FIELD STUDIES
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Active Projects |
Project Number |
Project Name |
Primary Performer |
DE-NT0006553 |
Gas Hydrate Production Trial |
ConocoPhillips Company |
DE-NT0005669 |
Heat flow and gas hydrates on the continental margin of India |
Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science |
DE-NT0005668 |
Gas Hydrate Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico |
University of California San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
DE-NT0005667 |
Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotropic Biofilter in Methane Hydrate Environments |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
DE-NT0005666 |
Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading Microbes in Alaska Coastal Waters |
University of Delaware, College of Marine and Earth Studies |
DE-NT0005665 |
Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change |
Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
DE-NT0005638 |
Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements of Methane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project) |
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi |
DE-FC26-06NT42962 |
Phase 2 - Drilling and Production Testing the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential associated with the Barrow Gas Fields |
North Slope Borough |
DE-FC26-06NT42960 |
Detection and Production of Methane Hydrate |
Rice University |
DE-FC26-06NT42959 |
Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi Canyon Block 118, GOM |
Baylor University |
DE-AI26-06NT42938 |
Gas Hydrates Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 - Bottom Source Task |
Gas Hydrate Research in Deep Sea Sediments - Bottom Source Task |
Naval Research Laboratory |
DE-FC26-06NT42667 |
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 University of Texas at Austin (BEG) |
DE-AI26-05NT42496 |
Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates |
U.S. Geological Survey |
DE-FC26-02NT41628&
DE-FC26-00NT40920 |
Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Stability and Gas Hydrates Monitoring Project |
University of Mississippi Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) |
DE-FC26-01NT41332 |
Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization |
BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. |
DE-FC26-01NT41330 |
Characterizing Natural Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico: Applications for Safe Exploration |
Chevron Energy Technology Company |
NETL-ORD |
Geoscience Evaluations and Field Studies |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
Completed Projects |
Project Number |
Project Name |
Primary Performer |
DE-FC26-06NT42962 |
Phase 1 - Characterization and Qualification of the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields |
North Slope Borough |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 - Alaminos Canyon Task |
Geochemical Evaluation of Deep Sediment Hydrate Deposits in Alaminos Canyon, Block 818, Texas-Louisiana Shelf |
Naval Research Laboratory |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 - New Zealand Task |
Gas Hydrate Research in Deep Sea Sediments - New Zealand Task |
Naval Research Laboratory |
DE-FC26-05NT42665 |
Gas Hydrate Instability in the Southeastern Bering Sea |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
DE-FC26-05NT42663 |
Seismic-Scale Rock Physics of Methane Hydrate |
Stanford University |
DE-FC26-01NT41331 |
Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost |
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
DE-FC26-01NT41329 |
In Situ Sampling and Characterization of Methane Hydrate |
Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) |
DE-FC26-02NT41328 |
Support of Gulf of Mexico Hydrate Research Consortium |
University of California |
DE-AC26-01NT41007 |
The Mallik 2002 Consortium: Drilling and Testing a Gas Hydrate Well |
Geological Survey of Canada |
DE-AF26-01NT00394 |
Sampling and Monitoring of Hydrate Mounds in the Gulf of Mexico |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
DE-AF26-01NT00370 |
High Resolution Processing of Seismic Data from GB 424 and 425 and
MC 852 and 853, Gulf of Mexico |
Western-Geco |
DE-FC26-00NT40921 |
Three-Dimensional Structure and Physical Properties of Methane Hydrate Deposit at Blake Ridge |
University of Wyoming, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics |
DE-FC26-00NT41024 |
Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using 3-D Seismic Data |
University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology |
DE-AT26-97FT34342 |
Characterizing Arctic Hydrates (Canadian Test Well and Alaskan "Wells of Opportunity") |
United States Geological Survey |
DE-AT26-97FT34343 |
Gathering, Processing and Evaluating Seismic and Physical Data on Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico |
US geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center |
DE-AT26-97FT34344 |
High Resolution Sidescan Sonar and Multibeam Bathymetric Data Collection and Processing, Atwater Canyon, Gulf of Mexico |
Naval Research Lab |
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Experimental/Modeling Studies |
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Active Projects |
Project Number |
Project Name |
Primary Performer |
DE-NT0006558 |
Integrating Natural Gas Hydrates in the Global Carbon Cycle |
University of Chicago |
NETL-ORD |
Geoscience Evaluations and Field Studies |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
NETL-ORD |
Formation and dissociation of methane hydrates |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
NETL-ORD |
Methane Hydrate Numerical Simulation Studies |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
NETL-ORD |
Thermal Properties of Hydrate – Tool Development |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
ESD07-014/08FE-003 |
Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory |
DE-FC26-06NT43067 |
Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments |
The University of Texas at Austin |
DE-FC26-06NT42963 |
Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
DE-FC26-06NT42961 |
Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes (CATTs) |
Rock Solid Images |
DE-AI26-06NT42938 |
Gas Hydrates Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
DE-FC26-05NT42666 |
Comparative Assessment of Advanced Gas Hydrate Production Methods |
Battelle Pacific Nothwest Division |
DE-FC26-05NT42664 / ESD05-036 |
Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments |
Texas Engineering Experiment Station and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
FLU5A425 |
Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches |
Idaho National Laboratory |
ESD05-048 |
Laboratory Studies in Support of Characterization of Recoverable Resources from
Methane Hydrate Deposits |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
EST-380-NEDA |
Characterization and Decomposition Kinetic Studies of Methane Hydrate in Host Sediments under Subsurface Mimic Conditions |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
FWP-45133 |
Characterization of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sediments and Hydrate Dissociation Kinetics |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
FEAB111 |
Hydrate Formation and Dissociation via Depressurization in Simulated and Field Samples |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
FWP-G308 and ESD00-021 |
Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits |
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
Completed Projects |
Project Number |
Project Name |
Primary Performer |
DE-FC26-02NT41327 |
Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for Gas Hydrate
Production and Hazard Avoidance in the Gulf of Mexico |
Westport Technology Center Int'l |
FEAB105 |
Mesoscale Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Gas Hydrates |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
DE-FC26-00NT40916 |
Fundamentals of Natural Gas and Species Flows from Hydrate Dissociation - Applications to Safety Problems |
Clarkson University |
FWP-4340-60 &
FWP-42C1-01 |
Collection and Microbiological Analysis of Gas Hydrate Cores |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) |
DE-AT26-99FT40267 |
Mechanical Testing of Gas Hydrate/Sediment Samples |
US Army Corp of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center |