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Onshore and Offshore Gas Hydrate Production Tests

육상 및 해상 가스하이드레이트 생산시험에 대한 고찰

  • Lee, Sung-Rock (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Kim, Se-Joon (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
  • 이성록 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구본부 가스하이드레이트연구실) ;
  • 김세준 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구본부 가스하이드레이트연구실)
  • Received : 2014.05.19
  • Accepted : 2014.06.20
  • Published : 2014.06.28
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Abstract

Recent scaled-up onshore and offshore field production tests revealed that the expectancy to produce gas from the gas hydrate deposits is gradually increasing, recognizing its potentials as one of the future energy resources. The total produced gas was approximately $480m^3$ by the hot water circulation method for 6 days' operation in Mallik 2002 project in Canada. In Mallik 2006-2008 project, the gas was successfully produced stably by the depressurization method for 6 days, up to $13,000m^3$ cumulatively. The depressurization method applied in the Mallik test was revealed as an effective way to produce gas from gas hydrates. The Alaska North Slope field trial in 2012 to inject mixed gas of $CO_2$ and $N_2$ to exchange $CH_4$ was successfully completed for the first time to produce maximum $1,270m^3$ per day. The remarkable achievement is that Japan has completed first offshore production test in the Eastern Nankai Trough, and produced approximately $120,000m^3$ of methane by the depressurization method for 6 days in March 2013. The technical challenges and uncertainties obtained from Nankai Trough production test give Korea more considerations in the aspects of well completion, reservoir formation and seafloor stability, sand control, flow assurance, and etc., due to the different geological environments and geomechnical properties in Ulleung Basin in Korea.

가스하이드레이트가 육상 동토지역과 심해저 퇴적층에 막대한 규모로 부존되어 있음이 밝혀지면서 가스하이드레이트 연구개발 선도국가에서 수행한 최근의 가스하이드레이트 육상 및 해상 생산 시험 결과는 가스하이드레이트가 미래의 에너지 자원으로서 사용 가능성을 높이고 있음을 보여주고 있다. 캐나다 말릭 2002 프로젝트에서는 열수 순환법을 이용하여 5일간 약 $480m^3$의 가스를 생산하였고, 말릭 2006-2008 프로젝트에서는 감압법에 의해 6일간 안정적 연속 생산으로 $13,000m^3$의 누적 생산량을 보임으로서 감압법이 가스하이드레이트부터 가스를 생산하는 유효한 방법임이 입증되었다. 2012년도의 미국 알라스카 현장 시험은 $CO_2-CH_4$ 치환 (맞교환법)을 이용하여 $CO_2+N_2$ 혼합가스를 주입하고 메탄을 생산하는 최초의 시험으로서 약 $6,000m^3$의 혼합가스를 주입하여 일일 생산 최대 $1,270m^3$의 가스를 생산하였다. 최근의 가장 주목할 만한 성과로는 일본이 난카이 해구에서 2013년 3월 감압법을 이용한 세계 최초의 해상 생산 시험을 실시하고, 6일 동안 누적량 $120,000m^3$의 가스를 생산한 것이라 할 수 있다. 일본이 생산 시험을 위해 수행하였던 연구개발 결과와 기술적 이슈들은 2015년도에 생산 시험을 준비하고 있는 우리에게도 많은 시사점을 주는데, 특히 감압 시나리오에 따른 생산 공정 설계, 모래 유입 등 시험정 완결 기법, 생산시 지반 안정성 등 생산 시험 공정 기술 개발의 모든 공정 요소에 대한 면밀한 검토가 요구된다.

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