Gas hydrate inhibition is very key and has become more sensitive as oil and gas exploration goes into deeper terrains especially deep offshore as a result of technological advancement. Use of chemicals has been the most efficient and cost effective in these areas. These chemicals add to the cost of doing oil and gas business and also cause harm to the environment; hence, research has been going on for more eco-friendly and cost-efficient inhibitors. This study takes a look at a locally sourced surfactant as one of such inhibitors. Varying weight percentages of the LSS were screened in a locally fabricated laboratory mini flow loop of 39.4 m with an internal diameter of 0.5 inch mounted on an external frame work. The various pressure plots (pressure vs. time, change in pressure vs. time, initial and final pressures vs. time) show that the LSS used in very small percentages performed better than the synthetic inhibitor methanol (MeOH) used in higher weight percentage than the LSS. The final pressures for MeOH for 1–5 wt% were 104, 111, 123, 120 and 123 psi while those of the LSS were 115, 128, 125, 127 and 131 psi, respectively, for 0.01–0.05 wt%, respectively. This means that the system with LSS had more stable pressure values than those of MeOH. Similarly, the change in pressure at the end of 120 min for MeOH was 46, 39, 27, 30 and 27 psi against 35, 22, 25, 23 and 19 psi for LSS. This was an indication that more gas was used up in the system with MeOH than in the system with LSS. The mitigation capacity of the LSS in percentage was calculated to be 69.30, 80.71, 78.07, 79.82 and 83.3% for 0.01–0.05 wt% while MeOH had values of 59.65, 65.79, 76.32, 73.68 and 76.32% for 1–5 wt%, respectively. This showed that the LSS inhibited hydrates better than MeOH in all the weight percentages considered. There is need to harness and develop the LSS for gas hydrate mitigation because it performed better than MeOH which is a known toxicant to man, terrestrial and aquatic habitat.

天然气水合物的抑制是非常关键的，并且随着石油和天然气勘探进入更深的地域，尤其是由于技术进步而产生的深海影响，它变得更加敏感。在这些领域，化学药品的使用一直是最有效和最具成本效益的。这些化学药品增加了开展石油和天然气业务的成本，也对环境造成了损害；因此，一直在研究更环保和更具成本效益的抑制剂。这项研究着眼于本地来源的表面活性剂作为此类抑制剂之一。在39.4 m的本地制造的实验室微型流量环路中筛选出不同重量百分比的LSS，该环路的内径为0.5英寸，安装在外部框架上。各种压力图（压力与时间的关系，压力随时间的变化，初始和最终压力与压力的关系）。时间）表明，以非常小的百分比使用的LSS的表现要好于以重量百分比计算的合成抑制剂甲醇（MeOH）的表现。MeOH的最终压力为1–5 wt％，分别为104、111、123、120和123 psi，而LSS的最终压力分别为0.01–0.05 wt％，分别为115、128、125、127和131 psi。这意味着具有LSS的系统比MeOH的系统具有更稳定的压力值。同样，对于MeOH，在120分钟结束时的压力变化为46、39、27、30和27 psi，而对于LSS为35、22、25、23和19 psi。这表明使用MeOH的系统中消耗的气体比使用LSS的系统中消耗的气体更多。对于0.01-0.05 wt％，LSS的缓解能力百分比计算为69.30、80.71、78.07、79.82和83.3％，而MeOH的值为59.65、65.79、76.32、73。1-5 wt％分别为68和76.32％。这表明，在所有考虑的重量百分比中，LSS抑制水合物的性能均优于MeOH。有必要利用和开发LSS来减轻天然气水合物，因为它的表现优于MeOH，后者是已知的对人，陆地和水生生境有毒的物质。