Energy from Gas Hydrates: Assessing the Opportunities and Challenges for Canada
The Expert Panel on Gas Hydrates
Gas hydrates form when water and natural gas combine at low temperatures and high pressures — they are essentially natural gas in a “frozen” state. Some estimates suggest that the total amount of natural gas bound in hydrate form may exceed all conventional gas resources — coal, oil and natural gas, combined. Challenges for the extraction of gas from gas hydrates do exist however; there are economic considerations, potential environmental policy impacts, and unknown effects on communities.
The Expert Panel on Gas Hydrates