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Advances in Natural Gas Engineering

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H1: Petroleum Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 16442

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Nagy

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Gas Engineering Department, Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Interests: natural gas engineering; unconventional gas; applied thermodynamics; renewable energy; reservoir engineering and simulation; carbon sequestration; phase behavior; geothermal systems and resources; sustainable geothermal resources
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Dr. Łukasz Klimkowski

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Gas Engineering Department, Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Interests: natural gas engineering; unconventional gas; applied thermodynamics; renewable energy; reservoir engineering and simulation; carbon sequestration; phase behavior
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We solicit articles from a wide range of scientific disciplines focused on new advances in natural gas engineering. Decarbonization and the transition of the economy to a neutral and low-emission model in the next few decades indicate that natural gas will play an important role in the near future. We observe an increasing demand for natural gas and LNG for the substitution processes in the power generation sector based upon lignite and hard coal. Natural gas is complementary to renewable energy in those areas where renewable sources cannot be effectively applied. Given the rapid increase in the greenhouse effect and global warming, we all should make efforts to diversify energy sources.

In this Special Issue of Energies, we would like to present papers on the natural gas chain process: gas exploration, production, processing, and transmission. We also seek key review papers from renowned experts in the industry and academia.

We call for theoretical and empirical papers that focus on one or more of the following topics:

  • natural gas/hydrocarbon reservoir classification;
  • natural/unconventional gas resources and exploration;
  • natural gas drilling and completion technologies;
  • natural gas reservoir stimulation;
  • natural gas reservoir modeling and simulation;
  • rock mechanics in gas reservoirs;
  • natural gas reservoir production and management;
  • enhanced gas recovery and CO2/flue gas injection;
  • coal bed methane technologies;
  • gas hydrates and extraction;
  • natural gas processing and plant optimization;
  • phase behavior aspects of wet and retrograde gases;
  • LNG technology and LNG supply;
  • biomethane/biogas and hydrogen production (‘energy’ gas);
  • natural gas and hydrogen/natural gas pipelines, transportation, and distribution;
  • underground gas and energy storage;
  • carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration;
  • natural gas markets;
  • natural gas and ‘energy’ gas utilization;
  • natural gas risks, safety, and security; and
  • environmental aspects of the use of natural gas.

Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Nagy
Dr. Łukasz Klimkowski
Guest Editors

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A Smart Energy Recovery System to Avoid Preheating in Gas Grid Pressure Reduction Stations
by Piero Danieli, Massimo Masi, Andrea Lazzaretto, Gianluca Carraro and Gabriele Volpato
Energies 2022, 15(1), 371; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15010371 - 05 Jan 2022
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Preheating is often required to prevent hydrate formation during the pressure reduction process in a natural gas distribution network’s pressure reduction station. This paper examines an energy recovery method to avoid the cost and energy consumption of this preheating. The primary aim is [...] Read more.
Preheating is often required to prevent hydrate formation during the pressure reduction process in a natural gas distribution network’s pressure reduction station. This paper examines an energy recovery method to avoid the cost and energy consumption of this preheating. The primary aim is to assess the techno-economic feasibility of an energy recovery system based on the Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube coupled to a heat exchanger for large-scale application to the gas grid. To this end, a techno-economic model of the entire energy recovery system was included in an optimisation procedure. The resulting design minimises the payback period (PP) when the system is applied to the pressure reduction stations belonging to a particular gas grid. The pressure reduction stations always operate at an outlet pressure above atmospheric pressure. However, available performance models for the Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube do not permit prediction at backpressure operation. Therefore, a novel empirical model of the device is proposed, and a cost function derived from several manufacturer quotations is introduced for the first time, to evaluate the price of the Ranque–Hilsch vortex tubes. Finally, a nearly complete set of pressure reduction stations belonging to the Italian natural gas grid was chosen as a case study using actual operating parameters collected by each station’s grid manager. The results indicate that the environmental temperature strongly affects the technical and economic feasibility of the proposed energy recovery system. In general, pressure reduction stations operating at an ambient temperature above 0 °C are economically desirable candidates. In addition, the higher the energy recovery system convenience, the higher the flow rate and pressure drop managed by the station. In the Italian case study, 95% of preheating costs could be eliminated with a PP of fewer than 20 years. A 40% preheating cost saving is still possible if the maximum PP is limited to 10 years, and a small but non-negligible 3% of preheating costs could be eliminated with a PP of fewer than 4.5 years. Full article
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Dependence of the Equivalent Circulation Density of Formate Drilling Fluids on the Molecular Mass of the Polymer Reagent
by Ekaterina Leusheva, Valentin Morenov and Tianle Liu
Energies 2021, 14(22), 7639; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227639 - 15 Nov 2021
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Construction of offshore gas wells is characterized by increased requirements for both the technological process in general and the technological parameters of drilling fluids in particular. Parameters and properties of the used drilling muds must meet a large number of requirements. The main [...] Read more.
Construction of offshore gas wells is characterized by increased requirements for both the technological process in general and the technological parameters of drilling fluids in particular. Parameters and properties of the used drilling muds must meet a large number of requirements. The main one is the preservation of the permeability of the reservoirs, in addition to the environmental and technological concerns. At the same time, pressures in the productive formation at offshore fields are often high; the anomaly coefficient is 1.2 and higher. The use of barite in such conditions can lead to contamination of the formation and a decrease in future well flow rates. In this regard, the development and study of the compositions for weighted drilling muds is necessary and relevant. The paper presents investigations on the development of such a composition based on salts of formic acid (formates) and evaluates the effect of the molecular weight of the polymer reagent (partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide) on the equivalent circulation density of the drilling fluid. The result of the work is a formate-based high-density drilling mud with no barite added. Application of such a mud will preserve the permeability of the productive formation. Full article
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Carbon-Negative Scenarios in High CO2 Gas Condensate Reservoirs
by Lucija Jukić, Domagoj Vulin, Valentina Kružić and Maja Arnaut
Energies 2021, 14(18), 5898; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185898 - 17 Sep 2021
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A gas condensate reservoir in Northern Croatia was used as an example of a CO2 injection site during natural gas production to test whether the entire process is carbon-negative. To confirm this hypothesis, all three elements of the CO2 life cycle [...] Read more.
A gas condensate reservoir in Northern Croatia was used as an example of a CO2 injection site during natural gas production to test whether the entire process is carbon-negative. To confirm this hypothesis, all three elements of the CO2 life cycle were included: (1) CO2 emitted by combustion of the produced gas from the start of production from the respective field, (2) CO2 that is separated at natural gas processing plant, i.e., the CO2 that was present in the original reservoir gas composition, and (3) the injected CO2 volumes. The selected reservoir is typical of gas-condensate reservoirs in Northern Croatia (and more generally in Drava Basin), as it contains about 50% CO2 (mole). Reservoir simulations of history-matched model showed base case (production without injection) and several cases of CO2 enhanced gas recovery, but with a focus on CO2 storage rather than maximizing hydrocarbon gas production achieved by converting a production well to a CO2 injection well. General findings are that even in gas reservoirs with such extreme initial CO2 content, gas production with CO2 injection can be carbon-negative. In almost all simulated CO2 injection scenarios, the process is carbon-negative from the time of CO2 injection, and in scenarios where CO2 injection begins earlier, it is carbon-negative from the start of gas production, which opens up the possibility of cost-effective storage of CO2 while producing natural gas with net negative CO2 emissions. Full article
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Analysis of Changes in Natural Gas Physical Flows for Europe via Ukraine in 2020
by Filip Božić, Daria Karasalihović Sedlar, Ivan Smajla and Ivana Ivančić
Energies 2021, 14(16), 5175; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165175 - 21 Aug 2021
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The main objective of the paper was comparative analyses of natural gas quantities delivered through the existing pipeline capacities in the last decade and new pipeline capacities for the prediction of possible future flows of gas import to Europe. Changes in physical flows [...] Read more.
The main objective of the paper was comparative analyses of natural gas quantities delivered through the existing pipeline capacities in the last decade and new pipeline capacities for the prediction of possible future flows of gas import to Europe. Changes in physical flows have been influenced by European energy strategies that became green oriented resulting with a high amount of non-utilized transmission capacities. The research findings have shown that there is a significant decrease observed in transit of Russian gas through Ukraine in 2020 than previously. Concerning the high increase of LNG import to Europe in the same year, the start of operation of TurkStream, planned start of operation of Nord stream 2, authors project the gradual decrease of transit of Russian gas through Ukraine until the year 2025 with the total stop of transit of Russian gas until the year 2030. The change of supply routes will be also under the economic influence of low gas prices and coal and gas fuel switch until 2030 in the West EU, and after 2030 in the South Eastern European region. In the short-term period transit system for natural gas from Russia via Ukraine will be necessary for supplementing coal with natural gas in the energy mix. Full article
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