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NGH as an Unconventional Energy Resource

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Natural Gas Hydrate - Arctic Ocean Deepwater Resource Potential

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NGH is one of a number of unconventional gas plays. It is essentially stable within its reservoir, and as such has an extremely low environmental risk for blowout so long as prudent and very simple and inexpensive exploration and production methodologies are followed. Pressure, temperature or groundwater chemistry can be altered to achieve dissociation. In addition, conversion can be induced through a controlled dissolution process. Although gas resource-rich countries such as Russia, Canada, and the United States have suspended or reduced their research in NGH as an energy resource, NGH may be important in climate change modeling and remains the subject of study. In countries that have little indigenous energy resources, political concerns related to obtaining secure local gas resources might be more important to NGH development than the delivered gas price of imported resources. Near term development plans for NGH including drilling and gas production tests are being pursued, particularly in Japan, India, Korea, and possibly China.

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    Michael D. Max, Arthur H. Johnson & William P. Dillon

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Max, M.D., Johnson, A.H., Dillon, W.P. (2013). NGH as an Unconventional Energy Resource. In: Natural Gas Hydrate - Arctic Ocean Deepwater Resource Potential. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02508-7_4

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