Methane hydrates occur in five geographic settings (or sectors) that must be individually evaluated to determine their susceptibility to warming climate (Figure 1). The percentages assigned to ...

Dehydration is the process by which water is removed from natural gas. This is a common method used for preventing hydrate formation. If there is no water present, then it is impossible for a hydrate ...

Large reserves of methane hydrate have been confirmed in the seas around Japan, but methane hydrate does not flow under its own pressure like natural gas, which greatly hinders its development. To ...

Caption This is a computer simulation of methane, also known as natural gas, escaping from a methane hydrate. Many of these methane hydrate subunits combine to form a chunk of ice that burns, and ...

Besides natural gas reserves, seven gas hydrates have also been mapped. "We anticipate that free gas reserves in the region is of the order of 23 billion cubic meters," he said. India's domestic ...