Patents Assigned to Japan E&P International Corporation
  • Patent number: 11492884
    Abstract: A methane hydrate production method comprising a step of performing a reservoir grouting process. The reservoir grouting process comprises: injecting a grouting agent into a frozen soil reservoir on the land or a seabed reservoir for targeting methane hydrate existing within sand particles of the target reservoirs; or injecting a filling material into cavities naturally or artificially occurred in a frozen soil reservoir on the land or a seabed reservoir for targeting methane hydrate existing within sand particles of the target reservoirs, and enabling a grouting body being constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Japan E&P International Corporation, Waseda University
    Inventors: Yuchen Liu, Masanori Kurihara