{"id":8509,"date":"2018-09-21T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/hts3-new\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/35372156\/NEWS\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T04:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T04:48:56","slug":"federal-research-ship-discovers-new-methane-hydrate-deposits-along-the-atlantic-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims-new\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/35372156\/NEWS\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal research ship discovers new methane hydrate deposits along the Atlantic coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, reports that an interagency federal research ship recently sailed along the Mid-Atlantic margin to characterize methane hydrate deposits. The researchers collected 2000 km of Multi-Channel Seismic System data that confirmed previously detected methane hydrates, and also discovered new deposits. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Methane hydrate is a cage-like lattice of ice that contains trapped molecules of methane, the chief constituent of natural gas. If a methane hydrate is warmed or depressurized, it reverts to water and natural gas. When brought to the earth&#8217;s surface, one cubic foot of gas hydrate releases up to 180 cubic feet of natural gas, making it a potentially massive new energy source. Hydrate deposits occur under Arctic permafrost and beneath the ocean floor along continental margins. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Researchers acquired six seismic lines running down the continental slope from the shelf-break to waters as deep as about 12,100 feet offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. The work of the cruise fills a gap in modern seismic data acquisition along the U.S. Atlantic margin and will be used by academic collaborators and other researchers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">\u201cUSGS researchers have been involved for decades in investigations that are helping us understand the full extent of the hydrate resource,\u201d says Skip Pratt, NETL Project Manager. &nbsp;\u201cWe are pleased that we were able to support a project that is making important advances in understanding gas hydrates.\u201d Federal agencies, along with the private sector and academic institutions, are all working together to gain a better understanding of the nature and distribution of marine gas hydrates.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fe\/articles\/doe-netl-supported-research-cruise-racks-methane-hydrate-data-successes\">https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fe\/articles\/doe-netl-supported-research-cruise-racks-methane-hydrate-data-successes<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, reports that an interagency federal research ship recently sailed along the Mid-Atlantic margin to characterize methane hydrate deposits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63082,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[443,440,441,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fossil-fuel-power","category-news","category-news-articles","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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