Oceanic Gas Hydrate Character, Distribution, and Potential for Concentration

Conclusion

We have reviewed the character of gas hydrate in marine sediments, considered briefly how gas hydrate is studied, and examined some processes that cause concentration of gas hydrates in nature, with a few examples. In order to locate concentrations of gas hydrate to use as exploitable resources, we must be prepared to evaluate how the gas hydrate-controlling processes interact with the infinitely variable geological situations that we see in nature. Our examples are not expected to cover all conceivable possibilities because there are innumerable geological situations that will lead to concentration of gas hydrate. The hope is to prepare ourselves to anticipate the behavior of gas hydrate in nature under a variety of situations. Louis Weeks, a renowned oil finder, once was asked how to find oil - his answer was “think like an oil droplet”. We need to think like gas hydrate.