The characteristics and its implications of hydraulic fracturing in hydrate-bearing clayey silt

As a reservoir stimulation technique, hydraulic fracturing is expected to be used in gas hydrate production to overcome the glaring challenge of low gas production rate. Several experimental studies have been carried out in hydrate-bearing sand, which confirmed the frackability of this kind of geomaterial. But for the fine-grained hydrate reservoir, which spreads more widely, contains the majority of the total hydrate resource, and is more...