GAS HYDRATES
March 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
"HOT Ice No. 1," a US government-industry collaboration looking for methane hydrates in Alaska, has wrapped up without any extraction of the otherwise abundant gas. However, the partners, the US Department of Energy, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Maurer Technology Inc., and Noble Engineering and Development say the 2,300-foot-deep drill did gather important new information on the gas' complex distribution and successfully tested analysis equipment.
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"HOT Ice No. 1," a US government-industry collaboration looking for methane hydrates in Alaska, has wrapped up without any extraction of the otherwise abundant gas. However, the partners, the US Department of Energy, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Maurer Technology Inc., and Noble Engineering and Development say the 2,300-foot-deep drill did gather important new information on the gas' complex distribution and successfully tested analysis equipment.
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