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APPENDIX F
Project Summary Table
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
