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n: a hydrocarbon and water compound that is formed under reduced temperature and pressure in gathering, compression, and transmission facilities for gas. Hydrates often accumulate in troublesome amounts and impede fluid flow. They resemble snow or ice. v: to enlarge by taking water on or in.

a clathrate type molecule (cage) of gas and water that forms in a certain range of temperature and pressure in wells. In flow lines, hydrates are a problem in deep-water sub sea wellheads and flow lines, but also seen in some nearly dry, onshore gas wells