Tapping whole new fuel source

Canadian Arctic research team achieves first sustained flow of gas from Mackenzie Delta hydrates

Gary Park

For Petroleum News

It took Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, to inject credibility into what has often been treated as pure science fiction. “In the more distant future, perhaps a generation or more, there is the potential to develop productive capacity from natural gas hydrates,”....

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Research in Canada

Production technically feasible

Industry commitment key

Sustained flow reported

Alaska gas hydrate research moving slowly

Seismic used in locating hydrates