Natural Gas Hydrates May Help Fuel the Future

Oil & Natural Gas / Gas Hydrates / Development Technology

Date posted: 02/04/10

Gas hydrates – natural gas and water frozen together into a solid substance – are common in arctic permafrost regions and in sediments in the ocean's deep waters. Research is now underway to better understand this vast, untapped resource: how natural gas hydrates form, where they are located and how they could be used as a future source of natural gas.