Matthew Reagan's Publications

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Refereed Publications

  1. Reagan, M.T. and G. J. Moridis, “Large-Scale Simulation of Methane Hydrate Dissociation along the West Spitsbergen Margin,” Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2009GL041332, in press, 2009.

  2. Moridis, G.J., Collette, T.S., Boswell, R., Kurihara, M., Reagan, M.T., Sloan, E.D., and C. Koh, “Toward Production From Gas Hydrates: Assessment of Resources, Technology, and Potential” LBNL-00161E, SPE 114163, SPE Journal, in press, 2009.
  3. Boswell, R., Shelander, D., Lee, M., Latham, T., Collett, T., Geurin, G., Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and D. Goldberg, "Occurrence of gas hydrate in Oligocence Frio sand: Alaminos Canyon Block 818: northern Gulf of Mexico," Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.03.005, 2009.
  4. Elliott, S.M., Maltrud, M., Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Cameron-Smith, P.J., “Marine Methane Cycle Simulations for the Period of Early Global Warming,” submitted to J. Geophysical Res. Biogeo.
  5. Moridis, G.J., Silpngarmlert, S., Reagan, M.T., Collett, T., and K. Zhang, “Gas Production From the Unit D Class 3 Hydrate Deposit at the Mount Elbert Site, North Slope, Alaska,” submitted to Marine & Petroleum Geology.
  6. Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, “The dynamic response of oceanic hydrate deposits to ocean temperature change,” LBNL-01026E, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 113, C12023, doi:10.1029/2008JC004938, 2008.
  7. Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., and K. Zhang, “Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Production from Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits,” LBNL-01657E, OTC 19554, Proceedings, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 5-8 May 2008, in review for publication in SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering.
  8. Moridis, G.J, Reagan, M.T., and K. Zhang, “Field-Scale Studies on the Enhanced Performance of Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits Through Co-Production With Conventional Gas” OTC 19435, Proceedings, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 5-8 May 2008, in review for publication in SPE Journal.
  9. Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Kim, S.J., Seol, Y., and K. Zhang, “Evaluation of the Gas Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea,” LBNL-63812, SPE 110859, SPE Journal, in press.
  10. Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation Under Climate Change Scenarios,” LBNL-62999, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22709, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031671, 2007.
  11. Moridis, G.J., and M.T. Reagan, “Gas Production From Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost,” LBNL-01615E, SPE 110858, in review JPSE, 2009.
  12. Moridis, G.J. and Reagan, M.T., “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3 Hydrate Accumulations,” LBNL-62758, OTC 18865, Proceedings, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 30 April - 3 May 2007, in review for publication in SPE Journal.
  13. Moridis, G.J. and Reagan, M.T., “Gas Production From Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations,” LBNL-62757, OTC 18866, Proceedings, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 30 April - 3 May 2007, in review for publication in SPE Journal.
  14. Reagan, M.T., Najm, H.N., Pebay, P.P., Knio, O.M., and R.G. Ghanem, “Quantifying Uncertainty in Chemical Systems Modeling.” Int. J. Chem. Kinetics 37, 6, 368-382 (2005).
  15. Reagan, M.T., Najm, H.N., Ghanem, R.G., Knio, O.M., and O.P. LeMaître, “Spectral Stochastic Uncertainty Quantification in Chemical Systems.” Combust. Theory and Modeling 8, 3, 607-632 (2004).
  16. LeMaître, O.P., Reagan, M.T., Debusschere, B.J., Najm, H.N., Ghanem, R.G., and O.M. Knio, “Natural Convection in a Closed Cavity under Stochastic, Non-Boussinesq Conditions.” SIAM J. Sci. Comp. 26, 2, 375-394 (2004).
  17. Reagan, M.T., Najm, H.N., Ghanem, R.G., and O.M. Knio, “Uncertainty Quantification in Reacting Flow Simulations Through Non-Intrusive Spectral Projection.” Combustion and Flame 132, 3, 545-555 (2003).
  18. LeMaître, O.P., Reagan, M.T., Najm, H.N., Ghanem, R.G., and O.M. Knio, “A Stochastic Projection Method for Fluid Flow. II. Random Process.” J. Comp. Phys. 181, 9-44 (2002).
  19. Reagan, M.T. and J.W. Tester, “The Zeno (Z=1) Behavior of Water: A Molecular Simulation Study.” Int. J. Thermophysics 22, 1, 149-160 (2001).
  20. Kutney, M.C., Reagan, M.T., Smith, K.A., Tester, J.W., and D.R. Herschbach, “The Zeno (Z=1) Behavior of Equations of State: An Interpretation Across Scales from Macroscopic to Molecular.” J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 10, 9513-9525 (2000).
  21. Ciric, A.R., Mumtaz, H.S., Corbett, G., Reagan, M.T., Seider, W.D., Fabiano, L.A., Kolesar, D.M., and S. Widagdo, “Azeotropic Distillation with an Internal Decanter.” Comp. Chem. Eng. 24, 2435-2446 (2000).
  22. Reagan, M.T., Harris, J.G. and J.W. Tester, “Molecular Simulation of Dense Hydrothermal NaCl-H2O Solutions from Subcritical to Supercritical Conditions.” J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 37, 7935-7941 (1999).
  23. Tester, J.W., Marrone, P.A., DiPippo, M.M., Sako, K., Reagan, M.T., Arias, T.A., and W.A. Peters, “Chemical Reactions and Phase Equilibria of Model Halocarbons and Salts in Sub- and Supercritical Water (200 to 300 bar, 100 to 600 oC).” J. Supercritical Fluids 13 225-240 (1998).

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Other Publications and Reports

  1. Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Zhang, K., "Large-Scale Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate Change," Proceedings of the TOUGH Symposium 2009, Berkeley, CA, Sept 14-16, 2009.
  2. Reagan, M.T, Moridis, G.J., Zhang, K., “Modeling of Gas Hydrate Instability and Methane Release in Response to Climate Change,” LBNL-00712E, Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
  3. Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T, Zhang, K., “The Use of Horizontal Well in Gas Production from Hydrate Accumulations,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
  4. Moridis, G.J., Kneafsey, T., Kowalsky, M., and M.T. Reagan, “Numerical, Laboratory And Field Studies of Gas Production From Natural Hydrate Accumulations in Geologic Media,” OSTI Report 918665 (Dec. 2007).
  5. Reagan, M.T. and C.M. Oldenburg, “WebGasEOS v1.0 User Guide,” LBNL-3188, (June 2006).
  6. Najm, H.N., Reagan, M.T., Knio, O.M., Ghanem, R.G., and O.P. LeMaître, “Uncertainty Quantification in Reacting Flow Modeling.” Technical Report SAND2003-8598, Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA (2003).
  7. Reagan, M.T., Najm, H.N., Ghanem, R.G., and O.M. Knio, “Analysis of Parametric Uncertainty Propagation in Detailed Combustion Chemistry.” Proceedings of the 2nd MIT Conf. on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 1501-1505 (2003)
  8. Reagan, M.T. and J.W. Tester, “Molecular Modeling of Dense Sodium Chloride-Water Solutions Near the Critical Point.” Steam, Water, and Hydrothermal Systems, Toronto, Ontario, 525-533 (1999).

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Summaries, Abstracts, Features

  • “A Sleeping Giant?” Nature Reports Climate Change, doi:10.1038/climate.2009.24 (April 2009).
  • “The Hydrate Hazard,” Nature Reports Climate Change, 3, 14, doi:10.1038/climate.2009.11 (February 2009).
  • “Toward Production from Gas Hydrate: Status, Technology, and Potential,” J. Petroleum Technology (July 2008).
  • “Gas Production from Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations,” J. Petroleum Technology (August 2007).

Software and Tools

  • WebGasEOS, http://esdtools.lbl.gov/gaseos/
  • TOUGH+Input and TOUGH+MeshMaker (beta-released on http://tioga.lbl.gov/)
  • TOUGH2+Hysteresis, a generalized addition for all EOS modules (with C. Doughty and C. Oldenburg)

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