Michael D. Max, Arthur H. Johnson, William P. Dillon Natural Gas Hydrate - Arctic Ocean Deepwater Resource Potential

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Arctic Ocean Example for Natural Gas Hydrate as a Near-Term Addition to the Natural Gas Resource Base.- The Arctic Ocean.- Sediment Delivery Systems; Ice, Rivers and the Continental Margin.- Natural Gas Hydrate: Environmentally Responsive Sequestration of Natural Gas.- NGH as an Unconventional Energy Resource .- Elements of the NGH Petroleum System.- Path to NGH Commercialization.- Gas Production from NGH: We Have All the Basic Tools.- What More Do We Need to Know.- NGH Likelihood in the Arctic Ocean.- Estimates of the NGH resource base in the Arctic region.- Exploration and Production Risk Factors.- Oceanic NGH: A Low Risk Resource in the Fragile Arctic Environment.- Economic and political factors bearing on NGH commercialization.- Logistical factors bearing on Arctic NGH commercialization.- Natural Gas as a Preferred Base Load Fuel to Backup Renewable Energy