TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward production from gas hydrates
T2 - Status, technology, and potential
AU - Moridis, George J.
AU - Collett, Timothy S.
AU - Boswell, Ray
AU - Kurihara, M.
AU - Reagan, Matthew T.
AU - Koh, Carolyn
AU - Sloan, E. Dendy
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Gas hydrates are a vast energy resource with global distribution in the permafrost and in the oceans. Even if conservative estimates are considered and only a small fraction is recoverable, the size of the resource is so large that it requires evaluation as a potential energy source. This review paper discusses the distribution of natural-gas-hydrate accumulations, the status of the primary international R&D programs, and the remaining science and technology challenges facing commercialization of production.
AB - Gas hydrates are a vast energy resource with global distribution in the permafrost and in the oceans. Even if conservative estimates are considered and only a small fraction is recoverable, the size of the resource is so large that it requires evaluation as a potential energy source. This review paper discusses the distribution of natural-gas-hydrate accumulations, the status of the primary international R&D programs, and the remaining science and technology challenges facing commercialization of production.
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U2 - 10.2118/0708-0082-jpt
DO - 10.2118/0708-0082-jpt
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:52349089039
SN - 0149-2136
VL - 60
SP - 82
EP - 84
JO - JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology
JF - JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology
IS - 7
ER -