Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test Preliminary Results

Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test Preliminary Results Robert B. Hunter, Scott A. Digert, Ray Boswell, and Timothy S. Collett Abstract— Gas hydrate may contain significant gas resources in both onshore arctic and offshore regions throughout the world. The BP-DOE collaborative research project is designed to help determine whether or not gas hydrate can become a technically and economically recoverable gas resource. Reservoir characterization, development scenario modeling, and associated studies indicated that 0-0.34 Trillion Cubic Meters (0-12 Trillion Cubic Feet – TCF) gas may be technically recoverable from 0.92 Trillion Cubic Meters (33 TCF) gas-in-place (GIP) Eileen trend gas hydrate beneath industry infrastructure within the Milne Point Unit (MPU), Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU), and Kuparuk River Unit (KRU) areas on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). Reservoir modeling indicated sufficient potential for technical recovery to