加快中国天然气行业立法进程

目前国内尚无专门的石油、天然气法 ,现行的法律体系难以适应天然气工业的快速发展。文章介绍了欧美等国家健全法制 ,推动天然气工业发展的成功经验和惯例 ,分析了我国天然气行业立法滞后的现状。从外部环境、行业发展中出现的种种问题和矛盾、现有许多法律规章的参考、国际上的经验教训等方面看 ,立即着手制定《天然气法》的条件已基本具备。鉴于《矿产资源法》对天然气上游已有一些法律规范 ,根据国情并借鉴国外经验 ,《天然气法》可主要针对天然气中下游领域。《天然气法》至少应包括各级政府的职责 ,政府监管机构的组织 ,天然气生产、管道、配送、销售公司的地位、资格、权利和义务 ,气价和管输费确定的原则和定价机制 ,项目审批 ,安全保障 ,第三方准入 ,容量买卖 ,对外合作的模式及领域 ,消费者权益保护 ,HSE(健康、安全、环境 ) ,违法处置等主要内容。应尽快形成以 (石油 )天然气法等法律为主干 ,众多法规为枝条的天然气法律体系 ,以法治气 ,以法促气。

中国石化股份有限公司发展计划部副主任刘岩谈制定《天然气法》条件基本成熟

记者:刘主任,自上世纪80年代以来,在油气并举方针的指导下,我国的天然气工业发展很快。随着近年来天然气储量和产量的快速增长,加上以西气东输为标志的多条输气干线的开工建设,我国的天然气工业即将近来一个快速增长的新时期。有专家估计说。

1-D Controlled source electromagnetic forward modeling for marine gas hydrates studies

We discuss the feasibility of using controlled-source electromagnetic （CSEM） in the frequency domain for prospecting marine gas hydrates. Based on the Ocean Drilling Program （ODP） Leg 164 log data, we have established several 1-D resistivity models which have different gas hydrate concentrations. Meanwhile, we analyzed the electromagnetic response of marine gas hydrates in the frequency domain based on these models. We also studied the relationship between electrical field magnitude or phase and parameters such as receiver-transmitter distance and frequency. Our numerical modeling results provide us with a quantitative reference for exploration and resource evaluation of marine gas hydrates.

Natural Gas Storage in Wet Active Carbons-A Report on Research Progress

Storing natural gas in wet active carbon is a recently proposed method. The research progress shows that this method considerably decreases the storage pressure while maintaining the storage capacity equal to or even higher than compressed natural gas （CNG）. There is no requirement of pre-sifting any component out of natural gas for the storage, and the thermal effect on fast charging/discharging has almost no effect on the storage capacity. The charging and discharging processes are reversible and show good dynamic behavior. Although the storage temperature is a little lower than the ambient, the new method seems technically and costly more competitive than the available methods.

Some Insights in Novel Risk Modeling of Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier Maintenance Operations

This study discusses the analysis of various modeling approaches such as genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and evidential reasoning, and maintenance techniques applicable to the liquefied natural gas （LNG） carrier operations in the maritime environment. The usefulness of these algorithms in the LNG carrier industry in the areas of risk assessment and maintenance modeling as a standalone or hybrid algorithm are identified. This is evidenced with illustrative case studies.

Application of deviation rate in oil and gas reservoir exploration

Three dimensional geophysical models were abstracted and established according to characteristics of oil and gas reservoir.Then direct current fields for different models were simulated with finite element software(finite element program generator) by hole-to-surface resistivity method.Numerical solution was compared with analytical one for the homogeneity earth model.And a new parameter of deviation rate was proposed by analyzing different plot curves.The results show that the relative error of solution for homogeneity earth model may attain to 0.043%.And deviation rate decreases from 18% to 1% and its anomaly range becomes wide gradually when the depth of oil and gas reservoir increases from 200 to 1 500 m.If resistivity ratio of oil and gas reservoir to sur-rounding rock decreases from 100 to 10 for the resistive oil and gas reservoir,the amplitude attenuation of deviation rate nearly reaches 8%.When there exists stratum above oil and gas reservoir,and influence of resistive stratum may be eliminated or weakened and anomaly of oil and gas reservoir can be strengthened.

Calorimetric Determination of Enthalpy of Formation of Natural Gas Hydrates

This paper reports the measurements of enthalpies of natural gas hydrates in typical natural gas mixture containing methane, ethane, propane and iso-butane at pressure in the vicinity of 2000 kPa (300 psi) and 6900 kPa(1000psi). The measurements were made in a multi-cell differential scanning calorimeter using modified high pressure cells. The enthalpy of water and the enthalpy of dissociation of the gas hydrate were determined from the calorimeter response during slow temperature scanning at constant pressure. The amount of gas released from the dissociation of hydrate was determined from the pumped volume of the high pressure pump. The occupation ratio (mole ratio) of the water to gas and the enthalpy of hydrate formation are subject to uncertainty of 1.5%.The results show that the enthalpy of hydrate formation and the occupation ratio are essentially independent of pressure.

Sino-French Cooperation in Oil and Gas Development

Them is a bright future for cooperation in oil ＆ gas development in China. Total and other French companies strengthen communication and cooperation with Chinese partners to develop oil ＆ gas in China as well as in other countries. Chinese and French companies continue to benefit from cooperation in petroleum upstream industry, gas industry as well as in other fields.

Combined Action of Uniform Flow and Oscillating Flow Around Marine Riser at Low Keulegan-Carpenter Number

With the increase of petroleum and gas production in deep ocean, marine risers of circular cylinder shape are widely used in the offshore oil and gas platform. In order to research the hydrodynamic performance of marine risers, the dynamic mesh technique and User-Defined Function(UDF) are used to simulate the circular cylinder motion. The motion of a transversely oscillating circular cylinder in combination of uniform flow and oscillating flow is simulated. The uniform flow and oscillating flow both are in x direction. SIMPLE algorithm is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. The User-Defined Function is used to control the cylinder transverse vibration and the inlet flow. The lift and drag coefficient changing with time and the map of vorticity isolines at different phase angle are obtained. Force time histories are shown for uniform flow at Reynolds number(Re) of 200 and for the combination of uniform and oscillating flows. With the increase of amplitude of oscillating flow in combined flow, the change of lift amplitude is not sensitive to the the change of cylinder oscillating frequency. Lift amplitude increases with the increase of oscillating flow amplitude in the combined flow, but there is no definite periodicity of the lift coefficient. The drag and inertia force coefficients change when the maximum velocity of the oscillating flow increases in the combined flow. The vortex shedding near the circular cylinder shows different characteristics.

AVO Character Research of Natural Gas Hydrates in the East China Sea

Natural gas hydrates are considered as strategic resources with commercial potential in the 21st century. Obvious BSR characteristics will be shown on seismic profiles, if there exist natural gas hydrates. The AVO method is one of the methods which can be used to identify and forecast lithologic characteristics and fluid properties by using the relationship between Amplitude and Offset. AVO anomaly is one of the significant signs to check out whether or not there is free gas below the BSR, so it can be used to detect natural gas hydrates from the seismic profile. Considering the geological and geophysical characteristics of the Okinawa Trough and making use of the techniques mentioned above, we can conclude that the conditions there are favorable for the formation and concentration of natural gas hydrates. By analyzing the data collected from the study area, one can discover many different anomalous phenomena on the seismic profile which are related to the existence of natural gas hydrates. Preliminary estimation of the natural gas hydrates in the Okinawa Trough shows that the trough is rich in natural gas hydrates and may become a potential important resources exploration area.

Technology of gas drainage and utilization in Huaibei mining area

With the characteristics of coal seam geology and gas occurrence,a'ground-underground' integrated gas drainage method was formed,which can relieve gaspressure and increase permeability by mining the protection seams in conditional regions.After coal seam gas drainage,high gas outburst seam was converted to low gas safetyseam.In the coal face mining process,safety and high efficient coal mining were realizedby the measure of gas-suction over mining.In addition to the drainage gas for civil gasand gas power generation,the Huaibei Mining Group has actively carried out research onthe utilization technology of methane drainage by ventilation.On the one hand,it can saveprecious energy;on the other hand,it can protect the environment for people's survival.In2007,the amount of coal mine gas drainage was 120 hm3;the rate of coal mine gasdrainage was 44%.Compared with the year 2002,the amount of coal mine gas drainageincreased by two times.Meanwhile,the utilization rate of gas increased rapidly.

Evaluation of Pomegranate Pomace Using in Situ and Gas Production Techniques

This study was carried out to determine nutritive value of pomegranate pomace using in situ and gas production techniques. In this study, two fistulated wethers （38 ± 1.5 kg） were used in situ method. The gas production was measured at 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36 and 48 h and ruminal DM （dry matter） and CP （crude protein） disappearances were measured at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36, 48, 72 and 96 h. DM degradabilities of treated pomegranate pomace at 8 h to 96 h were larger than untreated pomegranate pomacewhich showed significant differences （p 〈 0.05）. CP degradabilities of treated pomegranate pomace at 96 h was 62.38% that showed significant differences （p 〈 0.05）. The metabolizable proteins of treated and untreated pomegranate pomace were 73 and 64.27 g/kg respectively that showed significant differences （p 〈 0.05）. The gas productions of treated and untreated pomegranate pomace at 48 h were 79.91 and 128.75 mL/g DM respectively that showed significant differences （p 〈 0.05）. It was concluded that the pomegranate pomace can be used largely as ruminant feeds.

An optimal method for prediction and adjustment on gasholder level and self-provided power plant gas supply in steel works

An optimal method for prediction and adjustment on byproduct gasholder level and self-provided power plant gas supply was proposed.This work raises the HP-ENN-LSSVM model based on the Hodrick-Prescott filter,Elman neural network and least squares support vector machines.Then,according to the prediction,the optimal adjustment process came up by a novel reasoning method to sustain the gasholder within safety zone and the self-provided power plant boilers in economic operation,and prevent unfavorable byproduct gas emission and equipment trip as well.The experiments using the practical production data show that the proposed method achieves high accurate predictions and the optimal byproduct gas distribution,which provides a remarkable guidance for reasonable scheduling of byproduct gas.

Corrosion depth prediction based on non-linearity method

Pipeline of oil and gas have an increased risk because of pipeline punctures and rupture caused by corrosion. Therefore it is very important to have a reliable way for pipeline corrosion prediction. The corrosion depth prediction models that based on the support vector machines and chaos were introduced in this paper. A real example was given in this paper. The predicted results showed that the prediction models have a more higher precision. The two corrosion depth prediction models are reasonable in corrosion research, which can supply a scientific basis for pipeline safety management, service life prediction and repair.

Green Process for Synthesis of Zeolite with MFI Structure

A clean and environmentally friendly new process for synthesis of zeolite with MFI structure was presented. This process through recycling of vented gas and mother liquor can reduce or avoid discharge of nitrogen-containing offgas and waste liquid without affecting the physical and chemical properties of synthetic zeolite, leading to green synthesis of zeolite. This process can help to cut corners on production cost to achieve the sustainable development.

Innovative Approach to Increase Name Plate Capacity of Oil and Gas Gathering Centre

Purpose： The oil and gas gathering and processing facility of Kuwait Oil Company is built with a nameplate capacity of X MBOPD （thousand barrels oil per day） with 50% water cut. However, the facility was operating with a water cut of 35%. This comprehensive technical study was conducted to evaluate possibility of increasing oil processing capacity of this facility in line with current lower water cut and other operational flexibilities available in the facility without utilizing its design margin. Topic： This paper shares an innovative approach to increase name plate capacity of oil and gas processing facility utilizing available operational flexibility and operational margins with minor modification. It shares a case study where facility capacity is increased by around 19% without utilizing design margins of equipment or pipeline. Method： The study includes theoretical verification and analysis of all major equipment and piping to identify available capacity and limitation, in order to utilize available additional margin and to propose debottleneck options to overcome limitations. Achievement： The study confirmed that, facility name plate capacity can be revised from X MBOPD （with 50% w.c （water cut）） to X ＋ 32 MBOPD （with： 45% w.c） minor modification in separator and utilizing margin available in feed specification ofdesalter trains.

International Law on Liability and Compensation in the Offshore Oil ＆ Gas Industry

Offshore oil and gas exploration and production comes with risk of release of hydrocarbons in to sea. Today, the probability of such an event is relatively low, but the consequences are nevertheless significant and can cover a vast geographical area. As such, it raises the question as to whether liability and compensation in oil ＆ gas related incidents should be covered under international law. Current international legislation addresses the issue mainly in terms of shipping. This paper attempts to shed light on the topic in relation to oil and gas exploration whilst investigating notable events in the UK and the USA. The findings show that domestic laws of these countries cover the matter sufficiently. However, the question of whether the regulation should fall under international regulation can unfortunately not be answered with confidence as it would require a test-case of a situation where an oil spill affects multiple littoral states.

Multi-scale inversion of density structure from gravity anomalies in Tarim Basin

Based on the power spectra of gravity anomalies in Tarim Basin, the anomalies can be decomposed to the following three components: a sub-anomaly formed mainly by the basin crystallized basement, a sub-anomaly formed mainly by deep sedimentary layers, and that by shallow sedimentary layers. A special wavelet transform analysis scheme and a density inversion method are designed and applied to the decomposition and inversion of gravity sub-anomalies, which are correlated with regional geology and drilling data. The results indicate that the deep and the shallow sub-anomalies show some relations with ancient fluid active zones. The negative density disturbances inversed from the shallow sub-anomaly are mainly caused by Mesozoic fluid active zones, whereas the negative density disturbances form the deep sub-anomalies are mainly correlated with Paleozoic fluid active zones. As the ancient fluid movement was good for formation of oil/gas fields, the multi-scale inversion methods for locating the ancient fluid movement zones seem to be helpful and valuable to oil/gas exploration.

CFD Study of Ejector Flow Behavior in a Blast Furnace Gas Galvanizing Plant

In recent years, there has been a growing interest toward Blast Furnace Gas （BFG） as a low-grade energy source for industrial furnaces. This paper considers the revamping of a galvanic plant furnace converted to BFG from natural gas. In the design of the new system, the ejector on the exhaust line is a critical component. This paper studies the flow behavior of the ejector using a Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD） analysis. The CFD model is based on a 3D representation of the ejector, using air and exhaust gases as working fluids. This paper is divided in three parts. In the first part, the galvanic plant used as case study is presented and discussed, in the second part the CFD approach is outlined, and in the third part the CFD approach is validated using experimental data and the numerical results are presented and discussed. Different Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes （RANS） turbulence models （k-to SST and k-e Realizable） are evaluated in terms of convergence capability and accuracy in predicting the pressure drop along the ejector. Suggestions for future optimization of the system are also provided.