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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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APPENDIX F
Project Summary Table

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Project Summary Table." National Research Council. 2010. Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12831.
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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).

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Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced. In recent years, natural gas supplied approximately 20-25% of all energy consumed in the United States. Methane hydrate is a potentially enormous and as yet untapped source of methane. The Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program has been tasked since 2000 to implement and coordinate a national methane hydrate research effort to stimulate the development of knowledge and technology necessary for commercial production of methane from methane hydrate in a safe and environmentally responsible way.

Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States evaluates the program's research projects and management processes since its congressional re-authorization in 2005, and presents recommendations for its future research and development initiatives.

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