Submission No. 10441 Explore Natural Methane Hydrate Utilization as Energy Resource at

The existence of gas hydrate, a substance that creates blockage in gas pipelines was recognized in the United States as early as the 1930s, with basic research into the conditions behind its formation and additives to prevent that formation having been advanced ever since. In 1972, however, it was a...

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Main Author: Nankai Trough In Japan
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.524.6582
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Summary:The existence of gas hydrate, a substance that creates blockage in gas pipelines was recognized in the United States as early as the 1930s, with basic research into the conditions behind its formation and additives to prevent that formation having been advanced ever since. In 1972, however, it was announced that gas hydrate layers were actually contributing to natural gas production in the