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Gas hydrate assessment needed, House panel told

08/10/2009
By Nick Snow
Natural gas hydrates are a potentially significant energy source, but more work needs to be done to determine if they can be economically produced, three experts told a US House subcommittee late last month.“Estimates from the US Geological Survey peg the amount of gas in hydrate form in the US to be more than 200,000 tcf. That sounds large by itself but is even more impressive when the total amount of conventional natural gas in the US is estimated to be around 1,700 tcf,” said US Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Energy and Mineral Resources Committee, in opening statement at the subcommittee’s second 2009 h...
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