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A new congressionally-mandated report released by the National Research Council concludes that research undertaken by the US Department of Energy and its industry, academic, and federal partners since 2005 have made considerable progress in advancing the science and technology related to naturally-occurring gas hydrates. The report concludes that the work research underway has demonstrated that gas hydrates represent an significant potential source of methane that could provide valuable options to the nation in meeting future natural gas demands. The 121-page report is available free for download from the National Academies website.
NRC press release
NRC Report in Brief (4-page summary)
Full Report (121 page PDF free to download)
Volume 9, Issue 4(Fall 2009) of Fire In The Ice Now Available! In this edition read about Japan's R&D program, Hydrate in nature, the HYFLUX expedition, sub-sampling for gas hydrates, gas production geomechanical implications, and the contributions to hydrate resarch of Peter Schultheiss and Melanie Holland of Geotek.
First of Its Kind Expedition in the Beaufort Sea Completed!
On September 26, 2009, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energys National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), and a team of 32 university and government scientists from the U.S., Netherlands, Belgium and Germany completed a first of its kind expedition in the Beaufort Sea. The 12-day Methane in the Arctic Shelf/Slope (MITAS) expedition represents the first step in a more thorough evaluation of the distributions and concentrations of methane and methane hydrates in the U.S. portion of the Arctic ocean. Fossil Energy/NETL News Release .
Physical Property Database Now Available! The “Clathrate Hydrate Physical Property Database” has been created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under DOE Interagency Agreement DE-AI26-06NT42938. The database encompasses thermophysical (including phase equilibria) as well as field (Mallik - 2002) property data and provides to researchers the ability to submit new datasets and retrieve evaluated data. The database is now accessible online as open domain-free access storage and retrieval facility using the following link: "http://gashydrates.nist.gov/ [external site].
U.S. Department of Energy FY2008 Methane Hydrate Program Report to Congress [PDF-external site]
This report describes actions taken in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 to carry out the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). EPAct requires that the Secretary of Energy provide this report annually.
NETL Technology Manager Gives Perspective on Methane Hydrate in Science Magazine In the article, "Is Gas Hydrate Energy Within Reach?", Dr. Ray Boswell, technology manager for the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory methane hydrates program, discusses recent findings and new research approaches that are clarifying gas hydrates energy potential.
The Interagency Roadmap for Methane Hydrate R&D [PDF] outlines a plan of action to fully address the goals of the MH Research & Development Act of 2000.
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