Methane hydrates … a potentially vast source of global energy A fully instrumented well that will test innovative technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits has been safely installed on the North Slope of Alaska. As a result, the “Iġnik Sikumi” (Iñupiaq for “fire in the ice”) gas hydrate field trial well will be [...]
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Innovative Hydrate Production Technologies to be Tested in Alaska
May 24, 2011 – 12:43 pm
USA, Washington DC
US NETL Breakthrough for Methane Hydrate
August 29, 2010 – 2:34 pm
USA, Washington DC
NETL Process, Nozzle Technology May Help Reduce Production, Transportation, and Storage Costs Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have developed a process and related technology that could enhance the nation’s ability to use natural gas and vast methane hydrate energy resources. Print PDF
US Methane Hydrate Report Issued
January 29, 2010 – 10:05 pm
USA
“Naturally occurring methane hydrate may represent an enormous source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and could ultimately augment conventional natural gas supplies,” says a new congressionally mandated report from the US National Research Council. Although a number of challenges require attention before commercial production can be realized, no technical challenges have been [...]
