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- Patent Title: Natural gas hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under underbalanced positive circulation condition
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Application No.: US16604106Application Date: 2018-11-20
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Publication No.: US11156064B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Jinzhou Zhao , Na Wei , Haitao Li , Liehui Zhang , Shouwei Zhou , Qingping Li , Wantong Sun
- Applicant: SouthWest Petroleum University
- Applicant Address: CN Sichuan
- Assignee: SouthWest Petroleum University
- Current Assignee: SouthWest Petroleum University
- Current Assignee Address: CN Sichuan
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: CN201810515239.0 20180525
- International Application: PCT/CN2018/116457 WO 20181120
- International Announcement: WO2019/223265 WO 20191128
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B21/00 ; E21B21/08 ; E21B43/34 ; E21B21/06 ; E21B43/40

Abstract:
A natural gas hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under an underbalanced positive circulation condition, used for performing solid-state fluidization mining on a non-rock-forming weak-cementation natural gas hydrate layer in the ocean. Equipment includes a ground equipment system and an underwater equipment system. The construction procedure has an earlier-stage construction process, underbalanced hydrate solid-state fluidization mining construction process and silt backfilling process. Natural gas hydrates in the seafloor are mined through an underbalanced positive circulation method.
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