Exploration and Production of Oceanic Natural Gas Hydrate
Critical Factors for Commercialization
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Energy Resource Risk Factors
Naturally pressurized, and unconventional gas deposits consisting of , , , and hydrate (NGH), are found in a wide range of geological physical systems. Each of these resources has particular , reserv...
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Economic Characteristics of Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is unique among gas resources. In its natural state NGH is a pure, solid crystalline material in regions and in , , and are suitable. NGH compresses and minor other gases by...
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Potential High-Quality Reservoir Sediments in the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone
In addition to sandy turbidite exploration targets that are common along many continental margins, other marine sediments having NGH reservoir potential may also exist. These terrigenous sediments would have b...
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Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate Innovation Opportunities
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is unique among conventional and gas resources. It is a stable, solid crystalline material in its reservoir. All NGH deposits worldwide will be ideally found in partially consolidat...
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New Technology for NGH Development and Production
The main area in which new technology and approaches has the potential to dramatically reduce the cost of hydrate (NGH) development is in and reservoir planning, and preparation for . Substantial existing...
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Energy Overview: Energy Options and Prospects for Natural Gas
Availability of energy is key to wealth, political and military power, and living standards. Energy availability and consumption may be the most reliable measure of an economy. There is a direct relationship b...
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Commercial Potential of Natural Gas Hydrate
The entrepreneurial opening up of , shale, and was achieved mainly because small companies took initiative in wildcatting new methods. In addition, the U.S. Department of Energy provided material support ov...
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Valuation of NGH Deposits
Valuation of a natural gas hydrate (NGH) deposit is concerned with determining the amount of natural gas that can be technically extracted from a deposit. NGH will rarely occupy all , probably top** out at ...
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Leveraging Technology for NGH Development and Production
From the earliest days of industrial production of oil and gas, assumptions about limits to the ability to recover hydrocarbon energy consistently have been proven wrong through development. Migration of a...
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Offshore Operations and Logistics
Carrying out energy-related offshore and depends first on having the equipment to be able to work in remote and appalling environmental and sea conditions. The history of the offshore energy industry is ri...
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Energy Overview: Prospects for Natural Gas
Availability of energy is key to wealth, political and military power, and living standards. Energy availability and consumption may be the most reliable measure of an economy. There is a direct relationship b...
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Commercial Potential of Natural Gas Hydrate
The small scale entrepreneurial opening up of coalbed methane, shale, and was possible because small companies supported by the U.S. Department of Energy were able to use truck mounted drilling rigs, relativ...
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Exploration for Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate
The potentially large volume of oceanic natural gas hydrate (NGH) resources, combined with new understanding of the NGH petroleum system and demonstrated exploration techniques, suggests that near-term extract...
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Valuation of NGH Deposits
Valuation of a natural gas hydrate (NGH) deposit is concerned with determining the amount of natural gas that can be technically extracted from a deposit. NGH will rarely occupy all porosity, probably top** ...
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Chapter
Leveraging Technology for NGH Development and Production
From the earliest days of industrial production of oil and gas, assumptions about limits to the ability to recover hydrocarbon energy have been proven wrong through technology development. Migration of explora...
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Chapter
Offshore Operations and Logistics
Carrying out energy-related offshore exploration and production depends first on having the equipment to be able to work in environments and sea conditions in which the reward would justify the effort. The his...
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Chapter
Energy Resource Risk Factors
Naturally pressurized, conventional gas deposits and unconventional gas deposits consisting of coalbed methane, tight gas, shale gas, and natural gas hydrate (NGH), are found in a wide range of geological phys...
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Chapter
Economic Characteristics of Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is unique among gas resources. In its natural state NGH is a pure, solid crystalline material formed by digenetic crystallization in permafrost regions and in marine sediments where t...
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Potential High-Quality Reservoir Sediments in the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone
In addition to sandy turbidite exploration targets that are common along many continental margins, sediments having greater reservoir potential may also exist. These terrigenous sediments would have been depos...
