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Preliminary Geospatial Analysis of Arctic Ocean Hydrocarbon Resources.

DE2009958008

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Long, P. E.; Wurstner, S. K.; Sullivan, E. C.; Schaef, H. T.; Bradley, D. J.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The purpose of this document is to 1) summarize results of a review of published hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic, including both conventional oil and gas and methane hydrates and 2) develop a set of digital maps of the hydrocarbon potential of the Arctic Ocean. These maps can be combined with predictions of ice-free areas to enable estimates of the likely regions and sequence of hydrocarbon production development in the Arctic. In this report, conventional oil and gas resources are explicitly linked with potential gas hydrate resources. This has not been attempted previously and is particularly powerful as the likelihood of gas production from marine gas hydrates increases. Available or planned infrastructure, such as pipelines, combined with the geospatial distribution of hydrocarbons is a very strong determinant of the temporal-spatial development of Arctic hydrocarbon resources.
Keywords	Hydrocarbons Arctic Ocean Gas hydrates Methane Gas resources Oil wells Production Pipelines Coastal regions Maps
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200926
Contract Number	DE-AC05-76RL01830

Preliminary Geospatial Analysis of Arctic Ocean Hydrocarbon Resources.

Preliminary Geospatial Analysis of Arctic Ocean Hydrocarbon Resources.
DE2009958008

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Long, P. E.; Wurstner, S. K.; Sullivan, E. C.; Schaef, H. T.; Bradley, D. J.
Page Count	46
Abstract	The purpose of this document is to 1) summarize results of a review of published hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic, including both conventional oil and gas and methane hydrates and 2) develop a set of digital maps of the hydrocarbon potential of the Arctic Ocean. These maps can be combined with predictions of ice-free areas to enable estimates of the likely regions and sequence of hydrocarbon production development in the Arctic. In this report, conventional oil and gas resources are explicitly linked with potential gas hydrate resources. This has not been attempted previously and is particularly powerful as the likelihood of gas production from marine gas hydrates increases. Available or planned infrastructure, such as pipelines, combined with the geospatial distribution of hydrocarbons is a very strong determinant of the temporal-spatial development of Arctic hydrocarbon resources.
Keywords	Hydrocarbons Arctic Ocean Gas hydrates Methane Gas resources Oil wells Production Pipelines Coastal regions Maps
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200926
Contract Number	DE-AC05-76RL01830