Hydrate Resources Estimation
by Stephen Prensky, 1995
Estimates of methane gas and methane carbon resource contained in continental and marine gas-hydrate accumulations (modified from Kvenvolden, 1993).
Methane gas
m3 x1015 |
Methane gas
Tcf x105 |
Methane carbon
kg x 1015 |
Reference |
| Oceanic |
|
| 3.1 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
McIver (1981) |
| 5-25 |
1.8-8.8 |
2.7-13.7 |
Trofimuk et al. (1977) |
| 7600 |
2700 |
4100 |
Dobrynin et al. (1981) |
| 17.6 |
6.2 |
11 |
Kvenvolden (1988) |
| 19.5 |
6.9 |
11 |
MacDonald (1990) |
| 26.4-139.1 |
9.3-49.1 |
---- |
Gornitz and Fung (1994) |
| Continental |
|
| 0.014 |
0.005 |
7.5 |
Meyer (1981) |
| 0.031 |
0.011 |
17 |
McIver (1981) |
| 0.057 |
0.02 |
31 |
Trofimuk et al. (1977) |
| 34 |
12 |
1800 |
Dobrynin et al. (1981) |
| ---- |
---- |
400 |
MacDonald (1990) |
References:
- Dobrynin, V.NM., Korotajev, Y.P. and Plyuschev, D.V., 1981, Gas hydrates--a possible energy resource, in Meyer, R.F., and Olson, J.C., eds., Long-term energy resources: Pitman, Boston, p. 727-729.
- Gornitz, V. and Fung, I., 1994, Potential distribution of methane hydrates in the world's oceans: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 8, no. 3, p. 335-347.
- Kvenvolden, K.A., 1988, Methane hydrate--a mejor reservoir of carbon in the shallow geosphere?: Chemical Geology, v. 71, p. 51-51.
- Kvenvolden, K.A. 1993, Gas hydrates as a potential energy resource--a review of their methane content, in Howerll, D.G., ed., The future of energy gases: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Pper 1570, p. 555-561.
- MacDonald, G.J., 1990, The future of methane as an energy resource: Annual Review of Energy, v. 15, p. 53-83.
- McIver, R.D., 1981, Gas hydrates, in Meyer, R.F., and Olson, J.C., eds., Long-term energy resources: Pitman, Boston, p. 713-726.
- Meyer, R.F., 1981, Speculations on oil and gas resources in small fields and unconventional deposits, in Meyer, R.F., and Olson, J.C., eds., Long-term energy resources: Pitman, Boston, p. 49-72.
- Prensky, S.E., 1995, A review of gas hydrates and formation evaluation
of hydrate-bearing reservoirs (paper GGG), presented at1995 meeting of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, Paris, France, June 26-29.
- Trofimuk, A.A., Cherskii, N.V., and Tsaryov, V.P., 1977, The role of continental glaciation and hydrate formation on petroleum occurrence, in Meyer, R.F., ed., The future supply of nature-made petroleum and gas: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 919-926.
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