METHANE HYDRATE PRODUCTION FROM ALASKAN PERMAFROST

• Main Authors: Donn McGuire, Steve Runyon, Richard Sigal, Bill Liddell, Thomas Williams, George Moridis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; DRILLING; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATES; NATURAL GAS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; PERMAFROST; PETROLEUM; PRODUCTION; Arctic; Canada; Quadrangle; Ice; Methane hydrate; north slope; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/839339; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/839339; https://doi.org/10.2172/839339

Natural-gas hydrates have been encountered beneath the permafrost and considered a nuisance by the oil and gas industry for years. Engineers working in Russia, Canada and the USA have documented numerous drilling problems, including kicks and uncontrolled gas releases, in arctic regions. Information...