{"id":392,"date":"2015-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/2015\/04\/21\/are-gas-hydrates-an-environmentally-sound-energy-source\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:34:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:34:02","slug":"are-gas-hydrates-an-environmentally-sound-energy-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/2015\/04\/21\/are-gas-hydrates-an-environmentally-sound-energy-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Are gas hydrates an environmentally sound energy source?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>That is one of the questions that COST Action MIGRATE is trying to answer. Stefan B\u00fcnz was recently elected as Vice Chair of the action, supported by EUs framework program.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h6>By: Maja Sojtaric<\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Europe, as elsewhere, demand for natural gas is continuously increasing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gas hydrate accumulations in continental shelf sediments are considered a promising resource for future gas supply by several non-European countries, such as USA, Japan, China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan. In 2013, the Research Consortium for Methane Hydrate Resources in Japan produced gas during a successful offshore field test.<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/video\/iframe\/275055\/\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cost.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Concerted Research Action (COST)<\/a> designated to marine gas hydrates was established. Stefan B\u00fcnz, associate professor at CAGE, was elected the Vice Chair of the action.<\/p>\n<p>Marine gas hydrate \u2013 an indigenous resource of natural gas for Europe (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cost.eu\/COST_Actions\/essem\/Actions\/ES1405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIGRATE<\/a>) will examine the potential of gas hydrates as an economically feasible and environmentally sound energy resource.<\/p>\n<h2>Significant contribution from CAGE<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stefan-buenz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-195 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/cage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stefan-buenz.jpg\" alt=\"Stefan Buenz\" width=\"180\" height=\"198\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/198;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate professor Stefan B\u00fcnz is Vice Chair for COST action, MIGRATE. He is work package leader at CAGE. Photo: CAGE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, MIGRATE aims to determine the European potential inventory of exploitable gas hydrates, to assess current technologies for their production, and to evaluate the associated risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the wide spectrum of gas hydrate research undertaken in CAGE, we will significantly contribute to three of the working groups in MIGRATE: resource assessment; exploration, production and monitoring technologies; and environmental and geohazard challenges. \u201c says B\u00fcnz.<\/p>\n<p>CAGE will particularly contribute with a large seismic database from the Norwegian and Arctic margins and development of seismic-based technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The European Concerted Research Action (<strong>COST) is networking instrument for cooperation between researchers, engineers and scholars to coordinate nationally funded research activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is one of the questions that COST Action MIGRATE is trying to answer. 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