Methane hydrates and the future of natural gas
By: Carolyn Ruppel
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Abstract
For decades, gas hydrates have been discussed as a potential resource, particularly for countries with limited access to conventional hydrocarbons or a strategic interest in establishing alternative, unconventional gas reserves. Methane has never been produced from gas hydrates at a commercial scale and, barring major changes in the economics of natural gas supply and demand, commercial production at a large scale is considered unlikely to commence within the next 15 years. Given the overall uncertainty still associated with gas hydrates as a potential resource, they have not been included in the EPPA model in MITEI’s Future of Natural Gas report. Still, gas hydrates remain a potentially large methane resource and must necessarily be included in any consideration of the natural gas supply beyond two decades from now.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Methane hydrates and the future of natural gas |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MIT Energy Initiative |
| Publisher location | Cambridge, MA |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | Supplemental Paper 2.4: 25 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Report |
| Larger Work Title | The future of natural gas: an interdisciplinary MIT study |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 25 |
| Public Comments | This article is Supplemental Paper 2.4 of Appendix 2 in Chapter 2 in The future of natural gas: an interdisciplinary MIT study. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
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