Gas Hydrates
Methane
250 - 700 trillion cubic feet
more than 50
more than 25
There are 3 methods
Japan
ice-like crystalline minerals that form when low molecular weight gas (such as methane, ethane, or carbon dioxide) combines with water and freezes into a solid under low temperature and moderate pressure conditions. Most gas hydrates are formed from methane (CH4), which has led to the terms “gas hydrate” and “methane hydrate” often being used interchangeably.
Idealized phase diagrams illustrating where methane hydrate is stable in marine and permafrost settings. Hydrate can exist at depths where the temperature (blue curve) is less than the maximum stability temperature for gas hydrate (orange curve). Pressure and temperature both increase with depth in the Earth.
Gas hydrates present a vast untapped resource of natural gas, with estimates placing hydrate reserves as greater than the known reserves of all oil, natural gas, and coal in the world. Despite this promise, future production volumes are speculative because methane production from hydrate has not been documented beyond small-scale field experiments. Large-scale commercial operations to develop gas-hydrate deposits are at least a decade away.
There is more energy in methane hydrates than in all the world's oil, coal and gas.
Gas hydrates consist of molecules of natural gas
The water molecule splits up into H and OH as it reacts with ethene.
1,000 meters below the surface and 50 miles off its shores
1,000 meters below the surface and 50 miles off its shores
There is more energy in methane hydrates than in all the world's oil, coal and gas.
Gas hydrates consist of molecules of natural gas
The water molecule splits up into H and OH as it reacts with ethene.
1,000 meters below the surface and 50 miles off its shores
1,000 meters below the surface and 50 miles off its shores
There is more energy in methane hydrates than in all the world's oil, coal and gas.
The Kerala-Konkan basin, the Krishna-Godavari basin, Andaman offshores
The South China Sea’s deeper waters also are believed rich in methane hydrates.
Gas hydrate indicators in the Western Black Sea Turkey's offshore border
First offshore production site on Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough
Location of arctic Mallik gas hydrate research well on the Mackenzie Delta
53.8 trillion cubic feet are stored in hydrate-bearing formations in the Alaska.
The Kerala-Konkan basin, the Krishna-Godavari basin, Andaman offshores
The South China Sea’s deeper waters also are believed rich in methane hydrates.
Gas hydrate indicators in the Western Black Sea Turkey's offshore border
First offshore production site on Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough
Location of arctic Mallik gas hydrate research well on the Mackenzie Delta
53.8 trillion cubic feet are stored in hydrate-bearing formations in the Alaska.
"Estimates suggest that there is about the same amount of carbon in methane hydrates as there is in every other organic carbon store on the planet,"
Gas hydrate mounds form when the ideal temperature, pressure, and chemical composition conditions for the gas are achieved.
An unusual occurrence of hydrocarbon in which molecules of natural gas, typically methane, are trapped in ice molecules.
There are numerous gas hydrate reserves all over the world, especially in permafrost regions and ocean environments.
For us, hydrate deposits are important for a variety of reasons: Gas hydrate deposits may contain roughly twice the carbon contained in all reserves.
"Estimates suggest that there is about the same amount of carbon in methane hydrates as there is in every other organic carbon store on the planet,"
Gas hydrate mounds form when the ideal temperature, pressure, and chemical composition conditions for the gas are achieved.
An unusual occurrence of hydrocarbon in which molecules of natural gas, typically methane, are trapped in ice molecules.
There are numerous gas hydrate reserves all over the world, especially in permafrost regions and ocean environments.
For us, hydrate deposits are important for a variety of reasons: Gas hydrate deposits may contain roughly twice the carbon contained in all reserves.
"Estimates suggest that there is about the same amount of carbon in methane hydrates as there is in every other organic carbon store on the planet,"
