Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Field studies: Production and drilling projects (Identifers 1 through 4) |
1 |
Gas Hydrate Production Trial |
DE-NT0006553 |
ConocoPhillips Company |
2 |
Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization |
DE-FC26-01NT41332 |
BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. + 15 other performers |
|
3 |
Phase 2—Drilling and Production Testing the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields |
DE-FC26-06NT42962 |
North Slope Borough |
|
4 |
Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project (JIP) Characterizing Natural Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico—Applications for Safe Exploration |
DE-FC26-01NT41330 |
Chevron Energy Technology Company + 16 other performers |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
10/1/2008 12/31/2010 |
$11,755,000 |
$2,934,140 |
$14,689,140 |
20 |
$1,510,000 |
9/30/2001 3/31/2011 |
$20,235,336 |
$6,034,348 |
$26,269,684 |
23 |
$9,819416 |
10/1/2008 11/30/2009 |
$1,490,722 |
$372,680 |
$1,863,402 |
20 |
$1,490,722 |
9/30/2001 9/30/2010 |
$40,215,883 |
$14,752,993 |
$54,968,876 |
23 |
$31,751,045 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Resource characterization and remote sensing (Identifiers 5 through 10, with addition of multi-purpose study 21) |
5 |
Gas Hydrate Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico |
DE-NT0005668 |
University of California at San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
6 |
Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India |
DE-NT0005669 |
Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science |
|
7 |
Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico |
DE-FC26-06NT42959 |
Baylor University |
|
8 |
Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes (CATTs) |
DE-FC26-06NT42961 |
Rock Solid Images |
|
9 |
Gas Hydrate Research in Deep Sea Sediments - Bottom Source Task |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 -Bottom Source Task |
Naval Research Laboratory |
|
10 |
Combining Multicomponent Seismic Attributes, New Rock Physics Models, and In Situ Data to Estimate Gas-Hydrate Concentrations in Deep-Water, Near-Floor Strata of the Gulf of Mexico |
DE-FC26-06NT42667 |
University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
10/1/2008 3/31/2012 |
$861,678 |
$686,492 |
$1,548,170 |
44 |
$767,869 |
10/1/2008 12/31/2010 |
$149,604 |
$39,142 |
$188,746 |
21 |
$149,604 |
10/1/2006 12/31/2011 |
$253,849 |
$68,885 |
$322,734 |
21 |
$253,849 |
10/1/2006 10/30/2009 |
$648,122 |
$215,430 |
$863,552 |
25 |
$648,122 |
6/1/2006 6/30/2010 |
$150,000 |
$46,000 |
$196,000 |
23 |
$150,000 |
3/1/2006 4/30/2009 |
$824,338 |
$215,775 |
$1,040,113 |
21 |
$824,338 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Environmental studies (Identifiers 11 through 19; 4;and completed projects 24-27) |
11 |
Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotropic Biofilter in Methane Hydrate Environments |
DE-NT0005667 |
University of California at Santa Barbara |
12 |
Remote Sensing and Sea Truth Measurements of Methane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX Project) |
DE-NT0005638 |
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi |
|
13 |
Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading Microbes in Alaska Coastal Waters |
DE-NT0005665 |
University of Delaware, College of Marine and Earth Studies |
|
14 |
Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change |
DE-NT0005665 |
Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska at Fairbanks; USGS |
|
15 |
Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations |
ESD07-014/08FE-003 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
|
16 |
Integrating Natural Gas Hydrate in the Global Carbon Cycle |
DE-NT0006558 |
University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
10/1/2008 9/30/2011 |
$612,658 |
$159,972 |
$772,630 |
21 |
$438,995 |
10/1/2008 9/30/2010 |
$1,044,211 |
$348,614 |
$1,392,825 |
25 |
$1,044,211 |
10/1/2008 12/31/2010 |
$272,293 |
$85,384 |
$357,677 |
24 |
$272,293 |
10/1/2008 9/30/2011 |
$831,277 |
$296,839 |
$1,128,116 |
26 |
$733,014 |
6/1/2008 5/30/2012 |
$1,244,900 |
$0 |
$1,244,900 |
0 |
$894,900 |
10/1/2008 9/30/2011 |
$640,274 |
$156,397 |
$796,671 |
20 |
$402,350 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
|
17 |
Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches a |
FLU5A425 |
Idaho National Laboratory, Oregon State University |
|
18 |
Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Seafloor Observatory Project |
DE-FC26-06NT42877 DE-FC26-02NT41628 DE-FC26-00NT40920 |
University of Mississippi Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) +4 other performers |
Multi-purpose studies (19-20) |
19 |
Detection and Production of Methane Hydrate |
DE-FC26-06NT42960 |
Rice University |
20 |
Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrate |
DE-AI26-05NT42496 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
|
Completed field ol study |
21 |
Phase 1—Characterization and Quantification of the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields |
DE-FC26-06NT42962 |
North Slope Borough, Arctic Slope Consulting Group, Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska, University of Alaska at Fairbanks |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
9/30/2005 9/30/2010 |
$940,000 |
$0 |
$640,000 |
0 |
940,000 |
9/29/2000 7/30/2009 |
$6,562,830 |
$1,1,817,703 |
$8,380,533 |
22 |
$6,562,830 |
10/1/2006 7/16/2011 |
$1,270,153 |
$448,099 |
$1,718,252 |
26 |
$1,010,818 |
4/11/2005 5/31/2010 |
$2,252,165 |
$7,962,000a |
$10,214,165 |
78 |
$2,252,165 |
10/16/2006 3/27/2008 |
$609,858 |
$152,465 |
$762,323 |
20 |
$609,858 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Completed production-related and drilling project |
22 |
Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost |
DE-FC26-01NT41331 |
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, + 8 other performers |
Completed production-related and drilling project |
23 |
In Situ Sampling and Characterization of Methane Hydrate |
DE-FC26-01NT41329 |
Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) |
Completed environmental study |
24 |
Geochemical Evaluation of Deep Sediment Hydrate Deposits in Alaminos Canyon, Block 818, Texas-Louisiana Shelf |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 -Alaminos Canyon Task |
Naval Research Laboratory |
Completed environmental study |
25 |
Gas Hydrate Research in Deep Sea Sediments—New Zealand Task |
DE-AI26-06NT42878 -New Zealand Task |
Naval Research Laboratory |
Completed environmental study |
26 |
Gas Hydrate Instability in the Southeastern Bering Sea |
DE-FC26-05NT42665 |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
Completed environmental study |
27 |
Support of Gulf of Mexico Hydrate Research Consortium |
DE-FC26-02NT41328 |
University of California at San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography); Texas A&M University |
Completed production-related and drilling project |
28 |
The Mallik 2002 Consortium: Drilling and Testing a Gas Hydrate Well |
DE-AC26-01NT41007 |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
9/30/2001 1/31/2005 |
$7,710,846 |
$7,018,815 |
$14,729,661 |
48 |
$7,710,846 |
9/30/2001 10/31/2006 |
$1,610,293 |
$523,214 |
$2,133,507 |
25 |
$1,641,618 |
7/1/2007 5/1/2008 |
$300,000 |
$330,000 |
$630,000 |
52 |
$300,000 |
6/1/2006 11/1/2006 |
$86,000 |
$738,000 |
$824,000 |
90 |
$86,000 |
10/1/2005 11/30/2007 |
$233,444 |
$58,504 |
$291,948 |
20 |
$233,444 |
3/4/2002 3/3/2006 |
$348,041 |
$93,076 |
$441,117 |
21 |
$348,041 |
9/2/1997 8/31/2005 |
$339,000 |
$910,486 |
$1,249,486 |
73 |
$339,000 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
29 |
Sampling and Monitoring of Hydrate Mounds in the Gulf of Mexico |
DE-AF26-01NT00394 |
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi; Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; University of Nebraska |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
30 |
High Resolution Processing of Seismic Data from GB 424 and 425 and MC 852 and 853, Gulf of Mexico |
DE-AF26-01NT00370 |
Western Geco |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
31 |
Three-Dimensional Structure and Physical Properties of Methane Hydrate Deposit at Blake Ridge |
DE-FC26-00NT40921 |
University of Wyoming |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
32 |
Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using 3D Seismic Data |
DE-FC26-00NT41024 |
University of Texas at Austin; Bureau of Economic Geology |
Completed production-related and drilling projects |
33 |
Characterizing Arctic Hydrates (Canadian Test Well and Alaskan “Wells of Opportunity”) |
DE-AT26-97FT34342 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
34 |
Gathering, Processing, and Evaluating Seismic and Physical Data on Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico |
DE-AT26-97FT34343 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
5/1/2001 9/30/2002 |
$94,000 |
$19,878 |
$113,878 |
18 |
$94,000 |
4/7/2001 7/30/2001 |
$32,000 |
$0 |
$32,000 |
0 |
$32,000 |
9/28/2000 9/30/2005 |
$228,306 |
$61,159 |
$289,465 |
21 |
$228,306 |
9/29/2000 9/28/2002 |
$700,418 |
$178,477 |
$878,895 |
20 |
$700,418 |
9/2/1997 4/30/2005 |
$729,870 |
$910,486 |
$1,640,356 |
56 |
$729,870 |
9/9/1997 4/30/2005 |
$2,643,469 |
$0 |
$2,643,469 |
0 |
$2,643,469 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Completed resource characterization and remote sensing |
35 |
High-Resolution Sidescan Sonar and Multibeam Bathymetric Data Collection and Processing, Atwater Canyon, Gulf of Mexico |
DE-AT26-97FT34344 |
Naval Research Laboratory (Atwater Valley) |
Experimental laboratory and modeling studies (Identifiers 36-46; 52-55) |
36 |
Mechanism Leading to Coexistence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediment |
DE-FC26-06NT43067 |
University of Texas at Austin; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
37 |
Methane Recovery from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments |
DE-FC26-06NT42963 |
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
|
38 |
Gas Hydrate Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel |
DE-AI26-06NT42938 |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
|
39 |
Comparative Assessment of Advanced Gas Hydrate Production Methods |
DE-FC26-05NT42666 |
Battelle Pacific Northwest Division |
|
40 |
Laboratory Studies in Support of Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits |
ESD05-048 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
|
41 |
Characterization of Natural Hydrate-Bearing Sediments and Hydrate Dissociation Kinetics (Phase 2) |
FWP-45133 |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
2/8/2005 11/22/2005 |
$26,000 |
$24,000 |
$50,000 |
48 |
$26,000 |
10/1/2006 9/30/2010 |
$1,272,986 |
$319,513 |
$1,592,499 |
20 |
$1,272,986 |
10/1/2006 9/30/2010 |
$787,586 |
$244,509 |
$1,032,095 |
24 |
$787,586 |
9/1/2006 9/30/2009 |
$750,000 |
$0 |
$750,000 |
0 |
$750,000 |
4/15/2006 6/30/2009 |
$311,291 |
$78,709 |
$390,000 |
20 |
$311,291 |
7/1/2003 12/31/10 |
$1,570,000 |
$0 |
$1,570,000 |
0 |
$1,570,000 |
9/1/2004 9/30/2010 |
$1,962,000 |
$0 |
$1,962,000 |
0 |
$1,962,000 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
|
42 |
Hydrate Formation and Dissociation via Depressurization in Simulated and Field Samples |
FEAB111 |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
|
43 |
Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits |
FWP-G308 and ESD00-021 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
|
44 |
Characterization and Decomposition Kinetic Studies of Methane Hydrate in Host Sediments Under Subsurface Mimic Condition |
EST-380-NEDA |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
|
45 |
Seismic-Scale Rock Physics of Methane Hydrate |
DE-FC26-05NT42663 |
Stanford University |
|
46 |
Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments |
DE-FC26-05NT42664 / ESD05-036 |
Texas Engineering Experiment Station & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California at Berkeley; Schlumberger |
Completed lab study |
47 |
Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for Gas Hydrate Production and Hazard Avoidance in the Gulf of Mexico |
DE-FC26-02NT41327 |
Westport Technology Center International, University of Houston |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
7/1/2002 12/31/2010 |
$1,771,000 |
$0 |
$1,771,000 |
0 |
$1,771,000 |
6/30/2000 12/31/2010 |
$2,788,000 |
$0 |
$2,788,000 |
0 |
$2,788,000 |
10/1/2004 12/30/2009 |
$500,000 |
$0 |
$500,000 |
0 |
$500,000 |
10/1/2005 3/31/2008 |
$320,577 |
$80,334 |
$400,911 |
20 |
$320,577 |
10/1/2005 4/30/2008 |
$692,426 |
$180,000 |
$872,426 |
21 |
$692,426 |
6/26/2002 6/30/2006 |
$817,952 |
$204,488 |
$1,022,440 |
20 |
$817,952 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
Completed lab study |
48 |
Mesoscale Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Gas Hydrates |
FEAB105 |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Completed lab study |
49 |
Fundamentals of Natural Gas and Species Flows from Hydrate Dissociation -Applications to Safety Problems |
DE-FC26-00NT40916 |
Clarkson University |
Completed lab study |
50 |
Collection and Microbiological Analysis of Gas Hydrate Cores |
FWP-4340-60 & FWP-42C1-01 |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory |
Completed lab study |
51 |
Mechanical Testing of Gas Hydrate! Sediment Samples |
DE-AT26-99FT40267 |
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
9/1/2001 9/30/2005 |
$450,000 |
$0 |
$450,000 |
0 |
$450,000 |
9/22/2000 9/30/2006 |
$268,183 |
$103,795 |
$371,978 |
28 |
$268,183 |
6/30/2000 12/30/2002 |
$330,000 |
$0 |
$330,000 |
0 |
$330,000 |
7/9/1999 9/30/2003 |
$110,000 |
$50,000 |
$160,000 |
31 |
$110,000 |
Project Category |
Report Identifier |
Project Title |
USDOE Project Number |
Performer Institution(s) (Lead in Bold) |
|
NETL projects |
52 |
Geoscience Evaluations and Field Studies |
NETL-ORD |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
|
53 |
Methane Hydrate Numerical Simulation Studies |
NETL-ORD |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
||
54 |
Formation and Dissociation of Methane Hydrate |
NETL-ORD |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
||
55 |
Thermal Properties of Hydrate—Tool Development |
NETL-ORD |
NETL Office of Research and Development |
||
NOTES: The committee attempted to maintain an updated table of projects throughout the study; however, project start and end dates for many studies changed during the course of this study, as new projects or new project phases were approved, and as projects were extended by agreement with project investigators. This table is updated through February 2010. White fields indicate field or laboratory studies that are ongoing or were completed during the course of this review and specifically those projects that are or were ongoing as of fiscal year 2006 through and beyond the time of writing of this report. Gray fields indicate studies that were completed prior to the start of fiscal year 2006. In the text of the report, much of the discussion focuses on studies listed in the white fields; however, because the study charge includes a review of research and development of the Program, studies completed prior to fiscal year 2006 are also discussed where relevant. “Project category” (left-hand column) refers to field and laboratory studies in the broadest sense after designations developed by the committee. Field studies include those related to production and drilling; although the project categories, “Resource characterization and remote sensing,” “Environmental research” (whether production related or in nature), and “Multipurpose” may also have field-related components but are discussed separately in the report. The category related to laboratory studies includes those that focus on experimental research and those that focus on modeling. These classifications are in keeping with the level of descriptive detail in Chapter 3. |
Project Start/End Date |
Planned DOE Cost |
Planned Non-DOE Cost |
Total Cost |
Non DOE Cost Share (%) |
DOE Funding to Date |
10/1/2008-present (on going) |
$730,000 (through fiscal year 2009) |
$0 |
$730,000 |
0 |
$730,000 |
9/30/08 (on going) |
$334,000 (through fiscal year 2009) |
$0 |
$334,000 |
0 |
334,000 |
10-1/2008-present (on going) |
$1,540,600 (through fiscal year 2009) |
$0 |
$1,540,600 |
0 |
$1,540,600 |
10/1/2004-present (on going) |
$957,400 (through fiscal year 2009) |
$0 |
$957,400 |
0 |
$957,400 |
Some of the studies have many components and overlap with one or more categories. The cross-referenced categories are noted in the left-hand column description for each category and refer to “Report-identifier” numbers. The number of projects described in Chapter 3 under each category corresponds to the categories and number of projects identified in this table (left-hand column identifier numbers). At the start of this review the Program Web site differentiated between “Field studies” and “Laboratory studies”; as of August 2009, the Web site had been changed simply to list studies as either “ongoing” or “completed.” aUnder project identifier 20, the “Planned Non-DOE Cost” indicates over $7 million dollars contributed on the part of the USGS over the course of this project. This project is the primary cooperative project between the USGS and the Program supporting Gulf of Mexico, North Slope of Alaska, India, and laboratory efforts. This non-DOE contribution was not on the Program Web site, but rather was obtained by the committee for the purpose of this study as an approximation to give some indication of the large contributions to the interagency efforts by agency partners, and also to indicate the difficulty inherent in estimating such dollar amounts. When an agency has ongoing methane hydrate projects or programs of its own, but which are wholly or partially in line with the tasks of the interagency agreements established as part of the DOE Program, the agencies usually will cover their own participants’ salaries, and some operating expenses, while the Program may cover major parts of field expenses, for example. However, the agencies will |
often continue to develop and test methodologies after a particular year in which the Program may have covered field expenses, and these may augment the overall interagency (national) research effort in methane hydrate, but will not necessarily be tallied as “Planned non-DOE Costs.” The committee did not request similar numbers from the other interagency partners because of the effort involved in deriving these estimates. The industry projects have similar issues because of the difficulty industry has in providing accurate tallies of specific dollar contributions (of personnel, equipment, existing data, etc.); the numbers in the table under “Planned Non-DOE Costs” are as accurate as they can be but may not reflect the full extent of the direct and indirect resources being contributed by Program partners to these research efforts. SOURCE: http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/FutureSupply/MethaneHydrates/projects/DOEProjects/DOE-Project_toc.html. The column “DOE funding to date” information was provided by NETL (R. Baker, personal communication, February 8, 2010). |