Preliminary report on the commercial viability of gas production from natural gas hydrates

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 815-823

  Walsh, Matthew R ^a   Hancock, Steve H ^b   Wilson, Scott J ^c   Patil, Shirish L ^d   Moridis, George J ^e   Boswell, Ray ^f   Collett, Timothy S ^g   Koh, Carolyn A ^a   Sloan, E Dendy ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b RPS   (United Kingdom)

^c Ryder Scott Co   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy Security; Hydrate Economics; Natural Gas Hydrates; Reservoir Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL VIABILITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC STUDY; ENERGY SECURITY; FREE GAS; GAS DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; GAS PRICE; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

COSTS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

GAS HYDRATES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NATURAL GAS; PRICE DETERMINATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650713928     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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