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, 2002 Quarterly and Year-End Technical Report First 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, 2002 Quarterly and Year-End Technical Report First Quarterly Report: October, 2002 – December, 2002 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 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 January 21, 2003 (Original submission) June 2, 2003 (Re-submission for corrected format)