Abstract: In this work, experiments and comprehensive insights into the proposed covering liquid method to intensify self-preservation effect for methane (CH4) storage are presented. The CH4 hydrate decomposition percentage was 17.6% with the pressure of 0.61 MPa after 12 h at 266.0 K without a covering liquid, which can be reduced to 12.4%, 13.8%, 13.0%, and 8.3% with the pressure of 0.26 MPa, 0.33 MPa, 0.51 MPa, and 0.37 MPa by covering with tetrahydrofuran (THF), cyclopentane (CP), cyclohexane, and n-tetradecane, respectively. When the temperature for CH4 hydrate decomposition was 274.2 K, covering with THF, CP, cyclohexane, and n-tetradecane failed to inhibit CH4 hydrate decomposition. The results suggested that the covering liquid may form a new solid layer (a hydrate layer or other solidified layer) around the CH4 hydrate, which inhibit CH4 transfer below the freezing point of water. However, the new solid layer cannot resist the fast transfer of CH4 from decomposed CH4 hydrate above the freezing point of water. The same phenomenon was also observed in a sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS)-dry solution CH4 hydrate formation system. Therefore, the covering method can only intensify the self-preservation effect below the freezing point of water, but cannot generate a self-preservation effect.