天然气水合物取样装置的研究现状及进展

Current status of natural gas hydrate sampling device

天然气水合物是一种潜在的巨大能源,发展天然气水合物勘探技术,准确确定天然气水合物的分布与蕴藏量,对我国天然气水合物产业的建立具有至关重要的作用。在调研国内外相关资料的基础上,介绍了目前国内外天然气水合物取样装置的研究现状,包括深海潜水观测取样装置、深海浅孔取样装置和深海深孔取样装置。并建议开展海洋钻井船的研制工作,可优先考虑将石油勘探钻井船改装成天然气水合物勘探钻井船;同时还要保证其取样位置的稳定性,可采取动平衡原理,通过涡轮旋转来抵消海流的作用。与深海深孔取样技术配套的海洋钻井船,可实现对深海的天然气水合物的钻探取样工作。

Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is a kind of great potential enormous energy. It is important to develop NGH exploration technology to get NGH distribution and reserves. And it is critical for establishment of Chinese NGH industry. Based on the investigation and analysis,the current status of natural gas hydrate sampling devices in the world is introduced,including human occupied vehicle,deep sea short hole grab device and deep sea long hole grab equipment. It is recommended to start development of offshore drill ship. It is preferred to modify the petroleum exploration drill ship into NGH drill ship. Turbine rotating will be considered to counteract the ocean tides to obtain dynamic balance so as to ensure the stability of the NGH sampling operation. The offshore drill ship in combination with deep sea long hole sampling technology can perform NGH exploration and sampling in deep seas.