A Submersible-Deployed Micro-Drill for Sampling of Shallow Gas Hydrate Deposits
Design, fabrication, and two operational deployments of a drilling device that will enable researchers to collect short cores of gas hydrate from deposits that occur at the seafloor.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AF26-01NT00394 | Project State: TX |
Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotropic Biofilter in Methane Hydrate Environments
The overall objective of this project is to assess the efficacy of aerobic methanotrophy in preventing the escape of methane from marine, hydrate-bearing reservoirs to the atmosphere and ultimately to better define the role of aerobic methanotrophy in the global carbon cycle.
Specific project objectives are to:
1) determine the impact of benthic microbial mats on methane flu... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005667 | Project State: CA |
Characterization & Decomposition Kinetic Studies of Methane Hydrate in Host Sediments Under Subsurface Mimic Conditions
The purpose of this study is to establish lithology of fine-grained sediments from GOM and other known sites of methane hydrate occurrences and measure changes induced by hydrate forming events under subsurface-mimic conditions. The collected formation/decomposition data will be modeled to understand hhydrate occurrences in marine-based natural systems.
The focus is on hydr... Read more >
| Project ID: EST-380-NEDA | Project State: NY |
Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane Degrading Microbes in Alaska Coastal Waters
The overall goal of this project is gain a better understanding of methane degradation and methane-degrading microbes in order to improve predictive models of methane fluxes in the Arctic. ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005666 | Project State: DE |
Characterization of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sediments and Hydrate Dissociation Kinetics
The goal of the project is to conduct forward modeling of both the thermal and chemical history of gas hydrate-bearing cores to enable quantitative analysis of the IR data collected during field expeditions, conduct laboratory studies of the core samples to characterize their physical, chemical, mechanical, and hydrate dissociation kinetics properties, compare and contrast the resu... Read more >
| Project ID: FWP-45133 | Project State: WA |
Characterization of Recoverable Resources for Methane Hydrate Deposits
To characterize recoverable resources from gas hydrate deposits representing both permafrost and marine environments by means of an integrated approach involving geology, geophysics geomechanics and reservoir simulation. This research will enhance the natural gas hydrate research and development activities by bringing new numerical simulation capabilities to bear on the difficult ... Read more >
| Project ID: FWP-G308 | Project State: CA |
Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs and Determining Mechanical Properties of Marine Gas Hydrates
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, will work to improve the detection and characterization of gas hydrates, as well as enhance the ability to predict the stability of ocean floors. The project will use 3-D multi-component seismic data recorded in the Gulf of Mexico with 4-component ocean bottom cables (4-C OBC). A multi-component system is superior to ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-00NT41024 | Project State: TX |
Characterizing Natural Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico: Applications for Safe Exploration and Production Activities
This project is developing technology and data to assist in the characterization of naturally occurring gas hydrates in the deep water Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project reflects industry?s desire to more fully understand the safety issues related to conventional oil and gas operations (drilling, producing, gathering oil and gas) in areas prone to hydrate occurrence. In addition, ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41330 | Project State: TX |
Combining Multicomponent Seismic Attributes, New Rock-Physics Models, and In-Situ Data to Estimate Gas-Hydrate Concentrations in Deep-Water, Near-Seafloor Strata of the Gulf of Mexico
The principal objective of this research is to develop a new methodology for estimating gas-hydrate concentrations in deep-water, near-seafloor strata. The research shall combine four-component, ocean-bottom-cable (4-C OBC) seismic data, in situ observations, and new rock-physics models to describe gas-hydrate systems occurring in unconsolidated sediments extending a few hundred me... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42667 | Project State: TX |
Controls on Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation, Gulf of Mexico
The overall objective of this project is to complete a quantitative combined field monitoring and laboratory program to determine the physical and chemical effects of in situ environmental perturbations on the stability of gas hydrates on the seafloor in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Results of this work will help determine the potential environmental impacts of gas hydrate instabi... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41328 | Project State: CA |
Dissociation of Natural Gas Hydrates
Obtain samples of naturally occurring and synthetic gas hydrates to measure the dissociation and formation characteristics for input to reservoir modeling efforts.
The goal of this research is to characterize kinetics of natural gas hydrate formation and dissociation within natural and simulated sediments. Characterization of natural hydrate samples will include those from exper... Read more >
| Project ID: FEAB111 | Project State: TN |
Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico
The primary objective of the proposed effort is to evaluate the direct-current electrical resistivity (DCR) method for remotely detecting and characterizing the concentration of gas hydrates in the deep marine environment by adapting existing DCR instrumentation for use on the seafloor in the deep marine environment and testing of the new instrumentation at Mississippi Canyon Block... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42959 | Project State: TX |
Fundamental Physical Properties and Chemical Stability of Gas Hydrates
The objective of this project is to improve the ability to characterize and produce gas hydrate as a resource and to sensibly assess seafloor stability and safety issues related to hydrate formations. Specifically, the proposed work will measure processes of formation, dissociation, and dissolution, as well as relevant physical properties (rheology, thermal conductivity and diffus... Read more >
| Project ID: FEW0068 | Project State: CA |
Fundamentals of Natural Gas and Species Flows from Hydrate Dissociation - Applications to Safety
Provide the needed fundamental scientific basis for natural gas-water-solid mixture flows during hydrate dissociation, develop a unique model multiphase flow, and determine the potential for sea floor stability during drilling.
... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-00NT40916 | Project State: NY |
Gas Hydrate Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico
The overall objective of this work is to investigate the feasibility of using marine electromagnetic surveying to image the amount of hydrate in shallow marine sediments, by collecting field EM data and quantifying the relationship between sediment resistivity and hydrate concentration via laboratory measurements.
Phase 1 objectives are to image seafloor conductivity at selected... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-NT0005668 | Project State: CA |
Gas Hydrates
This project proposes the use of Advanced Registration and Calibration Using Agent Technology (ARCA), based on Comparative Information Theory (CIT), to facilitate new measurement tool development and to integrate multi-modal information sources for the advancement of gas hydrates characterization. The focus of this research is to calibrate physical property measurements from labor... Read more >
| Project ID: FWP-42724 | Project State: WA |
Gas Hydrates Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods
The overall objective of this work is to investigate the feasibility of using marine electromagnetic surveying to image the amount of hydrate in the seafloor section, by collecting field data and quantifying the relationship between sediment resistivity and hydrate concentration.... Read more >
| Project ID: FEW0160 | Project State: CA |
Gas Hydrates Research in Deep Sea Sediments
There are four project objectives:
1. To collect sediment and pore-water geochemical data in the vicinity of hydrate deposits in the Gulf of Mexico
2. To collect heat flow data in the vicinity of hydrate deposits in the Gulf of Mexico.
3. To collect high resolution seismic data in the vicinity of hydrate deposits in the Gulf of Mexico.
4. To collect high resolution bath... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AT26-97FT34344 | Project State: DC |
Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Stability and Gas Hydrates Monitoring Station Project
The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) of the University of Mississippi will initiate a research effort to study gas hydrate mounds and hydrocarbon vents in the Gulf of Mexico for the purpose of understanding the relationships between these features and the episodes of sediment instability which threaten the petroleum industries infrastructure.
... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-00NT40920 | Project State: MS |
Hydrate Research Activities that Both Support and Derive From the Monitoring Station / Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of Mexico
The work to be conducted under this agreement is to continue technological development aimed at the establishment of a monitoring station/sea-floor observatory (MS/SFO) to monitor and investigate the hydrocarbon system within the hydrate stability zone (HSZ) of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The intention of this and past efforts is to consolidate research effort and to equip the MS... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42877 | Project State: MS |
In-Situ Sampling & Characterization of Marine Methane Hydrates Using the D/V JOIDES Resolution
The objective of this agreement is to develop and test tools to sample and characterize methane hydrates using the systems and capabilities of the D/V JOIDES Resolution. Special tools are needed to: (1) characterize gas hydrates at ambient conditions within the borehole using geophysical tools and downhole instruments; (2) retrieve natural gas hydrates and surrounding sediment at ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41329 | Project State: DC |
Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations
The primary objectives of this project are to: 1) investigate the effect of rising water temperatures on the stability of oceanic hydrate accumulations, 2) estimate the global quantity of hydrate- originating carbon that could reach the upper atmosphere as CH4 or CO2 thus affecting global climate, 3) quantify the interrelationship between global climate and the amount of hydrate-or... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD07-014 | Project State: CA |
Mesoscale Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Gas Hydrates
Oak Ridge National Laboratory will develop experimental methodology to characterize structural and interfacial properties of natural gas hydrates on a mesoscopic scale (intermediate between macroscopic and atomic dimensions). ORNL facilities will be used to study for structural and interfacial properties of clathrates in sediments at this intermediate scale. These studies will co... Read more >
| Project ID: FEAB105 | Project State: TN |
Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost
The objective of this project is to develop tools and plans for drilling, coring, and production testing of the hydrate stability zone in northern Alaska; and to drill, log, and core a dedicated well in the hydrate stability zone.
More specifically, the objectives were to 1. analyze existing geological and geophysical data and obtain new field data required to predict hydrate o... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41331 | Project State: TX |
NGH Gas Reservoir Modeling
Continue to develop the Tough2 reservoir model for application to the natural gas hydrate reservoirs identified in the resource characterization effort at NETL.... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD00-021 | Project State: CA |
Numerical Studies on the Geomechanical Behavior of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments
Phase 1 FY2006
The main objective of phase 1 of the LBNL proposal is to couple a robust numerical simulator of hydrate behavior in geologic media with a commercial geomechanical code, thus developing a numerical code for the stability analysis of HBS under mechanical and thermal stresses. This simulator will incorporate conventional geomechanical models, as well as new conceptual... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD05-036 | Project State: CA |
Obtaining EPA Permits for CO2 Ocean Sequestration Experiment in Hawaii
The objective of this project is to support the efforts of the International Collaboration Project on CO2 Ocean Sequestration to obtain an ocean dumping permit from PA in Hawaii. ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AF26-02NT20473 | Project State: HI |
Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for Gas Hydrate Production and Hazard Avoidance in Gulf of Mexico
The objectives of this project are to develop new laboratory methodologies, services, and software tools for operators, enabling and/or improving cost effectiveness, safety, and overall resource recovery in (a) the drilling and producing of traditional gas and oil reservoirs in the presence of natural gas hydrates, or in conditions favorable to hydrate formation, and ultimately (b)... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-02NT41327 | Project State: TX |
Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-GA
The primary objective of this project is to characterize, quantify and determine the commercial potential of in-place and recoverable gas-hydrate and associated free-gas resources in the Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU), Kuparuk River Unit (KRU) and Milne Point Unit (MPU) areas on the Alaska North Slope.... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-01NT41332 | Project State: AK |
Seismic Gas Hydrates Quantification by CATTs
The objective of this project is to develop new methods to assess methane hydrate distribution using 3D seismic data calibrated to well bore data. ... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-06NT42961 | Project State: TX |
Task 5, Processing and Evaluating Data for Gas Hydrates, Gulf of Mexico
Collect and evaluate geophysical data relative to gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AT26-97FT34343 | Project State: CO |
Task 6, Preparation, Drilling, and Testing of a Gas Hydrates Well
This project calls for completion of a 1,100 m deep research well in the Mackenzie Delta. The primary field program will take approximately 35 days and will likely be completed in March of 1998. The primary objectives of the production testing program at the Mallik well site (located in the Mackenzie Delta area of Canada) is to assess the production potential and characteristics o... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-AT26-97FT34342 | Project State: CO |
Three-Dimensional Structure and Physical Properties of a Methane Hydrate Deposit
A research cruise aboard the R/V Ewing is proposed to acquire two related data sets: a three- dimensional, multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection image of the hydrate/gas system on the Blake Ridge, and two profiles of three-component, ocean-bottom seismometer data. The specific goals and experimental design of these data sets is described below:
Three-Dimensional, Multichannel S... Read more >
| Project ID: DE-FC26-00NT40921 | Project State: WY |
X-Ray CT Field Support for GOM JIP
Cores collected using the Hyacinth pressure coring system on the 41330 Gulf of Mexico JIP drilling cruise using the x-ray linear scanner.
... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD 04-002 | Project State: CA |
X-Ray Linear Scanner for ODP Leg 204
The objective of this work is to field an x-ray linear scanner for shipboard investigation of ocean bottom sediments collected on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 204: Drilling Gas Hydrates On Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin. Collected cores will be analyzed for sediment textural fabric properties and for the distribution of naturally occurring hydrate inclusions. X-ray ... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD02-031 | Project State: CA |
X-Ray Scanning for Characterization of Gas Hydrate Bearing Cores
Further define the portable x-ray scanner that was developled in FY02 under ESD02-31. Effort will be
1) process data and experiment on cores collected during ODP Leg 204
2) incorporate software to perform real-time 3d image reconstruction
3) refine the x-ray optical system
4) develop tools and techniques to perform hydrate characterization expereiments on recovered cores and... Read more >
| Project ID: ESD02-033 | Project State: CA |
