GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS ON THE PRODUCTION OF PERMAFROST–ASSOCIATED GAS HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS

• Main Author: Collett, Timothy S.
• Other Authors: University of British Columbia. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, International Conference on Gas Hydrates (6th : 2008 : Vancouver, B.C.)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English; French
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Permafrost; Gas hydrates; Mount Elbert Prospect; Logging; Coring; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Yukon; Mackenzie river; north slope; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1040

In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey made the first systematic assessment of the in-place natural gas hydrate resources of the United States. That study suggested that the amount of gas in the gas hydrate accumulations of northern Alaska probably exceeds the volume of known conventional gas resources...