Offshore Gas Hydrates
Origins, Development, and Production

Discusses the emergence of offshore gas hydrates as a clean energy source that is more abundant than all other fossil fuels

Rudy Rogers (Author)

9780128023198

Paperback / softback, published 19 August 2015

398 pages, 179 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.66 kg

Gas hydrates collect and store both thermogenic and biogenic methane generated in deep ocean sediments that, over geologic time, forms vast methane repositories. Offshore Gas Hydrates: Origins, Development, and Production presents gas hydrates as an emerging, clean energy source possibly more abundant than all other fossil fuels and especially important for countries geographically and economically restricted from conventional fossil fuel resources. The book explores feasible methods to produce offshore hydrate gas, the means to store and transport the remotely produced gas, new hydrate inhibitors for conventional and hydrate production in ultra-deep waters, instability manifestations of seafloor hydrates, and hydrate roles in complex ecological scenarios. Complementing production and drilling method presentations are computer simulation studies, hydrate field tests, and seismic and logging developments. Offshore Gas Hydrates delivers a well-developed framework for both the oil and gas researcher and corporate engineer to better exploit this future unconventional resource, empowering the oil and gas professional with the latest data and information on sophisticated challenges that offshore hydrates present.

Chaper 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Deep Ocean Sediment-Hydrate RelationshipsChapter 3: Gulf of Mexico, Thermo-Biogenic HydratesChapter 4: Producing Methane from Offshore HydratesChapter 5: Hydrate Inhibition during Drilling & ProductionChapter 6: Hydrate-Associated Seafloor InstabilitiesChapter 7: Biogenic Hydrate ProvincesChapter 8: Microbe, Mineral Synergy and Seafloor Hydrate NucleationChapter 9: Hydrate Zone EcologyChapter 10: Martian Hydrate Feasibility; Extending Extreme Seafloor Environments

Subject Areas: Fossil fuel technologies [THF]