Hydrate nucleation is the process that produces s small labile cluster. This cluster consists of water and gas molecules. It grows, disperses and tries to grow further because a labile cluster is unstable and ready for continuous changing [9] [B8]. When nuclei come in contact with other nuclei and join together to form large particles, the process in called agglomeration. The attraction between neighbouring apolar molecules inside the cages of water molecules causes the agglomeration. When the growing structure achieve a critical minimum size (8-30nm), the rapid growth of hydrate crystal ensues [17] [B5]. Hydrate crystal nucleation and growth is a kinetic process, meaning that hydrates do not appear instantaneously with the onset of thermodynamically
