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.30, No.4, pp.501–512
Media U.S., Japan inch toward unlocking vast new source of natural gas SCIENCELINE, NOVEMBER 27, 2020
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Sho Kimura, Shohei Noda, Takuma Ito, Jun Katagiri, Hiroaki Kaneko, Hideki Minagawa AIST Experimental study of impact of shearing velocity and effective normal stress on post-shearing permeability evolution of silica fault gouges Tectonophysics, Volume 789, 20 August 2020, 228521

2019

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K. Yamamoto 1, X.-X. Wang 2, M. Tamaki 3, K. Suzuki 4 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOGMEC,currently MathWorks, 3.JOE, 4.JOGMEC, currently AIST The second offshore production of methane hydrate in the Nankai Trough and gas production behavior from a heterogeneous methane hydrate reservoir RSC Advances, 2019, 9, 25987-26013 (Open Access)
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Eitan Cohen 1, Assaf Klar 2,1, Koji Yamamoto 3 1.Technion-IIT, 2.Technical Univ. of Denmark, 3.JOGMEC Micromechanical Investigation of Stress Relaxation in Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Due to Sand Production Energies 2019, 12(11), 2131 (Open Access)
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Sanehiro Muromachi AIST Phase equilibrium for clathrate hydrates formed in the (methane, carbon dioxide or ethane) + water + ammonium chloride system Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2019, 485, 234-238
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Yasuhide Sakamoto 1, Fuyuki Kaneko 2, Yusuke Nakano 2, Kengo Nakamura 2, Takeshi Komai 2 1.AIST, 2.Tohoku Univ. Numerical Study on Enhanced Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoir During In-situ Heating Process by Acid Injection International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.29, Iss.3, September 2019, pp. 347–35
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Sho Kimura 1, Takuma Ito 2, Shohei Noda 3, Hiroaki Kaneko 4, Kiyofumi Suzuki 3, Hisato Yasuda 5, Hideki Minagawa3 1.AIST(Univ. of the Ryukyu), 2.AIST(RITE), 3.AIST, 4.AIST(Japan Foundation Engineering), 5.Kochi Univ. Water Permeability Evolution With Faulting for Unconsolidated Turbidite Sand in a Gas‐Hydrate Reservoir in the Eastern Nankai Trough Area of Japan Journal of Geopysical Research Solid Earth, 2019, 124, 13415-13426
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Michihiro Muraoka, Michika Ohtake, Naoko Susuki, Hiromitsu Morita, Motoi Oshima, Yoshitaka Yamamoto AIST Thermal properties of highly saturated methane hydrate-bearing sediments recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 321-331
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Motoi Oshima 1, Kiyofumi Suzuki 2, Jun Yoneda 1, Akira Kato 1, Masato Kida 1, Yoshihiro Konno 3, Michihiro Muraoka 1, Yusuke Jin 1, Jiro Nagao 1, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC (currently AIST), 3.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo) Lithological properties of natural gas hydrate–bearing sediments in pressure-cores recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 439-470
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Koji Yamamoto 1, Kiyofumi Suzuki 1, Xiaoxing Wang 1, Tatsuya Matsunaga 1, Itoyuki Nishioka 1, Yoshihiro Nakatsuka 1, Jun Yoneda 2 1.JOGMEC, 2.AIST The second offshore production test of methane hydrates in the eastern Nankai trough and site characterization efforts NETL News Letter: Fire in the ice, 2019, Vol.19, Issue 1
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Ray Boswell1, Scott Marsteller1, Nori Okinaka2, Motoi Wakatsuki2, Timothy S. Collett3, Robert Hunter4, Tom Walsh4, David Minge5, David Itter5, Stephen Crumley5 1.NETL, 2.JOGMEC, 3.USGS, 4.PRA, 5.BPXA Viable Long-Term Gas Hydrate Testing Site Confirmed on the Alaska North Slope NETL News Letter: Fire in the ice, 2019, Vol.19, Issue 1
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Jun YONEDA1, Akira TAKIGUCHI2, Toshimasa ISHIBASHI2, Aya YASUI2, Jiro MORI2, Masayo KAKUMOTO1, Kazuo AOKI1, Norio TENMA1 1.AIST, 2.West Japan Engineering Consultants Mechanical Response of Reservoir and Well Completion of the First Offshore Methane-Hydrate Production Test at the Eastern Nankai Trough: A Coupled Thermo-Hydromechanical Analysis SPE Journal, Volume24, Issue02, Pages531-546
Conference Shun Uchida 1, Yongkoo Seol 2 , Koji Yamamoto 3 . 1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2 NETL, 3 JOGMEC Geomechanical Behavior of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Reservoir during Gas Production AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop Gas Hydrates
Conference Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Zachary Aman1 1 Univ. of Western Australia, 2Oilfield Technologies, 3JOGMEC A Model for Gas Hydrates Formation in Water Dominant Flow Established employing a Flow loop Investigation AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop Gas Hydrates
Conference Joel Choi1, Nickolas Manning1, Ben Hoskin1, Shunsuke Sakurai2, Koji Yamamoto3, Tomoya Nonoue3, Zachary Aman2 1.Oilfield Technologies, 2.Univ. of Western Australia, 3.JOGMEC Methane Hydrate Surface Morphology in a Dynamic Water Dominant Flowloop AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop Gas Hydrates
Conference Muraoka Michihiro, Oshima Motoi, Yamamoto Yoshitaka AIST Simultaneous measurement for thermal conductivity, diffusivity, and specific heat of methane hydrate bearing sediments recovered from Krishna–Godavari Basin AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Toshiaki Kobayashi 1, Takao Inamori 2, Yosuke Teranishi 2, Hiroo Takahashi 3, Fumihide Kobayashi 4 1.JOGMEC, 2.JGI, 3.OCC, 4.Kokusai Cable Ship 4-Component seismic survey in the second offshore production test of methane hydrate1. Outline - From data acquisition to data processing - AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Akira Fujimoto1, Harlina Isahak2, Azim Shahiran Safaruddin2 1. JOGMEC, 2.DownUnder GeoSolutions Reprocessing of Legacy Seismic Data for Hydrate Prospected Area at Daini-Atsumi Knoll, Offshore Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Than Tin Aung, Daichi Sato JOGMEC Implication of Structural Restoration in Methane Hydrate System Modeling in the Eastern Nankai Trough AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Toshinori Imai, Than Tin Aung, Makoto Tanaka JOGMEC Investigation of Methane Hydrate Deposit in the Frontier Area with Limited Data Using Petroleum System Modeling Approach AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Yoshihiro Konno1, Shota Sugiura1, Yusuke Jin2 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.AIST Effects of gas hydrate crystal size and distribution on permeability of hydrate-bearing sediments AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Jun Yoneda1, Yusuke Jin1, Michihiro Muraoka1, Motoi Oshima1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1, Mike Walker2, Donald Westacott3, Satoshi Otsuki4, Kenichi Kumagai4, Tim Collett5, Ray Boswell6, Norihiro Okinaka4 1.AIST, 2.Stratum Reservoir, 3.Halliburton, 4.JOGMEC, 5.USGS, 6.NETL Petrophysical and geomechanical properties of gas hydrate-bearing sediments recovered by a side-wall pressure corer AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Hideki Minagawa1, Sho Kimura2, Shohei Noda3, 1 and Norio Tenma1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of the Ryukyu), 3.AIST(currently Tokyo Univ. of Science) Experiment of NMR and model analysis for the relation between pore-size distribution and permeability of methane-hydrate bearing sediment AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Kiyofumi Suzuki 1, Timothy S Collett 2, Ray Boswell 3, Machiko Tamaki 4, Norihiro Okinaka 5, Daichi Sato 5 1.AIST, 2.USGS, 3.NETL, 4.JOE, 5.JOGMEC Interpretation of Logging Data from the Hydrate-01 Stratigraphic Test Well drilled in the Prudhoe Bay Unit, Alaska North Slope AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Norihiro Okinaka 1, Ray Boswell 2, Timothy S Collett 3, Koji Yamamoto 1, Brian Anderson 2 1.JOGMEC, 2.NETL, 3.USGS Progress toward the establishment of an extended-duration gas hydrate reservoir response test on the Alaska North Slope AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Timothy S Collett 1, Norihiro Okinaka 2, Motoi Wakatsuki 2, Ray Boswell 3, Scott Marsteller 4, David Minge 5, Stephen Gerard Crumley 5, David Itter 5, Robert Hunter 5 1.USGS, 2.JOGMEC, 3.NETL, 4.BPXA, 5.PRA Alaska North Slope 2018 Hydrate 01 Stratigraphic Test Well: Design and Operations AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Seth S Haines 1, Timothy S Collett 1, Ray Boswell 2, Teck Kean Lim 3, Norihiro Okinaka 4, Kiyofumi Suzuki 5, Akira Fujimoto 4 1.USGS, 2.NETL, 3.TEC, 4.JOGMEC, 5.AIST Gas hydrate saturation estimation from acoustic log data in the 2018 Alaska North Slope Hydrate-01 stratigraphic test well AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Teck Kean Lim 1, Akira Fujimoto2 , Toshiaki Kobayashi 2 1.TEC, 2.JOGMEC DAS-3DVSP Data Acquisition at Stratigraphic Test Well (Hydrate-01) AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Masaki Ono 1, Tatsuya Yokoyama 1, Hideki Saito 1, Makoto Hoshino 1, Eiki Nakayama 1, Jun Yoneda 2, Norio Tenma 2 1.OYO Corporation, 2.AIST Seismic velocity tomography on methane hydrate dissociation process in HiGUMA AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Takatoshi Ito 1, Hyuga Yoshida 1, Yusuke Mukuhira 1, Koji Yamamoto 2, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya 2 1.Tohoku Univ., 2.JOGMEC Singular Behavior and Its Control of Hydraulic Fracture in Sands Verified in Laboratory Experiments with Aid of CT Scanner AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Toshiro HATA 1, Jun YONEDA 2, Koji YAMAMOTO 3 1.Toyama Prefectural Univ., 2.AIST, 3.JOGMEC Mechanical properties of bio-mediated soils supported with deep-seabed microbes isolated from the methane hydrate-bearing layer around Japan islands AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Shun Uchida 1, Yongkoo Seol 2, Koji Yamamoto 3 1.Renssaler Polytechnich Institute, 2.NETL, 3.JOGMEC Sand migration analysis during gas production at the Kuparuk hydrate site in Alaska North Slope AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Conference Than Tin Aung, Daichi Sato JOGMEC Basal Heat Flow Inferred from Seismic Derived Bottom Simulating Reflectors (BSRs) in the Gas Production Test Site and its Vicinity along the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan MAESA 2019: Earth Sciences and Sustainable Development
Conference Koji Yamamoto JOGMEC Offshore Japan Methane Hydrate Operations SPE/JAPT Workshop: Innovations in Natural Gas – Development, Storage, Transportation and Utilisation
Conference 1.Yuki Maehara 2.Daichi Sato, Akira Fujimoto 1.Schlumberger K. K., 2.JOGMEC Uniqueness of Petrophysical Formation Evaluation Methods of Methane Hydrate - Case Study of Daini-Atsumi Knoll around eastern Nankai Trough – SPE/JAPT Workshop: Innovations in Natural Gas – Development, Storage, Transportation and Utilisation
Conference Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Tomoya Nonoue3, Eric May1, Zachary Aman1 1Univ. of Western Australia, 2Oilfield Technologies Pty. Ltd., 3JOGMEC Experimental investigation of hydrate growth rate and viscosity of hydrate slurry in water-dominant system SPE/JAPT Workshop: Innovations in Natural Gas – Development, Storage, Transportation and Utilisation
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Masato Kida 1, Yusuke Jin 1, Jun Yoneda 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Akira Kato 1, Yoshihiro Konno 2, Jiro Nagao 1, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo) Crystallographic and geochemical properties of natural gas hydrates accumulated in the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02 drilling sites in the Krishna-Godavari Basin off India Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 471-481
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Jun Yoneda 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Masato Kida 1 Akira Kato 1, Yoshihiro Konno 2, Yusuke Jin 1, Junbong Jang 3, William F. Waite 3, Pushpendra Kumar 4, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo), 3.USGS, 4.ONGC Pressure core based onshore laboratory analysis on mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments recovered during India"s National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition (NGHP) 02 Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 482-501
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Akira Kato 1, Yoshihiro Konno 2, Jun Yoneda 1, Masato Kida 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Yusuke Jin 1, Jiro Nagao 1, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo) Evaluation of failure modes and undrained shear strength by cone penetrometer for Natural Gas hydrate-bearing pressure-core sediment samples recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin, offshore India Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 502-511
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Jun Yoneda 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Masato Kida 1, Akira Kato 1, Yoshihiro Konno 2, Yusuke Jin 1, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo) Consolidation and hardening behavior of hydrate-bearing pressure-core sediments recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin, offshore India Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 512-523
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Jun Yoneda 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Masato Kida 1 Akira Kato 1, Yoshihiro Konno 2, Yusuke Jin 1, Junbong Jang 3, William F. Waite 3, Pushpendra Kumar 4, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo), 3.USGS, 4.ONGC Permeability variation and anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing pressure-core sediments recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin, offshore India Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 524-536
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Yoshihiro Konno 1, Akira Kato 2, Jun Yoneda 2, Motoi Oshima 2, Masato Kida 2, Yusuke Jin 2, Jiro Nagao 2, Norio Tenma 2 1.AIST(currently Univ. of Tokyo), 2.AIST Numerical analysis of gas production potential from a gas-hydrate reservoir at Site NGHP-02-16, the Krishna–Godavari Basin, offshore India–Feasibility of depressurization method for ultra-deepwater environment Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 108, October 2019, Pages 731-740
Conference 1.Yuki Maehara 2.Daichi Sato, Akira Fujimoto, Koji Yamamoto 1.Schlumberger K. K., 2.JOGMEC Well Log Aanalysis for Methane Hydrate Saturation Evaluation: High-Resolution and Rock Physics The 25th Formation Evaluation Symposium of Japan

2018

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M.Zhou1, K.Soga 2, K.Yamamoto3 1.Univ. of Cambridge (currently Tongji Univ.), 2.Univ. of Cambridge (currently Univ. of California, Berkeley), 3.JOGMEC Upscaled Anisotropic Methane Hydrate Critical State Model for Turbidite Hydrate‐Bearing Sediments at East Nankai Trough JGR Solid Earth, Volume123, Issue8, August 2018, Pages 6277-6298 (Open Access)
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Ayako Fukumoto1, Kentaro Kamada1, Toru Sato1, Hiroyuki Oyama1, Honoka Torii1,2, Fumio Kiyono3, Jiro Nagao3, Norio Temma3, Hideo Narita3 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.MOE, 3.AIST Numerical simulation of pore-scale formation of methane hydrate in the sand sediment using the phase-field model Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol.50, February 2018, Pages 269-281
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Takero Yoshida1, Paul E. Brumby1,2, Toru Sato1, Hiroyuki Oyama1, Georgios Fytianos1, Ryosuke Sakaizawa1, Tatsuya Fuji1, Jiro Nagao3, Norio Tenma3, Hideo Narita3 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.Keio Univ., 3.AIST Modeling of shear stress distribution on mud surface in the subsea sand-mud alternate layer Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 160, 2018, Pages 531-536
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Takafumi Nakayama1, Keiichi Ogasawara2, Fumio Kiyono2, Honoka Torii1,3, Akihiro Yamasaki2,4, Toru Sato1 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.AIST, 3.Ministry of the Environment, 4.Seikei Univ. Estimation of surface area of methane hydrate in the sand sediment using a dissociation-rate model Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, volume 13, pages1–12(2018)
Conference Ning-Jun Jiang 1, Kenichi Soga 2, Koji Yamamoto 3 1.Univ. of Hawaii, 2.Univ. of California-Berkeley, 3.JOGMEC A High-Pressure Plane-Strain Testing System to Evaluate Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation as a Sand Production Control Method Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Geoenvironment and Geohazard, pp. 499–506
Conference Yoshihiro Masuda Univ. of Tokyo Recent Status of Methane Hydrate R&D Program in Japan ISOPE-2018(The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference)
Conference Jun Yoneda 1, Motoi Oshima 1, Michihiro Muraoka 1, Hideki Minagawa 1, Yusuke Jin 1, Norio Tenma 1, Yoshihiro Nakatsuka 2, Koji Yamamoto 2, Kiyofumi Suzuki 2 1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC On-site pressure core processing for hydrate-bearing sediments at the Eastern Nankai Trough in 2018 AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Yoshihiro Konno 1, Jun Yoneda 2, Motoi Oshima 2, Yusuke Jin 2 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.AIST Modeling of Gas Hydrate–Related Systems AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Koji Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nakatsuka, Tetsuya Fujii, Xiaoxing Wang JOGMEC Methane hydrate second offshore production test in eastern Nankai trough and related data acquisition programs for reservoir characterization AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Itoyuki Nishioka, Koji Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nakatsuka JOGMEC Pressure Coring Operation at the Eastern Nankai Trough after the Second Offshore Gas Production Test AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Akira Fujimoto JOGMEC Broadband Reprocessing of Legacy Seismic Data for Hydrate Prospected Area: Examples from Tokaioki-Kumanonada, Offshore Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Kiyofumi Suzuki 1, Aung Than Tin 1, Tetsuya Fujii 1, Makoto Tanaka 1, Machiko Tamaki 2, Yuhei Komatsu 2, Akira Fujimoto 1 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE Lithological features analyzed by Pressure Core and Wireline Logging Data of the 2nd Offshore Gas Production Test Site, NE-Nankai Trough, Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Machiko Tamaki 1, Tetsuya Fujii 2, Kiyofumi Suzuki 2, Koji Yamamoto 2 1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC 3D Geocellular Modeling of Heterogeneous Gas Hydrate-bearing Sediments at the 2nd Offshore Gas Production Test Site in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Conference Satoshi Otsuki JOGMEC Nankai Trough Gas Hydrate Production Studies Gordon Research Conference 2018 (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Conference Jun Yoneda AIST Gas Hydrate Research Through Pressure Core Analysis Gordon Research Conference 2018 (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Conference Takayuki Kanno, Xiaoxing Wang, Yoko Morikami Schlumberger Wellbore Diameter Estimation from Long-term In-situ Temperature Measurement in the Monitoring Wells for Methane Hydrate Offshore Production Test Gordon Research Conference 2018 (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Conference Shunsuke Sakurai1, Ben Hoskin2, Joel Choi2, Zachary Aman1, Tomoya Nonoue1 1.Univ. of Western Australia, 2.Oilfield Technologies Pty. Ltd., A Model for Predicting Hydrate Formation Rate in Water-Dominant Flow Gordon Research Conference 2018 (Natural Gas Hydrate Systems)
Media - - Why "flammable ice" could be the future of energy BBC News, 23 November 2018
Media - - Energy Resources from the Bottom of the Sea Highlighting JAPAN, Vol.119, April 2018
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Sho Kimura 1, Hiroaki Kaneko 2, Shohei Noda 3, Takuma Ito 4, Hideki Minagawa 3 1.AIST(currently Univ. of the Ryukyu), 2.AIST(currently Japan Foundation Engineering), 3.AIST, 4.AIST(currently RITE) Shear-induced permeability reduction and shear-zone development of sand under high vertical stress Engineering Geology, Volume238, 86-98

2017

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Conference Tetsuya Fujii1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1, Machiko Tamaki2, Tokujiro Takayama1 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE The selection of the candidate location for the second offshore methane hydrate production test and geological findings from the pre-drilling operation, in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japan 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Kiyofumi Suzuki1, Tokujiro Takayama1, Machiko Tamaki2, Tetsuya Fujii1 1.JOGMEC, 2.JOE Lithological Interpretation for Constructing the Geological Model Around Wells for the 2nd Offshore Gas-Production Test from Gas Hydrate on the Daini-Atsumi Knoll in Eastern Nankai Trough Area 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Than Tin Aung 1 , Tetsuya Fujii 1 , Naoya Wada 2 , Yuhei Komatsu 3, Miki Amo 1 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JOE Investigation of Gas Hydrate Petroleum System in the Pleistocene Sedimentary Formations along the eastern Nankai Trough: Regional to Mega-scale Modeling 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Machiko Tamaki1, Tetsuya Fujii2, Kiyofumi Suzuki2, Tokujiro Takayama2 1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC Integrated reservoir characterization and 3D geological modeling for the gas hydrate potential evaluation at the 2nd offshore production test site in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japa 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Takayuki Kanno 1, Soon Seong Chee 1, Zhong Shen 1, Jim Nguy 1, Koji Yamamoto 2, Shigeru Suzuki2 1.Schlumberger, 2.JOGMEC Development and Implementation of In-situ Pressure Measurement for the 2nd Methane Hydrate Offshore Production Test in the Eastern Nankai Trough 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Xiaoxing Wang1, Takayuki Kanno1, Soon Seong Chee1, Valery Shako1, Vyacheslav Pimenov1, Koji Yamamoto2 1.Schlumberger, 2.JOGMEC Review of in-situ monitoring data from the cement heat hydration for the 1st and 2nd offshore MH production test in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Amanda Murphy 1, Kenichi Soga 2, Koji Yamamoto 3 1.Univ. of Cambridge, 2.Univ. of California,Berkeley, 3.JOGMEC A laboratory investigation of sand production simulating the 2013 Daini-Atsumi Knoll gas hydrate production trial using a high pressure plane strain testing apparatus 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Eitan Cohen1, Assaf Klar1, Shun Uchida2 and Koji Yamamoto3 1.Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3.JOGMEC Micromechanical investigation of sand production model in gas hydrate-bearing sediments 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Shohei Noda, Sho Kimura, Yasuhide Sakamoto, Hideki Minagawa, and Norio Tenma AIST Trial Development of High Pressure Torsional-Shear Test System on Hollow Cylindrical Specimens The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2017)
Conference Masayo Kakumoto, Yasuhide Sakamoto, Shohei Noda, Jun Katagiri AIST Experimental Estimation for Friction Strength at Contact Surfaces of Production Well and Sediment for Methane Hydrate Production Well Integrity The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2017)
Conference Koji Yamamoto1, Xiaoxing Wang2, Takayuki Kanno2, Xiaowei Wang3 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.Baker Hughges Gas hydrate dissociation behavior from temperature monitoring data JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
Conference Than Tin Aung1, Naoya Wada2, Makoto Tanaka1, Yuhei Komatsu3, Tetsuya Fujii1, Kiyofumi Suzuki1 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JOE Investigation of Gas Hydrate Petroleum System in the Miyazaki-oki Forearc Basin, Japan: Preliminary Results JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
Conference Kiyofumi Suzuki, Tokujiro Takayama, Tetsuya Fujii    JOGMEC The permeability estimated from Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) data, obtained by methane-hydrate bearing sediments of the Daini-Atsumi Knoll, Northeast Nankai Trough JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
Conference Akira Fujimoto, Tetsuya Fujii JOGMEC Methane Hydrate Potential of the Hidaka Trough, Offshore Japan JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
Conference Toshiaki Kobayashi1 , Tatsuo Saeki1, Tetsuya Fujii1 , Takao Inamori2, Yousuke Teranishi2, Hiroo Takahashi3 , Fumihide Kobayashi4 1.JOGMEC, 2. JGI, 3.OCC, 4.Kokusai Cable Ship 4-Component seismic survey in the second offshore production test of methane hydrate JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
Conference Jun Yoneda1, Motoi Oshima1, Masato Kida1, Akira Kato1, Yoshihiro Konno1, Yusuke Jin1, William Waite2, Junbong Jang2, Pushpendra Kumar3, Norio Tenma1 1.AIST, 2.USGS, 3.ONGC Hydro-mechanical properties of pressure core sediments recovered from the Krishna-Godavari Basin during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition NGHP-02 AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Kiyofumi Suzuki, Tokujiro Takayama, Tetsuya Fujii JOGMEC Permeability of gas-hydrate bearing turbidite sediment in the Northeast Nankai Trough, Japan AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Than Tin Aung, Tetsuya Fujii, Miki Amo, Kiyofumi Suzuki JOGMEC Biogenic Methane Generation Potential in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan: Effect of Reaction Temperature and Total Organic Carbon AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Makoto Tanaka1, Than Tin Aung1, Tetsuya Fujii1, Naoya Wada2, Yuhei Komatsu3 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JOE Gas Hydrate Petroleum System Modeling in western Nankai Trough Area AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Toshiro HATA 1, Jun YONEDA 2, Koji YAMAMOTO 3 1.Toyama Prefectural Univ., 2.AIST, 3.JOGMEC Enhancement of the surface methane hydrate-bearing layer based on the specific microorganisms form deep seabed sediment in Japan Sea AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Yurika Takahashi, Toshiro Hata, Hiromi Nishida Toyama Prefectural Univ. Microbial diversity on methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments core preserved in the original pressure AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Conference Yosuke Teranishi1, Takao Inamori1, Toshiaki Kobayashi2, Tetsuya Fujii2, Tatsuo Saeki2, Hiroo Takahashi3, Fumihide Kobayashi4 1.JGI, 2.JOGMEC, 3.OCC, 4.Kokusai Cable Ship Baseline seismic survey for the 2nd offshore methane hydrate production test in the Eastern Nankai Trough AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Media - - Can Japan burn flammable ice for energy? CNN Asia, November 2, 2017
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Yoshihiro Konno 1, Tetsuya Fujii 2, Akihiko Sato 3, Koya Akamine 3, Motoyoshi Naiki 3, Yoshihiro Masuda 4, Koji Yamamoto 2,Jiro Nagao 5 1.AIST(currently The Univ of Tokyo), 2.JOGMEC, 3.JOE, 4.The Univ of Tokyo, 5.AIST Key Findins of the World’s First Offshore Methane Hydrate Production Test off the Coast of Japan:Toward Future Commercial Production Energy & Fuels, Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp. 2607-2616, 2017.
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K. Yamamoto 1, T. Kanno 1, X.-X. Wang 2, M. Tamaki 3, T. Fujii 1, S.-S. Chee 2, X.-W. Wang 4, V. Pimenov 2, V. Shako 2 1.JOGMEC, 2.Schlumberger, 3.JOE, 4.Baker Hughes Thermal responses of a gas hydrate-bearing sediment to a depressurization operation RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 5554-5577 (Open Access)
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Kuniyuki Miyazaki1, Norio Tenma1, Tsutomu Yamaguchi2 1.AIST, 2.Toho Univ. Relationship between Creep Property and Loading-Rate Dependence of Strength of Artificial Methane-Hydrate-Bearing Toyoura Sand under Triaxial Compression Energies, 2017, Vol.10, Iss.10, 1466 (Open Access)
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Machiko Tamaki1, Tetsuya Fujii2, Kiyofumi Suzuki2 1.JOE, 2.JOGMEC Characterization and Prediction of the Gas Hydrate Reservoir at the Second Offshore Gas Production Test Site in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Japan Energies, 2017, Vol.10, Iss.10, 1678 (Open Access)
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Shusaku Goto1, Makoto Yamano2, Sumito Morita1, Toshiya Kanamatsu3, Akihiro Hachikubo4, Satsuki Kataoka5, Manabu Tanahashi6, Ryo Matsumoto6 1.AIST, 2. Univ. of Tokyo, 3. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 4. Kitami Institute of Technology, 5. Kobe University, 6. Meiji Univ. Physical and thermal properties of mud-dominant sediment from the Joetsu Basin in the eastern margin of the Japan Sea Marine Geophysical Research, Vol.38, Iss.4, 2017, p393–407(Open Access)
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Tsutomu Shimizu, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Norio Tenma AIST Methane-Hydrate-Formation Processes in Methane/Water Bubbly Flows SPE Journal, Vol.22, Iss.3, 2017, 746-755
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Tsutomu Shimizu, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Norio Tenma AIST Characteristics of Bubbly Flows in Perforated Pipe International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.27, Iss.4, 2017, 415-422
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Jun Yoneda, Akira Masui, Yoshihiro Konno, Yusuke Jin, Masato Kida, Jun Katagiri, Jiro Nagao, Norio Tenma AIST Pressure-core-based reservoir characterization for geomechanics: Insights from gas hydrate drilling during 2012–2013 at the eastern Nankai Trough Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 86, September 2017, Pages 1-16
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Shunsuke Sakurai1, Itoyuki Nishioka1, Maki Matsuzawa2, Bazlee Matzain3, Ayae Goto3, Jay E. Lee3 1.JOGMEC、2.JDC, 3.Schlumberger Issues and Challenges With Controlling Large Drawdown in the First Offshore Methane-Hydrate Production Test SPE Production and Operations, Vol.32, Iss.4, 2017, p500-516
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Michihiro Muraoka, Yoshitaka Yamamoto AIST In situ chamber built for clarifying the relationship between methane hydrate crystal morphology and gas permeability in a thin glass micromodel cell Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.88, Iss.6, 2017, p1-9
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Takafumi Nakayama1, Keiichi Ogasawara1, Fumio Kiyono2, Honoka Torii1, Akihiro Yamasaki2, Toru Sato1 1.Univ. of Tokyo, 2.AIST Estimation of surface area of methane hydrate in the sand sediment using a dissociation-rate model Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, volume 13, 2017, pages1–12
Conference Koji Yamamoto1, Yoshihiro Konno2, Xiaoxing Wang3, Takayuki Kanno3, Xiaowei Wang4 1.JOGMEC, 2.AIST, 3.Schlumberger, 4.Baker Hughges Thermal data analysis to investigate mass and heat transport during methane hydrate dissociation processes The 6th Biot conference on poromechanics
Conference Jun Yoneda, Yoshihiro Konno, Masato Kida, Yusuke Jin, Kosuke Egawa, Takuma Ito, Michihiro Muraoka, Hiromitsu Morita, Motoi Oshima, Akira Kato, Hideki Minagawa, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Norio Tenma, Jiro Nagao AIST Post-cruise Analysis on Hydro-Chemo-Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Hydrate-bearing Pressure Core Marine Sediments 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Hideki Minagawa 1, Sho Kimura 1, Takuma Ito 2, Hiroaki Kaneko 1, Shohei Noda 1, Norio Tenma 1 1.AIST, 2.AIST(currently RITE) Estimation of the hydraulic permeability of methane‐hydrate‐bearing sediment using the proton NMR-T2 distribution,focusing on the effect of salinity on NMR-T2 measurements of methane hydrate sediments 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Masato Kida, Mizuho Watanabe, Yusuke Jin, Jiro Nagao AIST Structural properties of multi-component gas hydrates containing hydrocarbons 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Michihiro Muraoka, Naoko Susuki, Yoshitaka Yamamoto AIST Evaluation of the performance of kinetic inhibitor for clathrate hydrate by using the unidirectional growth apparatus 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Motoi Oshima, Masato Kida, Jiro Nagao AIST Investigating thermodynamic stabilities and crystal systems of ionic mixed semiclathrate hydrates formed with tetra-n-butylammonium bromide + tetra-n-butylammonium chloride 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Akira Kato1, Yukio Nakata2, Jiro Nagao1 1.AIST, 2.Yamaguchi Univ. Numerical simulation of deformation for methane hydrate-bearing sediment during MH dissociation under plane strain stress condition 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Yoshihiro Konno1, Yusuke Jin1, Jun Yoneda1, Masato Kida1, Jun Katagiri1, Tetsuya Fujii2, Akihiko Sato3, Jiro Nagao1 1.AIST, 2.JOGMEC, 3.JOE Current Perspective on Permeability of Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Marine Sediments 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Masayo Kakumoto, Yasuhide Sakamoto, Shohei Noda, Jun Katagiri AIST Experimental Estimation for Friction Strength at Contact Surfaces of Casing-Sediment and Cementing-Sediment for Methane Hydrate Production Well Integrity 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)
Conference Hiromitsu Morita, M. Muraoka, M. Kakumoto, S. Noda, Y. Sakamoto, Y. Yamamoto AIST The thermophysical properties measurement of natural methane hydrate-bearing sample with vertical effective stress 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9)

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