Sentences with phrase «methane hydrate research»

Here in Oregon we are the somewhat unwitting hosts of a great deal of methane hydrate research by Oregon State University, some Texas university people (and backing by the good old Houston - based gas industry), of deposits on and near the ocean floor on the Gorda Ridge just off our coast, which is a consequence of the subduction zone geomorphology of the area.

(Sec. 968) Amends the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 to revise the methane hydrate research and development program.

-- The Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 is amended by striking section 7 (30 U.S.C. 2006) and inserting the following:

-- Section 4 (e) of the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 (30 U.S.C. 2003 (e)-RRB- is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking «subsection (b)(1)» and inserting «paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)».

Here, we report on advances made in methane hydrate research and deep - ocean Raman spectroscopy, and on proposals for fossil fuel CO2 sequestration and on controlled ocean acidification studies.

Not exact matches

His research focus is on unconventional fuels, primarily shale gas and tight oil, but also coalbed methane and other unconventional sources, including oil sands, coal gasification and gas hydrates.

While a cataclysmic event among the methane hydrate mounds could unfold sometime in the future, violent eruptions are the norm at Endeavour Ridge, the site of another NEPTUNE research node.

A report by the National Research Council examined the technical challenges to recovering methane hydrates and concluded that none are impossible to overcome.

Research in 2008 led by oceanographer Natalia Shakhova, now at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, estimated the thawing shelf could release a 50 - gigaton pulse of methane from hydrates over 10 years — about 8 percent of the methane stored in the shelf's sediments.

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

Consider just how much commercial cred fracked gas & oil had 10 yrs ago, and then look at the current worldwide research efforts both on methane hydrates» extraction and also on coal - seam gasification.

The 237 - page bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R - AK)-- S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 — includes provisions that would expedite the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permitting process, heap subsidies on coal technology, and fund research geared toward discovering a way to tap into methane hydrate reserves.

Hornbach, Matthew J., Saffer, D.M., Holbrook, W. S., Van Avendonk, H.J.A., Gorman, A., «3D seismic imaging of the Blake Ridge methane hydrate province: evidence for large concentrated zones of gas hydrate and morphologically - driven advection,» Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 2008.

«(G) expand education and training programs in methane hydrate resource research and resource development through fellowships or other means for graduate education and training.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 new research projects that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates» potential as a future energy supply.

These new projects, managed by the Energy Department's National Energy Technology Laboratory, will focus research on field programs for deepwater hydrate characterization, the response of methane hydrate systems to changing climates, and advances in the understanding of gas - hydrate - bearing deposits.

While prior DOE research and outside studies have confirmed that the methane hydrate resource volume present appears to be substantial and the accumulations that can be explored for and produced using existing technologies are potentially numerous, significant research remains to:

The consortium will coordinate scientific input and develop plans for future marine hydrate expeditions to conduct research drilling, recovering samples of the formation, logging and analytical activities to assess the geologic occurrence, regional context, and characteristics of methane hydrate deposits along the continental margins of the United States, likely focusing on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic margin.

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $ 58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico.

The objective of the program is to fund research that significantly advances the current state of knowledge or technology with respect to methane hydrate science.

Reagan, M. and G. Moridis, Large - scale simulation of methane hydrate dissociation along the West Spitsbergen Margin, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL.