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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (10624)	3/22/2004 6:38:51 AM
From: Square_Dealings	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

<A single unit of hydrate, when heated and depressurized, can release 160 times its volume in gas.> I think you've found the answer! substitute "Ten Year Note" for "singe unit of hydrate" g>. M

To: Mike McFarland who wrote (10624)	3/22/2004 8:27:30 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 110194

Mike, as to land stability the same can be said about any other underground NG reserves or crude oil. My point was that the benefits are huge if enough R&D is performed to utilize those energy reservoirs adequately. from the link you posted In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a systematic appraisal of the in-place natural gas hydrate resources of the United States, both onshore and offshore. The mean (expected value) is estimated to be 320,000 trillion cubic feet of gas. This assessment did not address the problem of hydrate recovery. Subsequent refinements of the data in 1997, using information from the Ocean Drilling Program, have suggested that the mean should be adjusted slightly downward, to around 200,000 trillion cubic feet. For comparison, the estimated conventional gas resources and reserves in the United States are 1,400 trillion cubic feet. If it could be safely and economically recovered, one 50 by 150 kilometer area off the coast of North and South Carolina is estimated to hold enough methane to supply the needs of the United States for over 70 years.