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To: dvdw© who wrote (98065)	3/17/2008 10:59:30 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206338

>> methane hydrate reserves << They're not reserves until they can be economically produced. They are a theoretical potential energy souce like hydrogen fusion or oil shale. Currently more in the realm of 'science fiction' until proven. Not a part of the NG supply for at least a generation or more.

To: dvdw© who wrote (98065)	3/17/2008 11:19:28 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 206338

I expect we'll see land-based hydrates developed before the underwater deposits... BP drills test well in Alaska for gas hydrates Message 23299104

To: dvdw© who wrote (98065)	3/17/2008 11:37:50 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206338

FWIW, The National Methane Hydrates R&D Program Methane Hydrate R&D Program Newsletter netl.doe.gov --- Land production of Methane Hydrate is likely to become economic first. Test wells have been drilled on Alaska's North Slope and in Canada' Mackenzie River Delta, but as neither the Alaskan Natural Gas pipeline nor the Mackenzie Valley pipeline has begun construction or for that matter even been approved, there is no way to get any methane hydrate gas to market let alone the known conventional natural gas resources in those areas. As to drilling into methane hydrate deposits along the coasts, as you know, drilling off both the East and West coasts for oil, gas, or anything else is forbidden. The political winds favor the Congress making the ban permanent with the next administration. Why would drilling in methane hydrate deposits be permitted while drilling known conventional deposits of gas is forbidden?