Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrate

• Main Authors: Max, Michael D. (Author), Johnson, Arthur H. (Author), Dillon, William P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, 9
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Physical chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Economic geology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Economic Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Physical Chemistry.

This is the first book that attempts to broadly integrate the most recent knowledge in the fields of hydrate nucleation and growth in permafrost regions and marine sediments. Gas hydrate reactant supply, growth models, and implications for pore fill by natural gas hydrate are discussed for both seaw...

Table of Contents:

• Why Gas Hydrate?
• Physical Chemical Characteristics of Natural Gas Hydrate
• Oceanic Gas Hydrate Character, Distribution, and Potential for Concentration
• Natural Gas Hydrate: A Diagenetic Economic Mineral Resource
• State of Development of Gas Hydrate as an Economic Resource
• Oceanic Gas Hydrate Localization, Exploration, and Extraction
• Gas Production from Unconfined Class 2 Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations
• Regulatory and Permitting Environment for Gas Hydrate
• Conclusions and Summary.