Open AccessMethane Hydrate Field Program. Development of a Scientific Plan for a Methane Hydrate-Focused Marine Drilling, Logging and Coring Program
Author(s) -
T. S. Collett,
Jang J. Bahk,
M. Frye,
D. Goldberg,
Jarle Husebø,
Carolyn A. Koh,
M.J. Malone,
Craig Shipp,
Marta E. Torres,
Greg Myers,
David Divins,
Margo Morell
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1113954
Subject(s) - coring , methane , clathrate hydrate , hydrate , environmental science , petroleum engineering , resource (disambiguation) , drilling , earth science , plan (archaeology) , environmental resource management , computer science , geology , engineering , ecology , chemistry , paleontology , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , computer network , biology
This topical report represents a pathway toward better understanding of the impact of marine methane hydrates on safety and seafloor stability and future collection of data that can be used by scientists, engineers, managers and planners to study climate change and to assess the feasibility of marine methane hydrate as a potential future energy resource. Our understanding of the occurrence, distribution and characteristics of marine methane hydrates is incomplete; therefore, research must continue to expand if methane hydrates are to be used as a future energy source. Exploring basins with methane hydrates has been occurring for over 30 years, but these eorts have been episodic in nature. To further our understanding, these eorts must be more regular and employ new techniques to capture more data. This plan identifies incomplete areas of methane hydrate research and oers solutions by systematically reviewing known methane hydrate “Science Challenges” and linking them with “Technical Challenges” and potential field program locations