Gas Hydrates

Rising U.S. consumption of natural gas and increasing worldwide gas demands are generating new interest in Alaska's gas hydrates. DGGS geoscientists are working collaboratively with federal, university, and industry researchers to assess Alaska's gas hydrate resource potential. See below for general information about gas hydrates, conference presentations, and links to reports on gas hydrate research in Alaska.

• General/introductory information

  • USGS - Gas Hydrate Homepage, Woods Hole Field Center

• Governmental agencies

  • Methane Hydrates - US Department of Energy Methane Hydrate R&D Program
  • USGS Energy Resources Program

• Industry and professional associations

  • AAPG - Energy Mineral Division
  • AAPG - Hedberg Research Conference, Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geologic Hazards
  • Research consortium for methane hydrate resources in Japan

• Recent research and professional reports

  • Alaska gas hydrate planning workshop proceedings: Anchorage, Alaska, August 17-18, 2005
  • Alaska North Slope gas hydrate energy resources
  • Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition, 311 Preliminary Report - Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrates, Volume 204 Initial Report
  • Mallik 2002 GSC Bulletin 585: Scientific results from the Mallik 2002 gas hydrate production well program
  • Offshore gas hydrate sample database with an overview and preliminary analysis, USGS Open-File Report 96-272
  • Well Log Analysis to Assist the Interpretation of 3-D Seismic Data at Milne Point, North Slope of Alaska