New Natural Gas Storage and Transportation Capabilities Utilizing Rapid Methane Hydrate Formation Techniques

• Main Authors: Brown, T.D., Taylor, C.E., Bernardo, M.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: 58 GEOSCIENCES; CAPITAL; COMPRESSION; CONSTRUCTION; CRYOGENICS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS HYDRATES; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; HYDRATES; MELTING POINTS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NOZZLES; PIPELINES; REMOTE AREAS; SAFETY; STORAGE; Arctic; Psi; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1010858; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1010858

Natural gas (methane as the major component) is a vital fossil fuel for the United States and around the world. One of the problems with some of this natural gas is that it is in remote areas where there is little or no local use for the gas. Nearly 50 percent worldwide natural gas reserves of ~6,25...