Methane hydrate research & development: Possibility of major economic, environmental effects indicates a significant need to focus on unknown characteristics to enable it to be used to our benefit

Sea Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Cruickshank, Michael J ^a   Masutani, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

HYDRATE STABILITY ZONE; METHANE HYDRATE;

METHANE;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE RESOURCE; METHANE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033386530     PISSN: 00933651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Dillon, W., "Gas (Methane) Hydrates: A New Frontier," USGS Public Issues in Energy and Marine Geology, March 1993, 2 pp.
2. Max, M.D., and M.J. Cruickshank, 1999, "Extraction of Methane from Oceanic Hydrate System Deposits," Proceedings Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1999, OTC #10727, 8 pp.
3. Schofield, T.R., A. Judzis, and M. Yousif, 1997, "Stabilization of In Situ Hydrates Enhances Drilling Performance and Rig Safety," Proceedings SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 5-6 October, pp. 43-50.
4. Natural Gas Supply Association website, www.hydrates.org, 1999.