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 March 2003 Quarterly Technical Report Second 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 March 2003 Quarterly Technical Report Second Quarterly Report: January 2003 – March 2003 Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC-01NT41332 Re-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 Tel: (907)-696-2124, (907)-564-5733 with University of Alaska Fairbanks Shirish Patil (Principal Investigator) 425 Duckering Building P.O. Box 755880 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5880 and University of Arizona, Tucson Robert Casavant (Principal Investigator) Dept. Mining and Geological Engineering Rm. 245, Mines and Metallurgy Bldg. #12 1235 E. North Campus Dr., POB 210012 Tucson, AZ 85721-0012 in collaboration with United States Geological Survey Tim Collett (Principal Investigator) Denver Federal Center Box 25046, MS939 Denver, CO 80225 May 2, 2003 (Original submission) November 3, 2003 (Re-submission for corrected format)