ABSTRACT
This study reports the solubility of methane in distilled water from 150° to 350°C and from 100 to 28,600 psi (689.5 to 197,197 kPa). Methane solubility greatly increases with increasing temperature above 250°C to maximum values of over 800 standard cu ft (22.66 cu m) of methane per barrel of water at 354°C and 28,600 psi (197,197 kPa). These high methane solubilities suggest that dissolved methane in the pore waters of sediments buried at 20,000 ft (6.10 km) and deeper in the Gulf Coast and other sedimentary basins could be a significant energy resource. These solubilities are also consistent with the concept of primary migration of natural gas and crude oil by molecular solution from the deep sediments of petroleum basins.
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