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3.5.6. Highlights of Important Results


Although the level of funding for this Methane Hydrates Program at DOE did not reach the levels originally envisioned when the Program was designed, a number of important objectives were achieved.

These included:

  • Creation of a framework of basic knowledge about the distribution and physical/chemical nature of naturally occurring methane hydrates,
  • The initiation of a collaborative gas hydrates research effort among industry, national labs, academic institutions and multiple Federal agencies that continues to the present day,
  • The establishment of the existence of hydrates in the Kuparuk Field, of the North Slope of Alaska,
  • Comprehensive studies of 15 offshore hydrate basins (Krason Reports),
  • Preliminary estimates of gas-in-place for hydrate deposits,
  • Preliminary production models for depressurization and thermal production of gas from hydrates; and
  • Creation of the gas hydrate and sediment test lab instrument (GHASTLI) at the USGS., the first device capable of simulating deep-sea conditions to allow testing of hydrate-bearing sediments.
The Krason Geoexplorer reports still stand as the only studies (broad as they were and often data poor) of hydrate occurrences in some parts of the world.

It was a massive undertaking and at the time a very important contribution to the hydrate literature.

The DOE funding of the USGS made possible some very significant contributions in Alaska, as part of the Deep Sea Drilling Program and as part of other marine efforts to find and sample hydrates. Along with the USGS, Texas A&M also accomplished significant work defining both the occurrences in the Gulf of Mexico and delineating how they were different from other marine occurrences.

Table 3.5.2 provides a list of key reports that contain the most important results associated with DOE methane hydrate research projects. These reports, as well as a number of other associated technical notes, interim reports, topical reports and proceedings have been collected on the accompanying CD.

Table 3.5.2: List of Major Research Reports for Methane Hydrates Program (1982-1992).

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An Experimental Study of Hydrate Formation Rates - Final Technical Report, August 1986 Holder, G.D. University of Pittsburgh 1986 Aug
Gas Hydrate Research in the Gulf of Mexico - Final Report, May 1988 Bennet, R. Columbia Gas Service System Corp. 1988 May
Gas Hydrate Research in the Gulf of Mexico, Phase II - Final Report, January 1990 Bennet, R. Columbia Gas Service System Corp. 1990 Jan
Gas Hydrates Thermomechanics - Final Report, April 1988 Corlett, R.C. University of Washington 1988 Apr
Geochemical and geologic factors effecting the formulation of gas hydrate: Task No. 5, Final report Kvenvolden, K.A.; Claypool, G.E. USGS 1988 Jan
Geologic Interrelations Relative to Gas Hydrates Within the North Slope of Alaska - Task #6 - Final Report Collett, T.S.; Bird, K.J.; Kvenvolden, K.A.; et al. USGS 1988 Jan
Geological and Geochemical Implications of Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico - Final Report Brooks, J.M.; Bryant, W.R. Texas A&M University 1985 Sep
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 1. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Blake- Bahama Outer Ridge - US East Coast Krason, J.; Ridley, W.I. GeoExplorers Intl. 1985 Jun
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 2. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Baltimore Canyon Trough and environs - US East Coast Krason, J.; Ridley, W.I. GeoExplorers Intl. 1985 Jun
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 3. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates of the W. Gulf of Mexico Krason, J.; Finley, P.; Rudloff, B. GeoExplorers Intl. 1985 Oct
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 4. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Offshore of Newfoundland and Labrador Krason, J.; Rudloff, B. GeoExplorers Intl. 1985 Sep
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 5. Gas hydrates in the Russian literature Krason, J.; Ciesnik, M. GeoExplorers Intl. 1985 Oct
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 6. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Panama Basin Krason, J. ; Ciesnik, M. GeoExplorers Intl. 1986 Mar
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 7. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Columbia Basin Finley, P. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1986 Mar
"Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 8. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Northern California offshore" Krason, J. ; Ciesnik, M.S. GeoExplorers Intl. 1986 Jun
"Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 9. Basin Analysis, Formation and stability of gas hydrates of the Middle America Trench" Finley, P. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1986 Dec
"Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 10. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates of the Aleutian Trench and the Bering Sea" Krason, J. ; Ciesnik, M. GeoExplorers Intl. 1987 Jan
"Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 11. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Black Sea" Ciesnik, M.S. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1987 May
"suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 11. Basin suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 12. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Beaufort Sea" Finley, P.D. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1988 Oct
"analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 13. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates of the Nankai Trough: Topical report" Ciesnik, M. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1989 May
"Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 14. Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates in the Timor Trough" Finley, P.D. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1989 Oct
Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities. Volume 15. Eval. of Geological Relationships to Gas Hydrate Formation and Stability Summary Report Finley, P.D. ; Krason, J. GeoExplorers Intl. 1989 Nov
Ground Movements Associated With Gas Hydrate Production - Final Report, March 1992 Siriwardane, H.J. ; Kutk, B. West Virginia University 1992 Mar
Ground Movements Associated With Gas Hydrate Production in Geologic Media - Final Report Siriwardane, H.J. ; Tsai, W.S. West Virginia University 1989 Jun
Handbook of gas hydrate properties and occurrence Kuustraa, V.A. ; Hammershaimb, E.C. Lewin and Associates, Inc. 1983 Dec
Measurement of in-situ hydrate dissociation properties - Final Technical Report, Oct 1983 - Oct 1985 Sloan, E.D. ; Selim, M.S. Colorado School of Mines 1985 Dec
Natural Gas Hydrates on the North Slope of Alaska - Final Report, January 1991 Collett, T.S. USGS 1991 Jan
The Sensitivity of Seismic Responses to Gas Hydrates - Final Report, August 1992 Foley, J.E. ; Burns, D.R. New England Research, Inc. 1992 Aug
Conceptual models for gas hydrates. Phase I. Technical Directive 6. Final Report Kuuskraa, V. ; Hammershaimb, E. ; Sawyer, W. Lewin and Associates, Inc. 1983 Jun
Development of Alaskan gas hydrate resources. Final report Kamath, V.A. ; Sharma, G.D. ; Patil, S.L. 1991 Jun 01 1991 Jun
Laboratory analysis of gas hydrate cores for evaluation of reservoir conditions. Final Report Holder, G.D. 1984 Jun
Methane hydrate potential and development of a shallow gas field in the arctic: The Walakpa Field North Slope Alaska Glenn, R.K. North Slope Borough 1992 Jan


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page

Executive Summary

1. Background

2. GRI Research into Unconventional Gas Resources

3. Structure of the Enhanced Gas Recovery Program (EGR)

  • 3.1. Eastern Gas Shales Program (1976-1992)

  • 3.1.1. Key Questions and Related R&D Goals
  • 3.1.2. Program Design and Overview of Major Projects
  • 3.1.3. Key Eastern Gas Shales Projects
  • 3.1.4. Highlights of Important Results
  • 3.1.5. Subsequent Developments in DOE and Other Research Related to Eastern Gas Shales

  • 3.2. Western Gas Sands Program (1978-1992)

  • 3.2.1. Key Questions and Related R&D Goals
  • 3.2.2. Program Design and Overview of Major Projects
  • 3.2.3. Key Western Gas Sands Projects
  • 3.2.4. Highlights of Important Results
  • 3.2.5. Subsequent Developments in DOE Research Related to Tight Gas Sands

  • 3.3. Methane Recovery from Coalbeds Program (1978-1982)

  • 3.3.1. Key Questions Related to Coal Seam Methane
  • 3.3.2. MRCP Program Design and Overview
  • 3.3.3. Key Methane Recovery from Coalbeds Projects
  • 3.3.4. Highlights of Important Results
  • 3.3.5. Subsequent Research Related to Methane Recovery from Coalbeds

  • 3.4. Deep Source Gas Project (1982-1992)

  • 3.4.1. Key Deep Source Gas Projects
  • 3.4.2. Highlights of Important Results

  • 3.5. Methane Hydrates Program (1982-1992)

  • 3.5.1. Methane Hydrates Workshop (March 1982)
  • 3.5.2. Key Questions and Related R&D Goals
  • 3.5.3. Program Design
  • 3.5.4. Major Contracted Gas Hydrates Projects
  • 3.5.5. Methane Hydrate Research Efforts of METC's In-House Organization
  • 3.5.6. Highlights of Important Results
  • 3.5.7. Subsequent Developments in Methane Hydrate Research

  • 3.6. Secondary Gas Recovery (1987-1995)

  • 3.6.1. Key Objectives and Program Design
  • 3.6.2. Major Projects
  • 3.6.3. Major Results

    4. Elements of Spreadsheet Bibliographies (by Program)

    Appendix A: Details of Major 1970-1980 Unconventional Gas Resource Assessments

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