Research Article
Effect of Bed Deformation on Natural Gas Production from Hydrates
Table 1
Economics of gas production from hydrates (modified from [
19]).
| | | Gas extraction methods | | | Thermal stimulation | Depressurization | Conventional gas production |
| | Investment in millions of ₹* | 254200 | 166000 | 157500 | | Annual cost in millions of ₹ | 160000 | 125500 | 100000 | | Total production (million m3/year) | 1274.26 | 1557.43 | 1557.43 | | Production cost (₹/million m3) | 6356.6 | 4025.9 | 3213.6 | | Break-even wellhead price (₹/million m3) | 7945.8 | 5032.3 | 3972.9 |
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*Calculated for currency rates at 2004 levels.
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