Methane Hydrates Interagency R&D Conference
March 20-22, 2002

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer

• Papers and Presentations

  • The Curiosity of Hydrates

  • Methane Hydrates Issues

  • Arctic Region Projects

  • West Coast Projects 

  • East Coast Projects 

  • Gulf of Mexico Projects 

Disclaimer
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Papers and Presentations

The Curiosity of Hydrates [PDF-63KB]
William Dillon - Retired, U.S. Geological Survey

Methane Hydrates Issues 
Moderator: Edith Allison - U.S. DOE

Resource Assessment [PDF-6KB]
Timothy Collett - U.S. Geological Survey

Hydrates as Hazards Offshore [PDF-10KB]
Robert LaBelle - U.S. Minerals Management Service

Role of Methane Hydrates in Climate Change: Compelling Evidence and Debate [PDF-15KB]
James Kennett - University of California at Santa Barbara

Chemosynthetic Communities [PDF-41KB]
Barbara Moore - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Patricia Sobecky - Georgia Institute of Technology

Methane Hydrate Research at NRL [PDF-4KB]
Bhakta Rath - Naval Research Laboratory

Arctic Region Projects 
Session Chairs: Timothy Collett - USGS, and Tom Mroz - U.S. DOE NETL

Prospects for Development of Alaska Natural Gas: A Review[PDF-104KB]
Kirk Sherwood - U.S. Minerals Management Service

Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska [PDF-14KB]
Robert Hunter - BP Exploration, Inc

Methane Hydrate Production from Alaska Permafrost [PDF-59KB]
Thomas Williams - Maurer Technology, Inc.

Overview of Gas Hydrate Research at the Mallik Field in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada [PDF-65KB]
Scott Dallimore - Geological Survey of Canada

Preliminary Studies of Gas Production from Methane Hydrates in the Aileen Area, Alaska [PDF-7KB]
George Moridis - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

West Coast Projects 
Session Chairs: Joseph Gettrust - NRL, and Richard Poore - NSF

Gas Hydrates on the Oregon Continental Margin [PDF-15KB]
Anne Trehu - Oregon State University

Marine Gas Hydrates on the Northern Cascadia Margin [PDF-13KB]
Roy Hyndman - Geological Survey of Canada

Sampling Tools and Downhole Measurements for ODP Leg 204 [PDF-21KB]
Frank Rack - Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.

East Coast Projects 
Session Chairs: Deborah Hutchinson - USGS, and Andrew Shepard - NURC

Recent Seismic Results from the Blake Ridge Hydrate Province: Implications for Direct Detection, Gas Injection, and Methane Escape [PDF-12KB]
Steven Holbrook - University of Wyoming

Anatomy of a Gas Hydrate Province: Linking Physics and Biology on the Blake Ridge [PDF-88KB]
Carolyn Ruppel - Georgia Institute of Technology

Biological Communities at Blake Ridge Seeps: Faunal Distributions and Trophic Interactions [PDF-10KB]
Cindy Van Dover - College of William & Mary

High-Resolution Studies of Hydrates on Blake Ridge [PDF-9KB]
Joseph Gettrust - Navy Research Laboratory

Exploration of a Major Methane Hydrate Province in the Hudson Canyon Region: An Ocean Frontier Adjacent to the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area [PDF-71KB]
Peter Rona - Rutgers University

Gulf of Mexico Projects 
Session Chair: George Dellagiarino - MMS

Characterizing Natural Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico [PDF-9KB]
Emrys Jones - ChevronTexaco

A Sea-Floor Monitoring Station in the Northern Gulf of Mexico [PDF-21KB]
Tom McGee - Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute

USGS Gas Hydrate Studies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico [PDF-14KB]
Patrick Hart - U.S. Geological Survey

Methane Hydrate Formation and Stability in the Gulf of Mexico [PDF-7KB]
Richard Coffin - Naval Research Laboratory

The Gulf of Mexico: A Natural Laboratory for Studying Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation [PDF-100KB]
Ian MacDonald - Texas A&M University - GERG

Gas Hydrate in a Complex Geologic Province: Linkage to Fluid and Gas Expulsion [PDF-7KB]
Harry Roberts - Louisiana State University

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