Development and Application of a Novel Crystal Growth Inhibition (CGI) Method for Evaluation of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors by Houra Mozaffar Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering Heriot-Watt University Institute of Petroleum Engineering October 2013 The copyright in this thesis is owned by the author. Any quotation from the thesis or use of any of the information contained in it must acknowledge this thesis as the source of the quotation or information.