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Successful Natural Gas Extraction Test "Game-Changer" for Alaska's Energy FutureNORTH SLOPE - The Department of Energy announced plans to ramp up methane hydrate extraction research after a preliminary test was declared a success Wednesday. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the test, which involved removing natural gas from North Slope ice crystals, could lead to a 30 percent reduction in gas prices by 2025. The Department of Energy partnered with ConocoPhillips and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation to conduct the test, which commenced February 15 and ended April 10. Because methane hydrates are found both on and offshore along “nearly every continental shelf in the world,” the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys said the successful extraction of natural gas from the 3D ice-lattice structures could power America for the next 1,000 years. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called the successful test a "game-changer" for American energy production. "Longer-term research is still needed to guarantee soil stability, but the results announced today represent a major step towards unlocking America's, and especially Alaska's, nearly inexhaustible supply of methane hydrate energy," Murkowski said in a press release. Previously, the longest methane hydrate extraction test lasted only six days: The energy department said the most recent, 30-day field test was a major step in making the process economically viable. In an effort to build on the groundbreaking research, department officials today announced $6.5 million in FY 2012 funding for further research into methane hydrate extraction methods in the Arctic and U.S. Gulf Coast region. |
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Randy said on Wednesday, May 2 at 3:43 PM
Get a clue... the report says nothing about the gas rate achieved during the test. Yep, they got gas... surprise, surprise, surprise... we get gas every time we drill through them... can you produce them economically... not a chance.... just another waste of government (our) money
89559656Anonymous said on Wednesday, May 2 at 5:33 PM
yeah we need to get back the 500 million Palin gave to her TransCanada buddies...heard someone in Canada came to pick it up and never got to TransCanada... oops...there goes another audit...don't steal Palin!
89569236Something Smells said on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:35 PM
How many cubic miles of ice does it take to make 1000 cubic feet of gas? I thought the ice was disapearing at an alarming rate!! Now we know..... in a thousand years will we still have Ice? Didnt think so...
89579613Joe Papp said on Thursday, May 3 at 5:26 AM
Yes, another BULL-Sheite Announcement. DANG people who do this. When you have MEANINGFUL information, publish it. Shale Gas is REAL, and coming out.. 30 years in development, and much known about it for 30 years... This, completely speculative. AND NO DATA ON THE TEST, HOW CONDUCTED, WHAT IT PRODUCED, WHAT IT COST, etc. WHY are we continuously barraged with BS from the NEW MEDIA? "If I only had a brain.."
89608734Anonymous said on Thursday, May 3 at 10:35 AM
the ownership of a trust account is traced to AK, WA, and CA with stock in oil companies. an audit will reveal Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell embezzling funds, transfer funds and hide them in another acct.
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