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Project Title:
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Assessment of the Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource
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BESR-U-08-01-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Earth Sciences & Resources
Ocean Studies Board
Polar Research Board
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RSO:
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Eide, Elizabeth
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Meeting Three: Assessment of the DOE's Methane Hydrate R&D Program
March 5, 2009 - March 6, 2009
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Nicholas Rogers
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nrogers@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2208
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Fax:
202-334-1377
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Agenda:
Meeting of the Committee on the Assessment of DOE’s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrates as a Future Energy Source
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
The Keck Center
Room 110
500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC
Thursday–Friday, March 5-6, 2009
Thursday, March 5
08:00-09:00 CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)
09:15-16:30 OPEN SESSION (Open to public)
09:15-09:30 Introductions William Reeburgh, Chair
09:30-12:30 Presentations and discussion
1. Gulf of Mexico Joint Industry Project
Emrys Jones (Chevron Corporation)
Debbie Hutchinson (USGS)
Carolyn Ruppel (USGS)
2. Strategic path of marine gas hydrate research in Japan
Mr. Kenji Ohno (Leader, Research Group for Resources Assessment, Research Consortium for Methane Hydrate Resources in Japan & General Manager of Technology Research & Development Department, Oil & Gas Upstream Unit, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC))
Dr. Yoshihiro Masuda (Sub-leader, Research Group for Production Methods and Modelling, Research Consortium for Methane Hydrate Resources in Japan & Associate Professor, Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources (FRCER), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
Mr. Hirohide Hirai (JOGMEC, Washington, DC Office)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Presentations and discussion
1. CO2 exchange project and field trial
Helen Farrell (ConocoPhillips)
James Howard (ConocoPhillips)
2. Remote sensing detection of active hydrocarbon seeps—implications for methane in the sea (GOM focus)
Ian MacDonald (University of Texas—Corpus Christi)
3. Experimental and laboratory projects: Resource characterization, hydrologic and geomechanical measurements
Timothy Kneafsey (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
End of open session
18:00-20:00 OPEN SESSION (working dinner*)
-Discussion of the open day’s highlights with speakers and registered guests
(arrangements and location to be determined)
*Because of space issues, interested guests must register to attend the dinner by contacting Courtney Gibbs (cgibbs@nas.edu) by Friday, February 27. The dinner location (TBD) will be announced at the meeting.
Friday, March 6
08:00-17:00 CLOSED SESSION (Committee & NRC Staff only)
End of meeting
Please notify Courtney Gibbs (cgibbs@nas.edu) of your intent to attend.
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Charlie Paull
Scott Dallimore
Keith Kvenvolden
Gonz Enciso
Sid Green
Charlie Mankin
Carolyn Koh
Michael Riedel
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
1) Report outline
2) Report draft
3) Writing assignments
4) Presentations from the open session
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
September 4, 2009
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