A bit carried away in this piece – the research was actually a model simulation and everything is basically guesswork. It was about antarctic ice sheets, not arctic as the headline states and, well the writeup generally got it wrong. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Methane Hydrates
The Greatest Energy Deposit in the World – [Ant]Arctic Methane Hydrates
Posted in Climate Change, Development, Oil and gas
Tagged antarctic, Methane Hydrates
Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica
Not a resource people will be trying to extract anytime soon. Continue reading
Are Methane Hydrates Dissolving?
West of Spitsbergen methane gas is effervescing out of the seabed. Is this an indication that methane hydrates in the seabed are dissolving due to rising temperatures? And what would the effects be? Continue reading
Canada needs energy diversity: federal documents
“A dependence on fossil fuel resources is making the country vulnerable to a planetary “mega trend” toward low-carbon energy that “will affect the whole of Canada’s economy,” Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was told in newly released internal briefing notes.“
What makes them think “low-carbon” is anything but a flash in the pan? Global warming hysteria looks increasingly desperate and ridiculous and more carbon resources are coming online by the day. Carbon-dense power will be with us for decades if not centuries yet. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, Methane Hydrates, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Robert McFarlane: Flexible fuel to end foreign oil dependence
Um, no. Burning food is a terrible idea. Doesn’t matter though because America has enormous untapped hydrocarbon resources in the form of unconventional oil, gas and of course coal. If you add in methane hydrates you are probably talking a few thousand years of fuel and feedstock. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Development, Fracking
Tagged burning food, ethanol, Methane Hydrates, natural gas, shale gas, shale oil, tight gas, unconventional oil
The World Is Running Out Of Energy Scares
Methane hydrates constitute the world’s No. 1 reservoir of fossil fuel. Ubiquitous along vast stretches of Earth’s continental shelves, they hold enough natural gas to fuel the world for a thousand years – and beyond. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Tagged Methane Hydrates, natural gas, peak oil & gas
The Methane Hydrates Revolution: Successful Natural Gas Extraction Test Is A “Game-Changer”
The Department of Energy announced plans to ramp up methane hydrate extraction research after a preliminary test was declared a success Wednesday. Surveys estimate that successful extraction of natural gas from methane hydrates could power America for the next 1,000 years. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Methane Hydrates, Oil and gas
Tagged Methane Hydrates, natural gas
Promising tests prompt DOE project on methane trapped in ice
The Department of Energy will launch new research into technologies for unlocking methane gas trapped in ice-like crystals on Alaska’s North Slope, following promising tests earlier this year. Continue reading
