Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska December 2006 Quarterly Technical Report Seventeenth Technical Quarterly Report:

Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska December 2006 Quarterly Technical Report Seventeenth Technical Quarterly Report: October 2006 – December 2006 Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC-01NT41332 Submitted to the United States Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory ADD Document Control by BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. Robert Hunter (Principal Investigator) P.O. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 Email: hunterrb@bp.com robert.hunter@asrcenergy.com Tel: (907)-339-6377 in collaboration with United States Geological Survey Tim Collett (Principal Investigator) Denver Federal Center Box 25046, MS939 Denver, CO 80225 February 27, 2007