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Gas Hydrates: Energy and the EnvironmentA Rice Initiative What are Gas Hydrates? Why are Hydrates Interesting? Pipeline Plugging Preventing Gas Hydrate formation accounts for 10-15% of the production costs $500 Million per year for inhibitors alone Where Else Do Hydrates Form? In sediments below the ocean floor Seismic and Photo Evidence Why are Hydrates Interesting? Potential Fuel Source Methane Hydrate is stable on land in polar regions and at sea in water deeper than a few hundred meters, and likely exists on all continental margins. The triangles here show actual discoveries (updated from Kvenvolden, 1988). (From Naval Research Lab) Why are Hydrates Interesting? Climate Change and Seafloor Stability Potential Release of Greenhouse Gases Why are Hydrates Interesting? Gas Hydrate Applications Flow Assurance Energy Production Seafloor Stability Global Climate Change Transport and Storage of Natural Gas Gas Separations and Materials Handling Templates for Nano-Materials Rice Hydrates Team Organized Under the Shell Center for Sustainability, Exec. Director Chris Holmes Energy Production from Gas Hydrates Flow Assurance Seafloor Stability Global Climate Change Public Policy with the Baker Institute Molecular to Global Scale Molecular Mechanisms and Dynamics NMR/MRI Mechanisms and Dynamics – Chapman (Chem. E.) and House (Texas Tech) Molecular Simulation – Chapman (Chem. E.) Properties at High Pressure – Chapman (Chem. E.) X-ray Crystal Structure – Billups (Chemistry) Gas Hydrate Kinetics – Bishnoi (Calgary) Applications to Hydrate Inhibition for Flow Assurance Hydrate Dynamics for Resource Modeling Molecular to Global Scale Hydrate Resource Characterization Core and Species Analysis – Dickens (Earth Science) NMR Well Logging – Hirasaki and Chapman (Chem. E.) and House (Texas Tech) Seismic Interpretation – Zelt and Sain (Earth Science) Geologic Scale Simulation – Hirasaki and Chapman (Chem. E.) Resource Interpretation – Dugan (Earth Science) Applicatio