Evaluation of deepwater gas-hydrate systems

Autor: Robert J. Graebner, Bob A. Hardage, Paul E. Murray, Harry H. Roberts, Randy Remington, Diana Sava, Milo M. Backus
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: The Leading Edge. 25:572-576
ISSN: 1938-3789
1070-485X
DOI: 10.1190/1.2202661
Popis: The world's offshore continental margins contain vast reserves of gas hydrate, a frozen form of natural gas that is embedded in cold, near-seafloor strata. Published estimates suggest that the energy represented by gas hydrate may exceed the energy available from conventional fossil fuel by a factor of 2 or more. Understanding marine hydrate systems has become critical for long-term worldwide energy planning. Groups in several nations are attempting to evaluate the resource and to define seafloor stability problems across hydrate accumulations.
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