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OTC: Natural gas hydrates research active, promising

05/19/2008
Methane hydrates research has made unexpected strides since 2000, but technical and economic obstacles have to be resolved before hydrates production can be proved feasible, a speaker told the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on May 8.Brad Tomer, director for the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil within the US Department of Energy, credited recent successful research to what he called “aggressive” international collaboration research and development efforts.“We haven’t done long-term productivity tests yet,” Tomer said during his luncheon speech. “This is very young research and development...we’ve got a lot to learn.” Hydrat...
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