OIL & GAS

U.S. Department of Energy
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Methane Hydrate R&D Program
Publications for the Period:
1999-2019

December 2019

Office of Fossil Energy

Table of Contents
Section I: Publications Related to Methane Hydrate Fellowship Program ............................................6
Papers Authored and Presentations Given by NETL Methane Hydrate Fellows ...................................... 6
Section II: Publications Related to the Program’s Major Field Projects ..............................................12
Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization (DE-FC26-01NT41332) ............................ 12
Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project (DE-FC26-01NT41330) .......................................... 25
Gas Hydrate Production Trial (DE-NT0006553) ...................................................................................... 51
Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost (DE-FC26-01NT41331) ................................... 55
Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques (DE-FE0010160) ..................... 59
Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for the Walker Ridge and Green
Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico (DE-FE0010175) ............................................................................ 60
Section III: Publications Related to the Program’s Efforts with Universities and Other ResearchInstitutions ......................................................................................................................................62
Gas Hydrate Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico (DE-NT0005668) and Mapping Permafrost and Gas
Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods (DE-FE0010144) ......................................................................... 62
Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotropic Biofilter in Methane Hydrate Environments (DENT0005667)............................................................................................................................................. 67
Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading Microbes in Alaska Coastal Waters(DE-NT0005666) ...................................................................................................................................... 70
Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from Thermokarst Lakes on the
Alaskan North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change (DE-NT0005665) ....................................... 72
Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements of Methane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project)(DE-NT0005638 ) ..................................................................................................................................... 77
Integrating Natural Gas Hydrates in the Global Carbon Cycle (DE-NT0006558) .................................... 80
Global Assessment of Methane Gas Hydrates (DE-FE0003060) ............................................................. 81
Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments (DE-FC26-06NT43067)................................................................................................................................................................ 83
Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates (DE-FC26-06NT42960)............................................... 88
Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi Canyon Block 118, Gulf of
Mexico (DE-FC26-06NT42959) ................................................................................................................ 95
Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Stability and Gas Hydrates Monitoring Project (DE-FC26 -00NT40920, DEFC26-02NT41628, DE-FC26 -06NT42877) and Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics
beneath Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters (DE-FE0010141)................................................. 97

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Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India (DE-NT0005669) ............................ 127
Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments (DE-FC26-06NT42963) and Hydrate-Bearing
Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties, Production and Engineering/Geological
Implications (DE-FE0009897) ................................................................................................................ 128
Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using 3D Seismic Data and 4C OBS Data (DE-FC2600NT41024) and (DE-FC26-06NT42667) ............................................................................................... 133
Sampling and Monitoring Hydrate Mounds in the Gulf of Mexico (DE-AF26-01NT00394).................. 137
Investigation of 3D Structure and Physical Properties of Methane Hydrate Deposits at Blake Ridge (DEFC26-00NT40921) ................................................................................................................................. 139
Rock-Physics Modeling of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments (DE-FC26-05NT42663) ................................... 140
Investigation of Natural Gas Species Flows from Hydrate Dissociation (DE-FC26-00NT40916) .......... 141
Investigations into the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore
Environments (DE-FC26-05NT42664) ................................................................................................... 142
Investigation of Gas Hydrate Instability in the Southeastern Bering Sea (DE-FC26-05NT42665) ........ 142
Evaluating the Controls on Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in the Gulf of Mexico (DE-FC2602NT41328)........................................................................................................................................... 143
In Situ Sampling and Characterization of Naturally Occurring Methane Hydrate During IODP legs 204
and 311 (DE-FC26-01NT41329)............................................................................................................. 145
Comparative Assessment of Advanced Gas Hydrate Production Methods (DE-FC26-06NT42666) .... 152
Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes (DE-FC26-06NT42961) ....................... 154
Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for Methane Gas Production from Gulf of
Mexico Hydrates (DE-FC26-02NT41327) .............................................................................................. 154
Gas Hydrates Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel (DE-AI26-06NT42938)................ 154
Characterization and Qualification of the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential Associated with the
Barrow Gas Fields (DE-FC26-06NT42962) ............................................................................................. 155
Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence and Distribution: Gulf of
Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955 (DE-FE0009904).................................................... 155
Development of a Scientific Plan for a Hydrate-Focused Marine Drilling, Logging and Coring Program(DE-FE0010195) .................................................................................................................................... 156
A New Approach to Understanding the Occurence and Volume of Natural Gas Hydrate in the Northern
Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs (DE-FE0009949) ................................................. 157
Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope: Modeling and Field
Characterization (DE-FE0010180) ......................................................................................................... 160

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Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon Fluxes at Gas-Hydrate
Bearing Sites (DE-FE0010496) and Assessing the Response of Methane Hydrates to Environmental
Change at the Svalbard Continental Margin (DE-FE0013531) .............................................................. 162
Verification of Capillary Pressure Functions and Relative Permeability Equations for Gas Production(DE-FE0009927) .................................................................................................................................... 164
Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments (DE-FE0009963)................................................................................................................... 166
THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field
Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings) (DE-FE0013889)......................................................... 167
Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate Systems (DE-FE0010406).... 171
Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory, and Field
Constraints (DE-FE0013999) ................................................................................................................. 171
Hydrate Evolution in Response to Ongoing Environmental Shifts (DE-FE0013565) ............................. 173
Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific Assessment (DE-FE0023919) .............. 173
Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in Coarse-Grained Reservoirs (DEFE0013919) ........................................................................................................................................... 181
Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin gas Hydrate Reservoir to Bottom Water Warming
Along the Upper Continental Slope (DE-FE0013998) ........................................................................... 188
Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterizationof Hydrate-Bearing Sediments (DEFE0013961) ......................................................................................................................................... 190

Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During Methane Extraction
from Gas Hydrate (DE-FE0028966) .................................................................................................. 191

A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarse-grained Hydrate
Reservoirs during Production (DE-FE0028967) .............................................................................. 193

Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane Released fromGas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin (DE-FE0028980) ........................................... 195
Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for Gas
Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application (DE-FE0028973) .......................................... 196

Section IV: Publications Resulting from Work with the Dept. of Energy’s National Labs ................... 198
Brookhaven National Laboratory .......................................................................................................... 198
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ................................................................................................. 201
Los Alamos National Laboratory ........................................................................................................... 208
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory............................................................................................... 209
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory........................................................................................ 231
Oak Ridge National Laboratory .......................................................................................................... 234

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Idaho National Laboratory ................................................................................................................. 239

National Energy Technology Laboratory .......................................................................................... 242

Section V: Publications Resulting from Interagency Agreements .......................................... 254
Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Lab ......................................... 254

The United States Geological Survey (DE-FE0002911/ DE-AI26-05NT42496/ DE-AT2697FT34343/ DE-FE0022898, DE-FE0023495) ................................................................................ 262

Section VI: Programmatic Reports ............................................................................................ 316

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Section I: Publications Related to Methane Hydrate Fellowship Program
Papers Authored and Presentations Given by NETL Methane Hydrate Fellows
Papers Authored
Brothers, L. L., Kelley, J. T., Belknap, D. F., Koons, P. O., Barnhardt, W. A., (2011). “Pockmarks:
Self-scouring seep features?” Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates(ICGH 2011). Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July, 17-21, (2011). Paper 326.
Brothers, L., Hart, P. E., and Ruppel, C. R., (2012). "Minimum distribution of subsea ice-bearing
permafrost on the U. S. Beaufort Sea continental shelf." Geophysical Research Letters,
vol. 39, L15501, doi:10.1029/2012GL052222.
Brothers, L. L., Kelley, J. T., Belknap, D. F., Barnhardt, W. A., Andrews, B. D., Legere, C., Hughes
Clarke, J., (2012). Shallow stratigraphic control on pockmark distribution in northtemperate estuaries. Marine Geology, v. 329-331, pp. 34-45, doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.09.006.
Brothers, L. L., Van Dover, C. L., German, C. R., Kaiser, C. L., Yoerger, D. R., Ruppel, C. D.,
Lobecker, E., Skarke, A. R., Wagner, K. S., (2013). Evidence for extensive methane
venting on the southeastern U. S. Atlantic margin. Geology
http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G34217.1
Cook, A. and Goldberg, D., (2009). “Two Kinds of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: Pore-filling Sand vs.
Fractured Clay,” Eos Trans. AGU 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract OS31A-1174.
Cook, A., Guerin, G., Mrozewski, S., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., (2009). “Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II — Walker Ridge 313 LWD Operations and Results,”
Proceedings of the Drilling and Scientific Results of the 2009 Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate
Joint Industry Project Leg II.
Cook, A. and Malinverno, A., (2010). Can in situ methanogenesis explain a 3 m-thick gas hydratefilled sand in Walker Ridge Block 313, Gulf of Mexico?, Abstract OS53A-1353 Poster
presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Cook, A., Rasmus, J., Li, Q., Sun, K., Anderson, B., Collett, T., and Goldberg, D., (2011). “Analyzing
Electrical Anisotropy in Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using Logging-While-Drilling Directional
Resistivity Data from the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project.” Proc. of the
7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011). Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom, July, 17-21, (2011).
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2008). “Extending Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data for Permeability
Estimation in Fine-Grained Sediments,” Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl.
Abstract H43J-04.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2009). “Fracture Genesis and Fracture Filling in Hydrate Systems,” EosTrans. AGU 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract OS41A-02.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2009). “Extending NMR data for permeability estimation in finegrained sediments,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 26, Issue 8, September
2009, pp. 1419-1427, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.008.

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Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2010). “Origin and evolution of fracture-hosted methane hydrate
deposits,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B11103, doi:10.1029/2010JB007492.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2010). “Effects of multiphase methane supply on hydrate
accumulation and fracture generation,” Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20301,
doi:10.1029/2010GL044970.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2010). Free gas in the regional hydrate stability zone: Implications forhydrate distribution and fracturing behavior, Abstract : OS53A-1355 Poster presented at2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2011). “Capillary controls on methane hydrate distribution andfracturing in advective systems,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q01003,
doi:10.1029/2010GC003392.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2011). “An improved technique for computing permeability from NMR
measurements in mudstones,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B08101,
doi:10.1029/2011JB008353.
Daigle, H. and Dugan, B., (2011). “Permeability anisotropy and fabric development: A
mechanistic explanation,” Water Resources Research, 47, W12517,
doi:10.1029/2011WR011110.
Daigle, H., Bangs, N., and Dugan, B., (2011). “Transient hydraulic fracturing and gas release inmethane hydrate settings: A case study from southern Hydrate Ridge,” Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q12022, doi:10.1029/2011GC003841.
Heintz, M. B., Mau, S., Valentine, D. L., Reed, J. H., Hallam, S. J., Yang, J., (2008). “Methane
Consumption in Waters Overlying a Hydrate-Associated Mound in the Santa Monica
Basin: A Project Synopsis,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, (2008).
Heintz M. B., Mau, S., Valentine, D. L., (2010). “Methane Consumption in the Water Column of
the Santa Monica Basin: A Comparison from Two Sampling Expedi-tions,” Eos Trans.
AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract CO45B-12.
Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J. W., Valentine, D. L., Wooller, M. J., (2010). “Ice Cover Modulates
Methanotrophic Efficacy in Arctic Thermokarst Lakes,” 7th Annual Southern California
Geobiology Symposium. CALTECH. Pasadena, CA.
Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J., Wooller, M. J., Elvert, M., Ruppel, C. D., and Valentine, D. L., (2010).
“Ice Cover Enhances Methane Consumption in Alaskan Thermokarst Lakes,” Abstract
GC51J-03 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Heintz, M. B., Mau, S., Valentine, D. L., (2012). Physical Control on Methanotrophic Potential in
Waters of the Santa Monica Basin, Southern California. Limnology and Oceanography,
57(2), pp. 420-432, doi: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0420
Lapham, L., Albert, D., Chanton, J., Martens, C., (2001). “Light hydrocarbon distributions andsulfate reduction rates in sediment porewaters near exposed gas hydrates,”American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Scheafer, H., Chapman, R., Pohlman, J., (2003).
“Innovations in Sampling Pore Fluids From Deep-Sea Hydrate Sites,” Eos Trans. AGU,
84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS52D-05, (2003).

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Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S. and Coffin, R. B., (2003). “Controls on the isotopic composition ofdissolved methane in the pore waters of sediments containing disseminated gas hydrate
off of Cascadia Margin,” Proceedings of the American Society of Limnology andOceanography Annual Meeting, p. 82.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., C. Martens, and H. Mendlovitz, (2004). “Innovations in sampling pore
fluids at deep sea hydrate sites,” in B. J Thompson, ed., Energy, Simulation-Training,
Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation, Research Papers of the Link Foundation
Fellows, Volume 3, p. 4.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Pohlman, J., Chapman, R., (2005). “In Situ light hydrocarbon
concentrations and stable carbon isotope values in hydrate-bearing sediments of
Cascadia Margin, Vancouver Island,” Second General Assembly European Geosciences
Union, April 24-29.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch, H. W., and Woolsey, J. R.,(2006). “Pore-Fluid Array Construction and Deployment at Mississippi Canyon Site 118,
Gulf of Mexico,” OTC 18170-MS. Proceedings of the 2006 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX.
Lapham, L., (2007). “In situ measurements of methane cycling in cold seep sediments containing
gas hydrates and brines,” Ph. D. Thesis, University of North Carolina.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Higley, P., Jannasch, H., Woolsey, J., Sleeper, K., (2007).
“Biogeochemical sensors: design and applications of the Pore Fluid Array for theMississippi Canyon 118 Gas Hydrate Seafloor Observatory,” Mid-South Area Engineeringand Sciences Conference, University of Mississippi, May 17-18.
Lapham, L.,Chanton, J., Martens, C., Higley, P., Jannasch, H., Woolsey, J., (2007). “Monitoringlong term hydrate stability: in situ methane and the Pore Fluid Array (PFA),” Gulf of
Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Annual Meeting. University of Mississippi.
Lapham, L.,Chanton, J., Martens, C., Sleeper, K., Woolsey, J., (2007). “Methane andbiogeochemical gradients within acoustic wipe-out zones at a Gulf of Mexico Cold
Seep,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract B53C-07.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Sleeper, K., Woolsey, J. R., (2008). “Microbial activity insurficial sediments overlying acoustic wipeout zones at a Gulf of Mexico Cold Seep,”
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 9, No. 6
Lapham, L. L., J. P. Chanton, Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H. P., Higley, P. D., Lutken, C. B., andWoolsey, J. R., (2008). “Unique tools sample sediment pore water near seafloor hydrate
mounds in the Gulf of Mexico,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter, pp. 912.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch, H. W., Woolsey, J. R., (2008).
“Measuring long term changes in dissolved ion and gas concentrations and stable
isotopes at a hydrate site: Mississippi Canyon 118, Gulf of Mexico,” Environmental
Science and Technology, 42, 7368-7373.
Lapham, L. L., Alperin, M. J., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., (2008). “Upward advection rates anddissolved methane and sulfate concentrations at two Gulf of Mexico brine seeps,”
Marine Chemistry, 112, 65-71.

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Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J . P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch, H. W., Woolsey, J. R.,(2008). “Temporal variability in pore-fluid chemistry at a Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate
site,” Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31D-06.
Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S., Chanton, J. P., (2009). “Controls on gas hydrate stability inmethane-depleted sediments: Laboratory and field measurements,” Eos Trans. AGU,
90(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-118.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Chapman, R. and Martens, C. S., (2010). “Methane under-saturated
fluids in deep-sea sediments: Implications for gas hydrate stability and rates ofdissolution,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 298, Issues 3-4, 1 October
2010, pp. 275-285, ISSN 0012-821X, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.016.
Lapham, L, Wilson, R., Short, T, Bell, R and Chanton, J., (2010). “Mechanisms Influencing Hydrate
Dissolution Rates in Under-saturated Systems,” Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville,
Tennessee, June 2010.
Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R., and Chanton, J., (2012). Pressurized laboratory experiments show nostable carbon isotope fractionation of methane during gas hydrate dissolution anddissociation. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26(1): 32-36
Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R. M., Riedel, M., Paull, C. K., and Holmes, M. E., (2013). Temporalvariability of in situ methane concentrations in gas hydrate-bearing sediments near
Bullseye Vent, Northern Cascadia margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 14,
pp. 2445-2459. doi: 10.1002/ggge.20167
Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R. M., MacDonald, I. R., and Chanton, J. P., (2013). Gas hydrate dissolution
rates quantified with laboratory and seafloor experiments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, v. 125, pp. 492-503. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.030
Mau, S., Heintz, M. B., Valentine, D. L., (2012). Quantification of CH4 loss and transport indissolved plumes of the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Continental Shelf Research, v.
32, pp. 110-120, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.10.016
Solomon, E., M. Kastner, H. Jannasch, Y. Weinstein, G. Robertson, and A. Aubrey, (2004). Longterm continuous monitoring of fluid chemistry and flux at the Bush Hill gas hydrate field,
Gulf of Mexico, using a new flowmeter, the MOSQUITO, American Geophysical Union,
Fall Meeting, December 13-17.
Solomon, E., M. Kastner, H. Jannasch, Y. Weinstein, and G. Robertson, (2005). Insights into the
dynamics of in situ gas hydrate formation and dissociation at Bush Hill gas hydrate field,
Gulf of Mexico, Trondheim, Norway, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conferenceof Gas Hydrates, Volume 3, p. 947-953.
Solomon, E. A., Spivack, A. J., Kastner, M., Torres, M. , Borole, D. V. , Robertson, G. , Das, H. C.,(2008). Hydrogeochemical and Structural Controls on Heterogeneous Gas Hydrate
Distribution in the K-G Basin Offshore SE India. Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, (2008).
Solomon, E. A., Kastner, M., and Leifer, I., (2009). “Ethane and Propane Emissions to the Ocean
and Atmosphere from 550-1200 m Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52),OS31A-1182.

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Solomon, E. A., Spivack, A., Kastner, M., Torres, M., (2010). Biogeochemical cycling and methane
generation in gas hydrate-bearing sediments offshore SE India, Gordon Research
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Waterville, ME, USA, June 6-11, (2010).
Wagner, K. S., McEntee, M. H., Brothers, L. L., German, C. R., Kaiser, C. L., Yoerger, D. R., and Van
Dover, C. L., (2013). Cold-seep habitat mapping, High-resolution spatial characterizationof the Blake Ridge Diapir seep field. Deep Sea Research II: Topical Studies in
Oceanography, v. 92, pp. 183-188, August, (2013).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.008
Wilson, R. M., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Lapham, L., Lutken, C., Sleeper, K., D'Emidio, M., Pizzi,
M., Knapp, J., and Chanton, J., (2014). Subsurface methane sources and migration
pathways within a gas hydrate mound system, Gulf of Mexico, Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15, pp. 89-107, January, (2014).
Presentations
Brothers, L. L., Hart, P. E., Ruppel, C., (2011). Subsea permafrost mapped across the US Beaufort
Sea using multichannel seismic data, AGU Fall Meeting 2011
Brothers, L. L., Van Dover, C. L., German, C. R., Kaiser, C. L., Yoerger, D. R., Ruppel, C. D.,
Lobecker, E., Skarke, A. R., Wagner, K. S., (2012). Evidence for extensive methane
venting on the southeastern U. S. Atlantic margin., AGU Fall Meeting 2012
Brothers, L. L., Hart, P. E., and Ruppel, C., (2013). Subsea permafrost on the US Beaufort Sea
Margin, Permafrost & Gas Hydrates Workshop, Helsinki Finland, (2013).
D’Emidio, M, M Ingrassia, CB Lutken, L Macelloni, A Simonetti, M Pizzi, LL Lapham, R Wilson, P
Hsing, and C Fisher, (2012). Biogeophysical classification of seafloor seeps at a
carbonate-hydrate mound, Northern Gulf of Mexico. Poster. The Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, California. March 18th-23rd
Pohlman, J. W., Kessler, J. K., Maue, C., Ruppel, C. D., Brothers, L. L., Yvon Lewis, S. A., Sparrow,
K., Bergeron, E., Worley, C., (2012). Methane fluxes to the atmosphere in an area of
possibly dissociating gas hydrate in the shallow Alaskan Beaufort Sea, Eos Trans. AGU
87(36), Ocean Sciences Meet. Supplement, Abstract OS35E 02
Ruppel, C., Brothers, L. L., Hart, P. E., Worley, C., (2011). The distribution of subsea permafrost
and shallow methane on the central U. S. Beaufort Inner Shelf from newly acquired
geophysical data, AGU Fall Meeting
Ruppel, C., Brothers, L., Hart, P., Pohlman, J., (2012). Warming driven dissociation of gas
hydrates on the continental shelf and upper continental slope of the US Beaufort Sea,
for Arctic Frontiers, Tromso, Jan 2012.
Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., and Chanton, J. P., (2012). Chemical and physical controls on
hydrate stability probed with field and laboratory experiments. Presented at theAmerican Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, CA.

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Wilson, RM, LL Lapham, B Anderson, N Garapati, and J Chanton, (2012). Laboratory experiments
probe hydrate dissolution rates. Poster. The Gordon Research Conference on NaturalGas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, California. March 18th-23rd
Wilson, RM, LL Lapham, CS Martens, JP Chanton, H Mendlovitz, K Sleeper, and M Riedel, (2012).
Time-series methane monitoring in gassy sediments and the benthic boundary layer.
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. February 20th-24th
Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., and Chanton, J. P., (2013). Integrating seismic data and geochemical
profiles to identify methane provenance, cycling, and migration pathways. Presented at
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Apr. 8-12, New Orleans, LA.

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Section II: Publications Related to the Program’s Major Field Projects
With private companies, state and local governments, universities, and research institutions

Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization (DE-FC26-01NT41332)
BP Exploration Alaska, Inc.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Anderson, B., Hancock, S., Wilson, S., Enger, C., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Hunter, R., (2010).
“Formation pressure testing at the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well,
Alaska North Slope: Operational summary, history matching, and interpretations,”
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of theMount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 478-492, ISSN
0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.012.
Anderson, B. J., Kurhiara, M., Wilson, S. J., Pooladi-Darvish, M., White, M., Moridis, G.,
Gaddipati, M., Masuda, Y., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., Narita, H., Rose, K., Boswell, R.,(2010). “Regional long-term production modeling from a single well test, Mount ElbertGas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas
Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 493-501, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.015.
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., and Anderson, B. J., Editors, (2010). Scientific Results of2007 USDOE-BP-USGS “Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Milne Point,
Alaska North Slope,” Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology Special Thematic
Volume.
Boswell, R., Rose, K., Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Winters, W. F., Lewis, K., and Agena, W. F., (2010).
“Geologic controls on gas hydrate occurrence in the Mount Elbert prospect, Alaska
North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientificresults of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp.
589-607, ISSN 0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.004.
Collett, T. S., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., and Boswell, R., (2009). "Natural gas hydrates: A review," inT. Collett et al., eds., Natural Gas Hydrates—Energy Resource Potential and AssociatedGeologic Hazards, pp. 89, 146–219.
Collett, T. S., Lewis, R. E., Winters, W. F., Lee, M. W., Rose, R., and Boswell, R., (2009).
“Downhole well log and core montages from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate
Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss.
2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 561-577, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.016.

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and Inks, T. L., (2010). “Permafrost-associated natural gas hydrate occurrences on the
Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on
Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope, pp. 279-294, ISSN 0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.001.
Colwell, F., Briggs, B., and Schwartz, A., (2010). “Microbial community distribution in sedimentsfrom the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine
and Petroleum Geology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of theMount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 404-410, ISSN
0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.012.
Dai, S., Lee, C., and Santamarina, A., (2010). “Formation history and physical properties ofsediments from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific resultsof the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 427438, ISSN 0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.005.
Hunter, R., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Anderson, B., Digert, S., Pospisil, G., Baker, R., and Weeks, M.,(2010). “Mount Elbert gas hydrate stratigraphic test well, Alaska North Slope: overview
of scientific and technical program.” In Boswell, R., Collett, T., Anderson, B., Hunter, R.,
eds., Scientific Results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska
North Slope: Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 28, no. 2, pp. 295-310.
Inks, T. L., Lee, M. W., Agena, W. F., Taylor, D. J., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., and Zyrianova, M.
V., (2009). “Seismic prospecting for gas hydrate and associated free-gas prospects in theMilne Point area of northern Alaska,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell,R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic
hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Jaiswal, N., Dandekar, A., Patil, S., Hunter, R., and Collett, T., (2009). “Relative permeability
measurements of gas-water-hydrate systems,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, andBoswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associatedgeologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Kneafsey, T. J., Lu, H., Winters, W. J., Boswell, R. M., Hunter, R. B., Collett, T. S., (2011). “Analysis
of core samples from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska
North Slope: Implications into core disturbance and handling,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, 28, 381-393, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.009
Kurihara, M., Sato, A., Funatsu, K., Ouchi, H., Masuda, Y., Narita, H., Collett, T., (2011). “Analysis
of formation pressure test results in the Mount Elbert methane hydrate reservoir
through numerical simulation,” in Boswell, R., Collett, T., Anderson, B., Hunter, R., eds.,
Scientific Results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope: Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 28, no. 2, pp. 502-516.
Lee, M. W., Collett, T. S., and Inks, T. L., (2009). “Seismic attribute analysis for gas-hydrate andfree-gas prospects on the North Slope of Alaska,” in Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C.,
Boswell, R., eds, Natural Gas Hydrates -- Energy Resource Potential and AssociatedGeologic Hazards: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 89, pp. 541554.

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Lee, M. W. and Collett, T. S., (2011). “In Situ gas hydrate hydrate saturation estimated fromvarious well logs at the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific resultsof the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 439449.
Lee, M. W., Agena, W. F., Collett, T. S., and Inks, T. L., (2011). "Pre- and post-drill comparison of
the Mount Elbert gas hydrate prospect, Alaska North Slope," Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas
Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 578-588.
Lorenson, T. D., Collett, T. S., and Whiticar, M. J., (2009). “Hydrocarbon gas composition andorigin of gas hydrate from the Alaska North Slope, USA,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C.
Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential andassociated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89, 584-597.9.
Lorenson, T. D., Collett, T. S., and Hunter, R. B., (2011). “Gas geochemistry of the Mount ElbertGas Hydrate Test Well, Milne Pt. Alaska: Implications for gas hydrate exploration in the
Arctic,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific resultsof the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 343360.
Lu, H., Lorenson, T. D., Moudrakovski, I. L., Ripmeester, J. A., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., andRatcliffe, C. I., (2011). “The characteristics of gas hydrates recovered from the Mount
Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas
Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 411-418.
Moridis, G.J, Silpngarmlet, S, Reagan, M. T., Collett, T. S., and Zhang, K., (2011). “Gas production
from a cold, stratigraphically-bounded gas hydrate deposit at the Mount Elbert Gas
Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope: Implications of uncertainties,”
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of theMount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 517-534.
Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Hong, H., (2010). “Use of formation pressure test results over a hydrateinterval for long-term production forecasting at the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate
Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope: Implications of uncertainties,” Marine andPetroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount ElbertGas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 535-545, ISSN 0264-8172,
doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.006.
Rose, K., Boswell, R., and Collett, T. S., (2011). “Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope: Coring operations, core sedimentology, and lithostratigraphy,”Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of theMount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 311-331.
Rutqvist, J., Moridis, G. J., Grover, T., and Collett, T. S., (2009.) “Geomechanical responses ofpermafrost-associated hydrate depositis to depressurization-induced gas production,”
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Stern, L. A., Lorenson, T. D., and Pinkston, J. C., (2011). “Gas hydrate characterization and grainscale imaging of recovered cores from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set
on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska
North Slope, pp. 394-403.
Sun, Y., Goldberg, D., Collett, T. S., and Hunter, R. B., (2011). “High-resolution well-log derived
dielectric properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments, Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate
Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss.
2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 450-459.
Torres, M. E., Collett, T. S., Rose, K., Sample, J. C., Agena, W., Rosenbaum, E., (2011). “Pore fluid
geochemistry from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific resultsof the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 332342.
White, M., Wurstner, S., and McGrail, P., (2010). “Numerical studies of methane production
from Class 1 gas hydrate accumulations enhanced with carbon dioxide injection,”
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of theMount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 546-560, ISSN
0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.06.008.
Wilson, S. J., Hunter, R. B., Collett, T. S., Hancock, S., Boswell, R., Anderson, B. J., (2011). “Alaska
North Slope regional gas hydrate production modeling forecasts,” Marine andPetroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set on Scientific results of the Mount ElbertGas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, pp. 460-477.
Winters, W. J., Walker, M., Kwon, O., Waite, B., Torres, M., Collett, T. S., and Rose, K., (2011).
“Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, Thematic Set
on Scientific results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska
North Slope, pp. 361-380.
Government Reports
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2003). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” First Quarterly Report
and Year-end Technical Report, October 2002-December 2002. Cooperative Agreement
Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, June 2.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2003). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Second Quarterly
Report, January 2003-March 2003. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332, November 3.

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Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2003). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Third Quarterly Report,
April 2003-June 2003. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332,
August 7.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2003). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Fourth Quarterly
Report, July 2003-September 2003. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332, November 18.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2004). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Fifth Quarterly Report,
October 2003-December 2003. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332, March 3.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2004). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Sixth Quarterly Report,
January 2004-March 2004. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332, May 20.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2004). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Seventh Quarterly
Report, April 2004-June 2004. Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332, September 28.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2005). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Eighth and Ninth
Quarterly Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, July 25.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2005). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska, Drilling and Data
Acquisition Planning,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2006). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Fifteenth Technical
Quarterly Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332.
Hunter, R., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Collett, T., (2006). “Resource Characterization and
Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the
Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Sixteenth Technical
Quarterly Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332,
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Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2006). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Seventeenth Technical Quarterly Report,
Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, November 6.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2007). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Eighteenth Technical Quarterly Report, Cooperative
Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, January 27.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2007). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Nineteenth Technical Quarterly Report, Cooperative
Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, June 27.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2007). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Twentieth Technical Quarterly Report, Cooperative
Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, December 12.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2008). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Tweny-First and Twenty-Second Technical SemiAnnual Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, June 18.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2008). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Twenty-Third and Twenty-Fourth Technical SemiAnnual Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, December
31.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2009). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Technical SemiAnnual Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332, May 6.
Hunter, R. and Collett, T., (2009). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Technical SemiAnnual Report, Cooperative Agreement Award Number DE-FC26-01NT41332. November
30.
Hunter, R. and Lewis, S., (2011). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural GasHydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay - Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” 33rd and 34th Quarterly Report, 4Q2010—1Q2011
Semi-Annual Progress Report. BP Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award Number DE-FC2601NT41332. May 26, 2011.

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Hunter, R. and Digert, S., (2012). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas
Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” 39th and 40th Quarterly Reports, 2Q2012 – 3Q2012
Semi-Annual Progress Report. BP Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE-FC2601NT41332. November 21, 2012.
Hunter, R. and Digert, S., (2013). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas
Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” 41st and 42nd Quarterly Reports, 4Q2012 – 1Q2013
Semi-Annual Progress Report. BP Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE-FC2601NT41332. April 30, 2013.
Hunter, R. and Digert, S., (2013). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas
Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River
Area on the North Slope of Alaska,” 43rd and 44 th Quarterly Report, 3Q2013 – 4Q2013
Semi-Annual Progress Report. BP Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE-FC2601NT41332. October 31, 2013.
Lee, M., (2005). “Well Log Analysis to Assist the Interpretation of 3-D Seismic Data at Milne
Point, North Slope of Alaska,” U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report,
2005-5048, available online.
Lee, M. W., Collett, T. S., and Agena, W. F., (2008). Assessing gas hydrate prospects on North
Slope of Alaska-Theoretical considerations: U. S. Geological Survey Investigations Report
2008-5175, 28 p.
Lewis, S., (2010). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the
North Slope of Alaska,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, October 1 – March 31, 2010. BP
Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE- DE-FC26-01NT41332. April 30, 2010.
Lewis, S., (2010). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the
North Slope of Alaska,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, April 1 – September 1, 2010. BP
Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE- DE-FC26-01NT41332. November 4, 2010.
Lewis, S., (2011). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the
North Slope of Alaska,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, April 1 – September 30, 2011. BP
Exploration (Alaska), DOE Award No.: DE- DE-FC26-01NT41332. October 31, 2011.
Lewis, K. A., and Collett, T. S., (2013). Brookian sequence well log correlation sections andoccurrence of gas hydrates, north-central North Slope, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey
Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5050, 23 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5050/.
U. S. Geological Survey Alaska Gas Hydrate Assessment Team, (2013). National Assessment of
Oil and Gas Project—Geologic assessment of undiscovered gas hydrate resources on the
North Slope, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 69–CC, 100 p.,
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/dds/69/cc/
Theses/Dissertations

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Casavant, R., (2001). “Morphotectonic Investigation of the Arctic Alaska Terrane: Implications to
Basement Architecture, Basin Evolution, Neotectonics and Natural Resource
Management,” Ph. D. Thesis, University of Arizona.
Geauner, S., (2006). “Fault analysis, seismic facies modeling and volumetric reassessment of gas
hydrates in the Milne Point Unit, North Slope, Alaska,” M. S. Thesis, University of
Arizona.
Hagbo, C., (2003). “Characterization of Gas Hydrate Occurrences Using 3-D Seismic Data andSeismic Attributes, Milne Point, North Slope, Alaska,” M. S. Thesis, University of Arizona.
Hennes, A., (2004). “Structural Constraints on Gas-hydrate Formation and Distribution in theMilne Point, North Slope of Alaska,” M. S. Thesis, University of Arizona.
Howe, S., (2004). “Production modeling and economic evaluation of a potential gas hydrate pilot
production program on the North Slope of Alaska,” M. S. Thesis, University of Alaska
Fairbanks.
Jaiswal, N., (2004). “Measurement of gas-water relative permeabilities in hydrate systems,” M.
S. Thesis, University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
Manuel, J., (2006). “A chronostratigraphic framework of the Sagavanirktok Formation, North
Slope Alaska: Incorporating facies characterization, reservoir continuity and dimensions
in relation to gas hydrate and associated free-gas resources,” M. S. Thesis, University of
Arizona.
Westervelt, J., (2004). “Determination of methane hydrate stability zones in the Prudhoe Bay,
Kuparuk River, and Milne Point units on the North Slope of Alaska,” M. S. Thesis,
University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
Zhoa, B., (2003). “Classifying Seismic Attributes in the Milne Point Unit, North Slope of Alaska,”
M. S. Thesis, University of Arizona.
Other Publications
Boswell, R., Collett, T., Anderson, B., and Ruppel, C., (2010). Relative gas volumes for free gas
and gas hydrate accumulations, in: DOE NETL newsletter, Fire in the Ice , Summer 2010
edition, pp. 9-11.
Collett, T. S., (2008). “Geologic Controls on the Occurrence of Permafrost-Associated NaturalGas Hydrates: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Permafrost, June 29 –July 3, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska,” Published by the University of Alaska, USA, 6 p. (on CDROM).
Collett, T. S., (2008). “Geologic and engineering controls on the production of permafrostassociated gas hydrate accumulations: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),” Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, 2008, 12p.
Collett, T. S., (2009). “Gas hydrate petroleum systems in marine and Arctic permafrost
environments: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Gulf Coast Section Foundation, Bob F.
Perkins Research Conference,” Houston, TX, December 6-8, 2009, 12 p. (on CD-ROM).

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Collett, T. S., (2009). “Gas hydrate petroleum systems in marine and Arctic permafrost
environments: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Gulf Coast Section Foundation, Bob F.
Perkins Research Conference,” December 6-8, 2009, Houston, TX, 12 p. (on CD-ROM).
Collett, T. S., and Lee, M. W., (2011). “Well log characterization of natural gas hydrates,
Proceedings of the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 52nd
Annual Logging Symposium,” Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 14-18, 2011, 16 p.
Collett, T., and Lee, M., (2011). “Downhole well log characterization of gas hydrates in nature – areview: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011),”
July 17-21, 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16 p.
Collett, T. S., Boswell, R. M., Lee, M. W., Anderson, B. J., Rose, K., and Lewis, K., (2011).
“Evaluation of Long-Term Gas Hydrate Production Testing Locations on the Alaska North
Slope, OTC 22149, Proceedings 2011 Arctic Technology Conference,” Houston, TX,
February 7-9, 2011, 29 p.
Lorenson, T. D., Collett, T. S., Wong, F. L., (2011). A Petroleum system model for gas hydrate
deposits in northern Alaska. In Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011, 18 p.
Mt. Elbert Science Party, (2007). “Alaska North Slope Well Successfully Cores. Logs, and Tests
Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Reservoirs,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter, pp.
1-4.
Ruppel, C., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Lorenson, T., Buckzowski, B., and Waite, W., (2011). A new
global gas hydrate drilling map based on reservoir type, U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, 11, 1, 15-19.
Presentations
Boswell, R., (2006). “Status of U. S. DOE/BP Gas Hydrate Resource Characterization, Milne Point,
Alaska North Slope,” ECI Science and Technology Issues in Methane Hydrate R&D, March
5-9.
Boswell, R., Collett, T., Hunter, R., Hancock S., and the Mount Elbert Science Party, (2007). “Gashydrate investigations at the 2007 Mount Elbert test site, Milne Point area, Alaska North
Slope,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS21A-02.
Boswell, R., Hunter, R., Collett, T. S., Digert, S., Hancock, S., Weeks, M., and the Mt. Elbert
Science Team, (2008). “Investigation of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sandstone Reservoirs at
The "Mount Elbert" Stratigraphic Test Well, Milne Point, Alaska,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10,
2008.
Casavant, R., (2002). “Tectonic geomorphic characterization of a transcurrent fault zone,
Western Brooks Range, Alaska,” Anchorage, AK, SPE-AAPG Western Region-PacificSection Joint Technical Conference Proceedings, May 18-23.
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Hydrate Resources, Alaska North Slope,” Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
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Casavant, R., Hennes, A., Johnson, R., and Collett, T., (2004). “Structural analysis of a proposed
pull-apart basin: Implications for gas hydrate and associated free-gas emplacement,
Milne Point Unit, Arctic Alaska,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Collett, T. S., Agena, W. F., Lee, M. W., Zyrianova, M. V., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Cook, T.,Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Pollastro, R. M., and Schenk, C. J., (2008). Assessment ofgas hydrate resources on the North Slope, Alaska, 2008: Series of Power Point
Presentations prepared for Department of Interior and Congressional briefings
presented in Washington DC, November 17-21, 2008, (hard copy and on CD-ROM).
Collett, T. S., Agena, W. F., Lee, M. W., Zyrianova, M. V., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Cook, T.,Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Pollastro, R. M., and Schenk, C. J., (2008). Assessment ofgas hydrate resources on the North Slope, Alaska: Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, December 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, California, Proceedings,
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Proceedings of the NRC Committee reviewing the activities authorized under the
Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of 2005, 38 p. (presentation
only)
Digert, S., (2005). “Perspective on ANS methane gas hydrate,” Alaska Division of Natural
Resources Alaska Gas Workshop, Anchorage, AK, August 17-18.
Gandler, G., Casavant, R., Johnson, R., Glass, K., and Collett, T., (2004). “Preliminary Spatial
Analysis of Faulting and Gas Hydrates-Free Gas Occurrence, Milne Point Unit, Arctic
Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research
Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Geauner, S., Manuel, J., and Casavant, R., (2003). “Preliminary subsurface characterization andmodeling of gas hydrate resources, North Slope, Alaska,” American Association ofPetroleum Geologists-Society of Exploration Geophysicists Student Expo, Houston, TX,
October 5-6.
Geauner, S., Manuel, J., Casavant, R., Glass, C., and Mallon, K., (2004). “Well Log Normalization
and Comparative Volumetric Analysis of Gas Hydrate and Free-Gas Resources, Central
North Slope, Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, Vancouver, B. C., September 12-16.
Hagbo, C., and Johnson, R., (2003). “Use of seismic attributes in identifying and interpretingonshore gas-hydrate occurrences, North Slope, Alaska,” Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall
Meet. Suppl., OS42B-06.
Hennes, M., Johnson, R., and Casavant, R., (2004). “Seismic Characterization of a Shallow GasHydrate-Bearing Reservoir on the North Slope of Alaska,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Howe, S., Nanchary, N., Patil, S., Ogbe, S., Chukwu, G., Hunter, R., and Wilson, S., (2004).
“Economic Analysis and Feasibility Study of Gas Production from Alaska North Slope Gas
Hydrate Resources,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
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Hunter, R., (2002). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the
North Slope of Alaska,” Society of Petroleum Engineers –The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Western Region – Pacific Section Conference, May 18-23.
Hunter, R., (2003). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area, North Slope of
Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention andExhibition, May 11-14.
Hunter, R., (2003). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the
North Slope of Alaska,” Geophysical Society of Alaska Lecture Series, May.
Hunter, R., (2005). “Evaluation and modeling of Alaska North Slope gas hydrate resource
potential,” Alaska Gas Workshop, Anchorage, AK, Alaska Division of Natural Resources,
August 17-18.
Hunter, R., (2006). “BP-DOE Alaska Gas Hydrate Update,” Hart Energy Publishing Methane
Hydrates Conference, Houston, TX, December 5-6.
Hunter, R., Digert, S., Casavant, R., Johnson, R., Poulton, M., Glass, C., Mallon, K., Patil, S.,
Dandekar, A., and Collett, T., (2003). “Resource Characterization and Quantification of
Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay –Kuparuk River Area, North Slope of Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, May 11-14.
Hunter, R., and Collett, T., (2004). “Gas hydrate prospect development and production
modeling, Alaska North Slope,” Geophysical Society of Alaska Lecture Series, December.
Hunter, R., Casavant, R., Johnson, R., Poulton, M., Moridis, G., Wilson, S., Geauner, S., Manuel,J., Hagbo, C., Glass, C., Mallon, K., Patil, S., Dandekar, A., and Collett, T., (2004).
“Reservoir-Fluid Characterization and Reservoir Modeling of Potential Gas Hydrate
Resources, Alaska North Slope,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Hunter, R., Collett, T., Patil, S., Casavant, R., and Mroz, T., (2004). “Characterization, Appraisal
and Economic Viability of Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Accumulations,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference,
Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Hunter, R., Collett, T., Wilson, S., Inks, T., Casavant, R., Johnson, R., Poulton, M., Mallon, K., Patil,S., and Dandekar, A., (2005). “Gas Hydrate Prospect Development and Production
Modeling, Alaska North Slope, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention and Exhibition, Calgary, AB, June 19-22.
Hunter, R., Wilson, S. J., Digert, S. A., (2006). “Gas Hydrate Resource and Regional Development
Potential, Alaska North Slope,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists PacificSection – Joint Meeting with Cordilleran Section, GSA, and West Region, SPE, Anchorage,
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Hunter, R., Digert, S. A., Wilson, S., Collett, T., Boswell, R., (2007). “Gas Hydrate Resource
Potential, Alaska North Slope, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, April 3.
Hunter, R., Digert, S., Boswell, R., (2007). “Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test
Preliminary Results,” Arctic Energy Summit, Anchorage, AK, October 15-18, available
online.
Hunter, R. B., and Osadetz, K., (2007). “Alaska Gas Hydrate Research Results and Future
Opportunities,” 9th Annual Far North Oil & Gas Forum, Calgary, AB, November 27.
Hunter, R., Digert, S., Collett, T., Boswell, R., (2008). “Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic
Test Results, Milne Point Unit, Alaska North Slope,” American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX.
Hunter, R., Digert, S., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., (2010). “Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic
Test Well Results and Implications, Milne Point Unit, Alaska North Slope,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition, New Orleans,Louisiana, April 13, 2010.
Inks, T., Collett, T., Taylor, D., Agena, W., and Lee, M., (2004). “Prospecting for Gas Hydrate
Accumulations using 2D and 3D seismic data, Milne Point, North Slope, Alaska,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference,
Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Inks, T., Collett, T., Taylor, D., Agena, W., Lee, M., and Hunter, R., (2006). “Prospecting for Gas
Hydrate Accumulations using 2-D and 3-D seismic data, Milne Point, North Slope,
Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention andExhibition, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Jaiswal, N., (2003). “Measurement of Relative Permeability for Gas Hydrate Production,” Fifth
Arctic Science Conference, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic
Division, Fairbanks, AK, September 22-24.
Jaiswal, N., Westervelt, J., Patil, S., Dandekar, A., Nanchary, N., Tsunemori, P., and Hunter, R.,(2004). “Phase Behavior and Relative Permeability of Gas-Water-Hydrate System,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference,
Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Jaiswal, N. J., Kerkar, P. B., Patil, S. L., Dandekar, A. Y., Chukwu, G. A., Hunter, R. B., Collett, T. S.
and Khataniar, S., (2007). ““Core Flooding Studies in Support of Potential Natural Gas
Production from Hydrate Accumulations on Alaska North Slope,” 7th International Oil &Gas Conference and Exhibition, Petrotech 2007, New Delhi, India, January 15-19.
Kneafsey, T. J., Lu, H., Winters, W. J., and Hunter, R. B., (2009). “Effects of core retrieval,handling, and preservation on hydrate bearing-samples,”Eos Trans. AGU 90(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., OS31A-1191.
Kurihara, M., Masuda, Y., Yamamoto, K., Narita, H., Dallimore, S., Collett, T. S., Hancock, S. H.,(2008). “Analyses Of Production Tests And Mdt Tests Conducted In Malli And Alaska
Methane Hydrate Reservoirs: What Can We Learn From These Well Tests?,” Proceedingsof the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 610, (2008).

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Lorenson, Thomas D., Collett, Timothy S., Hunter, Robert B., (2008). “Preliminary Assessment Of
Hydrocarbon Gas Sources From The Mt. Elbert No. 1 Gas Hydrate Test Well, Milne Pt.
Alaska,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, (2008).
Mitchell, K., Casavant, R., and Manuel, J., (2003). “Regional characterization of the Cretaceous
Nanushuk Group: Preliminary assessment for coal-bed methane potential in Arctic
Alaska,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists-Society of Exploration
Geophysicists Student Expo, Houston, TX, October 5-6.
Nanchary, N., Patil, S., Dandekar, A., and Hunter, R., (2004). “Numerical Modeling of Gas
Dissociation from Gas Hydrate in Porous Media,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Patil, S. L., and Dandekar, A. Y., (2007.) “Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource Potential andReview of Production Techniques,” International Symposium on Application ofComputers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry—APCOM, April 24-27, 2007,
Santiago, Chile.
Poulton, M., Casavant, R., Glass, C., and Zhao, B., (2004). “Model Testing of Methane Hydrate
Formation on the North Slope of Alaska With Artificial Neural Networks,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC,
September 12-16.
Taylor, D., Collett, T., and Lee, M.,, (2003). “Imaging gas-hydrate-bearing zones using 3-D seismic
data, Milne Point, North Slope, Alaska,” Proceedings of the Ninth Annual RMAG-DGS 3D
Seismic Symposium, Denver, CO, February 28.
Tsunemori, P., (2003). “Determination of Gas Hydrate Stability Zones in Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk
River, and Milne Point Units for Production of Natural Gas from Gas Hydrates,” Fifth
Arctic Science Conference, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arctic
Division, September 22-24.
Winters, W. J., Walker, M., Collett, T. S., Bryant, S. L., Novosel, I, Wilcox-Cline, R., Bing, J., andGomes, M. L., (2009). “Comparison of Physical Properties of Marine and Arctic GasHydrate-Bearing-Deposits,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31A-1178.

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Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project (DE-FC26-01NT41330)
Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton Energy Services, Japan National Oil Co., RelianceIndustries, Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Total, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Minerals Management Service, Naval Research Lab, Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
United States Geological Survey
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Boswell, R, Shelander, D., Lee, M. W., Latham, T., Collett, T. S., Guerin, G., Moridis, G., Reagan,M., and Goldberg, D., (2009). “Occurrence of gas hydrate in Oligocene Frio sand:Alaminos Canyon Block 818: Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Journal of Marine and Petroleum
Geology, v. 26, pp. 1499-1512.
Boswell, R., Collett, T., Frye, M., Shedd, W., McConnell, D., Shelander, D., (2012). “Subsurface
gas hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” J. Marine Pet. Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp. 4-30.
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.10.003.
Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shelander, D., Shedd, W., McConnell, D., and Cook, A., (2012).
“Architecture of gas-hydrate-bearing sands from Walker Ridge 313, Green Canyon 955,
and Alaminos Canyon 21: Northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” J. Marine Pet. Geol., v.
34, no.1, pp. 134-149.
Boswell, R., Shipp, C., Reichel, T., Saeki, T., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Collett, T., and McConnell, D.,(2015). Prospecting for marine gas hydrate resources, Interpretation, v. 4, i. 1, pp. 25-37.
Coffin, R., Hamdan, L., Plummer, R., Smith, J., Gardner, J., Hagen, R., Wood, W., (2008). “Analysisof methane and sulfate flux in methane-charged sediments from the Mississippi Canyon,
Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on
Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives
in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 977-987, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.014.
Collett, T. S., Agena, W. F., Lee, M. W., Zyrianova, M. V., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Cook, T.,Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Pollastro, R. M., and Schenk, C. J., (2008). “Assessmentof gas hydrate resources on the North Slope, Alaska, 2008: U. S. Geological Survey Fact
Sheet 2008–3073,” 4 p.
Collett, T., Lee, M., Zyrianova, M., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Goldberg, D., (2012). “Gulfof Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-while-drilling data acquisition
and analysis,” J. Marine Pet. Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp. 41-61.
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.003
Cook, A., Goldberg, D., Kleinberg, R. L., (2008). “Fracture-controlled gas hydrate systems in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic
Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates
Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 932-941, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.013.

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Cook, A., Anderson, B., Rasmus, J., Sun, K., Li, Q., Collett, T., Goldberg, D., (2012). “Electricalanisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing sand reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico.” J. Marine Pet.
Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp. 72-84. 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.09.003.
Cook, A. E., and Malinverno, A., (2013). “Short migration of methane into a gas hydrate-bearing
sand layer at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,
Vol.14 (2), pp. 283-291. doi: 10.1002/ggge.20040.
Cooper, A., and Hart, P., (2003). “High-resolution seismic-reflection investigation of the northern
Gulf of Mexico gas-hydrate-stability zone,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 19,pp. 1275-1293.
Cortes, D. D., Martin, A. I., Yun, T. S., Francisca, F. M., Santamarina, J. C., and Ruppel, C., (2009.)“Thermal conductivity of hydrate-bearing sediments,” J. Geophys. Res., 114,, B11103,
doi:10.1029/2008JB006235.
Dai, J., H. Xu, Snyder, F., and N. Dutta, (2004). “Detection and estimation of gas hydrates usingrock physics and seismic inversion: Examples from the northern deepwater Gulf of
Mexico,” in Taylor, C., and J. Kwan, eds., Advances in the study of gas hydrates, Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, p.117-139.
Dai J., Xu, H., Snyder, F., and Dutta, N., (2004). “Detection and estimation of gas hydrates usingrock physics and seismic inversion: Examples from the northern deepwater Gulf of
Mexico,” Leading Edge, January.
Dai, J., Snyder, F., Gillespie, D., Koesoemadinata, A., Dutta, N., (2008). “Exploration for gas
hydrates in the deepwater, northern Gulf of Mexico: Part I. A seismic approach based on
geologic model, inversion, and rock physics principles,” Marine and Petroleum Geology,
Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP
Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 830844, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.02.006.
Dai, J., Banik, N., Gillespie, D., Dutta, N., (2008). “Exploration for gas hydrates in the deepwater,
northern Gulf of Mexico: Part II. Model validation by drilling,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron
JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp.
845-859, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.02.005.
Dai, S., Lee, C. H. and Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “Mount Elbert Sediments (With and Without
Hydrates): Characteristics, Mechanical Properties and Geophysical Parameters,” Marine
and Petroleum Geology, vol. 28, pp. 427-438.
Dai, S., Santamarina, J. C., Waite, W. and Kneafsey, T., (2012). “Hydrate Morphology: Patchy
Hydrate Saturation in Sands,” Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 117,
B11205, 12 pages.
Ellis, M., R. L. Evans, Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Gardner, J., R. Hagen, (2008). “Electromagnetic
surveying of seafloor mounds in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron
JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp.
960-968, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 0.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.12.006.

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Francisca, F., Yun, T., Ruppel, C.,and J. Santamarina, (2005). “Geophysical and geotechnicalproperties of near-seafloor sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate
province,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 237, Issues 3-4, pp. 924-939,
ISSN 0012-821X, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.050.
Hart, P., Hutchinson, D., Gardner, J., R. Carney, and D. Fornari, (2008). “A photographic andacoustic transect across two deep-water seafloor mounds, Mississippi Canyon, northern
Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on
Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in
the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 969-976, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.020.
Hutchinson, D. R., P. E. Hart, T. S. Collett, K. M. Edwards, D. C. Twichell, and F. Snyder, (2008).
“Geologic framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon gas hydrate research well, northern
Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on
Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in
the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 906-918, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.012.
Hutchinson, D. R., Shelander, D., Dai, J., McConnell, D., Shedd, W., Frye, M, Ruppel, C., Boswell,R., Jones, E., Collett, T., Rose, K., Dugan, B., Wood, W., and Latham, T., (2008). “SiteSelection for DOE/JIP Gas Hydrate Drilling in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedingsof the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July
6-10, 2008.
Hutchinson, D., P. E. Hart, C. D. Ruppel, Snyder, F., and B. Dugan, (2009). “Seismic and thermal
characterization of a bottom simulating reflector in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” inCollett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy
resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C.,H. Roberts, R. Carney, and M. Smith, (2011). “Gas hydrates in the Gulf
of Mexico,” in N. A. Buster and C. W. Holmes, eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, andBiota, Volume 3: Geology, Texas A&M University Press, pp. 247-277.
Kastner, M., G. Claypool, and G. Robertson, (2008). “Geochemical constraints on the origin of
the pore fluids and gas hydrate distribution at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon,
northern Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic
Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates
Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp. 860-872, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.022.
Kwon, T. H., Cho, G. C. and Santamarina J. C., (2007). “Hydrate Dissociation in Sediments:
Pressure-Temperature Evolution,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 9, No. 2,
Q03019, doi:10.1029/2007GC001920.
Kwon, T., Cho, G. C., Santamarina, J. C., Kim, J., and Lee, J., (2009). “Stability evaluation of
hydrate-bearing sediments during thermally-driven hydrate dissociation,” AGU Fall
meeting, Abstract.
Lee, J. Y., Yun, T. S., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C., (2007). “Observations Related To
Tetrahydrofuran and Methane Hydrate for Laboratory Studies of Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 8, no. 6.

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Lee, M. and Collett, T., (2008). “Integrated analysis of well logs and seismic data to estimate gas
hydrate concentrations at Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron
JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in the Gulf of Mexico, November 2008, pp.
924-931, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.09.002.
Lee, J. Y., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C. D., (2008). “Mechanical and Electromagnetic
Properties of Gulf of Mexico Sediments With and Without THF Hydrates,” Marine andPetroleum Geology, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 884-895.
Lee, J. Y. and Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Cylindrical Cells—
Guidelines for Hardware Pre-Design,” Geotechnical Testing J. vol. 33, pp. 23-32, doi:
10.1520/GTJ102366
Lee, J. Y., Francisca F., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C. D., (2010). “Parametric Study of the
Physical Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sand, Silt, and Clay Sediments. Part II: SmallStrain Mechanical Properties,” J. Geophysical Research – Solid Earth. vol. 115, B11105,
doi:10.1029/2009JB006670,
Lee, J. Y., Santamarina, J. C., and Ruppel, C. D., (2010). “Parametric Study of the Physical
Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sand, Silt, and Clay Sediments. Part I: Electromagnetic
Properties.” J. Geophysical Research – Solid Earth. vol. 115, B11104,
doi:10.1029/2009JB006669.
Lee, J. Y., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C. D., (2010). “Volume change associated withformation and dissociation of hydrate in sediment,” Geochemistry, Geophysics,
Geosystems, 11, Q03007, doi:10.1029/2009GC002667
Lee, C., Yun, T. S., Lee, J. S., Bahk, J. J. and Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “Geotechnical
Characterization of Marine Sediments in The Ulleung Basin, East Sea,” Engineering
Geology, vol. 117, pp. 151-158.
Lee, M. and Collett, T., (2012). “Pore- and fracture-filling gas hydrate reservoirs in the Gulf of
Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II Green Canyon 955 H well.” J. Marine
Pet. Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp. 62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.002
Lee, M., Collett, T., and Lewis, K., (2012). “Anisotropic models to account for large borehole
washouts to estimate gas hydrate saturations in the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II Alaminos Canyon 21 B well.” J. Marine Pet. Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp.
85-95. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.06.010.
Livescu, S., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K., Ginestra, J.C. (2010). "A fully coupled thermal multiphasewellbore flow model for use in reservoir simulation." J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 71: 138-146.
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9, Thematic Set on Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane
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constraints on the distribution of gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico,” Geo-marine
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reduction and methane cycling in a high salinity pore water system in the northern Gulf
of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, Thematic Set on
Scientific Results of 2005 US DOE-Chevron JIP Drilling for Methane Hydrates Objectives in
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Various Confining Pressures,” AGU Fall meeting, Abstract.
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W., and E. Bergeron, (2012). “Pressure Core Characterization Tools to Enhance Gas
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from India: Analysis and Subsampling Reveals Detailed Methane Hydrate Structures,”
DOE Fire in the Ice.
Valdes, J. R. and Santamarina, J. C., (2006). “Particle Clogging in Radial Flow: Microscale
Mechanisms,” J. the Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 193-198.
Valdes, J. R. and Santamarina, J. C., (2007). “Particle Transport in a Non-Uniform Flow Field:
Retardation and Clogging,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 24.
Valdes, J. R. and Santamarina, J. C., (2008). “Clogging: Bridge Formation and Vibration-Based
Destabilization,” Canadian Geotechnical J., vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 177-184.
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Keathley Canyon and Atwater Valley, JIP Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate drilling program,”Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 25, Issue 9, November 2008, pp. 896–905.
Wood, W., Hart, P., Hutchinson, D., Dutta, N., Snyder, F., Coffin, R.,J. Gettrust, (2008). “Gas andgas hydrate distribution around seafloor seeps in Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of
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Wave Velocities in Uncemented Sediment Containing Gas Hydrate,” GeophysicalResearch Letters, 32(10). May, L10609. DOI:10.1029/2005GL022607.
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High Pressure Chamber,” AGU Fall meeting, Abstract.
Yun, T. S. and Santamarina J. C., (2005). “Decementation, Softening and Collapse: Changes in
Small-Strain Shear Stiffness in k0 Loading,” J. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng.,
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Of Mexico Sediments,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 23, pp. 893-900.
Yun, T. S., Narsilio, G. A., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C., (2006). “Instrumented Pressure
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Yun, T. S., Santamarina, J. C. and Ruppel, C., (2007). “Mechanical Properties of Sand, Silt, And
Clay Containing Tetrahydrofuran Hydrate,” J. Geophysical Research. – B: Solid Earth,112.
Yun, T. S. and Santamarina, J. C., (2008). “Fundamental Study of Thermal Conduction in Dry
Soils,” Granular Matter, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 197-207. DOI 10.1007/s10035-007-0051-5
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Monitoring,” Journal of Energy & Fuels, vol. 24, pp. 5972 -5983.
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Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” Geosciences Journal, vol. 15(3), pp. 225~348
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Coffin, R., Gardner, J., Pohlman, J., Downer, R., and W. Wood, (2006). "Methane Hydrate
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Jones, E., (2009). “Characterizing Natural Gas Hydrates in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico:
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Conte, A., and Bloys, B. “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project Operational
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Balczewski, J. T., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., and Baker, R., (2011). “International collaboration on
deepwater natural gas hydrate continues – Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP: past,present, and future,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates(ICGH 2011), July 17-21, 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6 p.
Birchwood, R., Dai, J., Shelander, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T., Cook, A., Dallimore, S., Fuji, K.,
Imasato, Y., Fukuhara, M., Kusaka, K., Murray, D., and Saeki, T., (2010). “Developments
in gas hydrates,” Oilfield Review, Published by Schlumberger, Spring, 2010, pp. 18-33.
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, B., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A.,
Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., Roy, R., and Jones, E., (2009). “Joint industry project leg II
discovers rich gas hydrate accumulations in sand reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE
Fire in the Ice, Summer, 2009, pp. 1-5.
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., and Cook, A., (2009).
“The 2009 Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project - Leg II: Technical
Summary,” Proceedings of the 2009 Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II, 30 p.
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, B., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Jianchun, D., and Jones, E., (2009).
“Initial results of Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-whiledrilling operations,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Gulf Coast Section Foundation, Bob
F. Perkins Research Conference, Houston, TX, December 6-8, 2009, 21 p. (on CD-ROM).
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, B., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Jianchun, D., and Jones, E., (2010).
“Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Overview of Leg II LWD
Results, OTC 20560,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas
May 3-6, 2010, 12 p.
Boswell, R., Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and Collett, T., (2011). “Gas hydrate accumulation types
and their application to numerical simulation,” Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 1721, 2011, 12 p.
Collett, T. S., (2005). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP Drilling Program downhole logging
program,” 65 p.
Collett, T. S., (2009). “Gas hydrate petroleum systems in marine and Arctic permafrost
environments,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Gulf Coast Section Foundation, Bob F.
Perkins Research Conference, Houston, TX, December 6-8, 2009, 12 p. (on CD-ROM).
Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D.,
Mrozewski, S., Jones, E., and Roy, R., (2009). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry
Project Leg II: Operational Summary,” Proceedings of the 2009 Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project - Leg II, 30 p.
Collett, T. S., and Boswell, R. M., (2010). “Results of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II Drilling Expedition: Impact on Global Energy Development,”
Proceedings of Petrotech-2010, New Delhi, India, October 31 - November 3, 2010, 8 p.

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Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., and Cook, A., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II: Logging-While-Drilling Operations and Challenges, OTC 20452,”
Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX May 3-6, 2010, 12 p.
Collett, T. S., and Boswell, R. M., (2011). “Results of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II Drilling Expedition: impact on global energy development,”
Proceedings of the 241th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA,
March 27-30, 2011, 4 p.
Cook, A., Rasmus, J., Li, Q., Sun, K., Anderson, B., Collett, T., and Goldberg, D., (2011). “Analyzing
electrical anisotropy in gas hydrate reservoirs using logging-while-drilling directional
resistivity data from the Gulf of Mexico Gas hydrate Joint Industry Project,” Proceedingsof the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011, 13 p.
Claypool, G., (2005). “Joint industry project (JIP) Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate coring update,” U. S.
DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer, pp. 9-13.
Dai, J., Xu, H., Snyder, F., and Dutta, N., (2004). “Detection and estimation of gas hydrates usingrock physics and seismic inversion – examples from the northern deepwater Gulf of
Mexico,” The Leading Edge, Volume 23, pp. 60-66.
Frye, M. C., Shedd, W. W., Godfriaux, P. D., Dufrene, R., Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Boswell, R.,
Jones, E., McConnell, D. R., Mrozewsli, S., Guerin, G., and Cook, A., (2010). “Gulf of
Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: results from the Alaminos Canyon 21
Site, OTC 20552,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May
3-6, 2010, 21 p.
Haines, S. S., Lee, M. W., and Collett, T. S., (2011). “Multicomponent seismic methods forcharacterizing gas hydrate occurrences and systems in deep-water Gulf of Mexico,”Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011),
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011, 10 p.
Hart, P., Hutchinson, D., and Dugan, B., (2003). “USGS conducts deepwater gas hydrate researchcruise in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Fall,
pp. 6-8.
Hutchinson, D. R., Shelander, D., Dai, J., McConnell, D., Shedd, W., Frye, M, Ruppel, C., Boswell,R., Jones, E., Collett, T., Rose, K., Dugan, B., Wood, W., and Latham, T., (2008). “SiteSelection for DOE/JIPGas Hydrate Drilling in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Sixth
International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC., 7-10 July, 2008.
Hutchinson, D. R., Boswell, Ray, Collett, Tim, Dai, J., Dugan, B., Frye, M., Jones, E., McConnell,Dan, Rose, K., Ruppel, C., Shedd, W., Shelander, D., and Wood, W., (2009). “Gulf of
Mexico gas hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Green Canyon 781 site selection,”
Department of Energy, 2009 Gulf of Mexico JIP – Leg II Reports, 28 pp.
Hutchinson, D. R., Boswell, Ray, Collett, Tim, Dai, J., Dugan, B., Frye, M., Jones, E., McConnell,Dan, Rose, K., Ruppel, C., Shedd, W., Shelander, D., and Wood, W., (2009). “Gulf of
Mexico gas hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Walker Ridge 313 site selection,”
Department of Energy, 2009 Gulf of Mexico JIP – Leg II Reports, 35 pp.

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Hutchinson, D. R., Boswell, Ray, Collett, Tim, Dai, J., Dugan, B., Frye, M., Jones, E., McConnell,Dan, Rose, K., Ruppel, C., Shedd, W., Shelander, D., and Wood, W., (2009). “Gulf of
Mexico gas hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Green Canyon 955 site selection,”
Department of Energy, 2009 Gulf of Mexico JIP – Leg II Reports, 51 pp.
Jones, E., and S. Holditch, (2004). “Characterizing natural gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of
Mexico,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Methane Hydrates,
Yokohama, Japan.
Kwon, T. H., Cho, G. C., and Santamarina, J. C., (2008). “Gas hydrate dissociation in sediments:
Pressure-temperature evolution,” Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. v. 9, No. Q03019.
Lee, M. W., and Collett, T. S., (2011). “Three types of gas hydrate reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico
identified in LWD data,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011, 12 p.
McConnell, D. R., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M. C., Shedd, W. W., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, P.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., and Jones, E., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate
Joint Industry Project Leg II: initial results from the Green Canyon 955 Site, OTC 20801,
OTC 20552,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6,
2010, 14 p.
Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., and Zhang, K., (2010). “Preliminary
evaluation of the production potential of recently discovered hydrate deposits in the
Gulf of Mexico, OTC 21049,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, Texas May 3-6, 2010, 27 p.
Mrozewski, S., Cook, A., Guerin, G., Goldberg, D., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., and Jones, E., (2010).
“Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: LWD logging program design,
data acquisition and evaluation, OTC 21023,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6, 2010, 27 p.
Ruppel, C., (2011). "The Future of Natural Gas," Methane hydrates and the future of naturalgas, Supplementary Paper 2.4, MIT Energy Initiative.
Ruppel, C., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Lorenson, T., Buckzowski, B., Waite, W., (2011). “A new global
gas hydrate drilling map based on reservoir type,” DOE Fire in the Ice, Vol. 11, no. 1, pp.
15-19.
Santamarina, J. C. and C. Ruppel, (2010). “The impact of hydrate saturation on the mechanical,
electrical, and thermal properties of hydrate-bearing sand, silts, and clay,” Proceedingsof the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH), Vancouver, BC, 6-10 July,
12 pp.
Santamarina, J. C., Dai, S., Jang, J., Terzariol, M., Papadopoulos, Winters, W. J., Mason, D., Waite,
W., and Bergeron, E., (2012). “Pressure core characterization tools to enhance gas
hydrate field programs,” DOE Fire in Ice, vol. 12 no. 2, pp.7-9.
Schultheiss, P., C. Santamarina, P. Kumar, and T. Collett, (2007). “HYACINTH Pressure Cores from
India: Analysis and Subsampling Reveals Detailed Methane Hydrate Structures,” DOE
Fire in the Ice, Winter, pp. 11-13.
Shedd, W. W., and Hutchinson, D. R., (2006). Gas hydrate potential of the mid-Atlantic outer
continental shelf: Fire in the Ice Newsletter Fall, 2006, pp. 8-9.

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McConnell, Dan, Rose, K., Ruppel, C., Shelander, D., and Wood, W., (2009). “Gulf of
Mexico gas hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: East Breaks 992 and Alaminos Canyon
21 site selection,” Department of Energy, 2009 Gulf of Mexico JIP – Leg II Reports, 18
pp.
Shedd, B., P. Godfriaux, M. Frye, Boswell, R., and D. Hutchinson, (2009). “Occurrence andvariety in seismic expression of the base of gas hydrate stability in the Gulf of Mexico, “
DOE Fire in the Ice, Winter, 2009.
Shedd, W., Frye, M., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., and Dai, J., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico
Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project Leg II: results from the Walker Ridge 313 Site, OTC
20806,” Proceedings 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6, 2010,
15 p.
Shelander, D., Dai, J., Bunge, G., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Balczewski, J., and Jones, E., (2011).
“predictions of gas hydrates using pre-stack seismic data, deepwater Gulf of Mexico,”Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), July 1721, 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 10 p.
Smith, S., Boswell, R., Collett, T., Lee, M.,, and E. Jones, (2006). “Alaminos Canyon Block 818: A
Documented Example of Gas Hydrate Saturated Sand in the Gulf of Mexcio,” U. S. DOENETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Fall, pp. 12-13.
Waite, W. F., Santamarina, J. C., Rydzy, M., Chong, S. H., Grozic, J.L. H., Hester, K., Howard, J.,
Kneafsey, T. J., Lee, J. Y., Nakagawa, S., Priest, J., Rees, E., Koh, C., Sloan, E. D., andSultaniya, A., (2012). “Overview of the Inter-laboratory comparison of wave velocity
measurements in a sand with gas hydrate and other pore-filling material,” DOE Fire in
the Ice, v. 12, no. 1, pp. 16-21.
Presentations
Birchwood, R., (2005). “Wellbore Stability Model for Marine Sediments Containing Gas
Hydrates,” American Association of Drilling Engineers National Drilling Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, April 5-7.
Birchwood, R., Noeth, S., Sayers, C., Hooyman, P., and Jones, E., (2005). “Results of Wellbore
Stability Modeling for the Gulf of Mexico Joint Industry Project on Hydrates Leg I,” EosTrans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31D-05.
Birchwood, R., Singh, R., Mese, A., (2008). “Estimating the In Situ Mechanical Properties of
Sediments Containing Gas Hydrates,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, 2008.
Boswell, R., (2006). “U. S. DOE/Chevron Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project,”Methane Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, Washington, D. C., April 24.
Boswell, R., (2006). “U. S. DOE/Chevron Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project,”Methane Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, Washington, D. C., November 8.

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Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Shedd, W., Shelander, D., Dai, J., Mrozewski, S., Guerin,G., Cook, A., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, P. D., Roy, R., and Jones, E., (2009). “Initial Resultsof the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Program Leg II Logging-While-Drilling
Operations,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. OS24A-02.
Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A.,
Shelander, D., Dai, J., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., Jones, E., Roy, R., (2010). “Gulf of
Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project: Overview of Leg II LWD Results,” Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6, (2010). OTC 20560
Boswell, R. [invited], Balczewski, J., and Collett, T. S., (2010). “United States National Strategy in
Gas Hydrate Research and Development, Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry
Project - International Deepwater Natural Gas Hydrate Research Collaboration,”
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Methane Hydrate Resources: From
Mallik to the Nankai Trough, November 15‐17, 2010, Tokyo, Japan, 2 p.
Chuvilin, E., Kozlova, E., Boldina, O., and Winters, W., (2004). “Stability of methane gas hydrate
formed in marine sediment from the northern Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg, Russia,
Minerals of the Ocean,” Integrated Strategies, April 25-30.
Claypool, G., Wood, W., (2005). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory Studies, Recent JIP
Drilling, and Other Field Investigations I,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS31D-Poster.
Claypool, G., Wood, W., (2005). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory Studies, Recent JIP
Drilling, and Other Field Investigations IV,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS42A-Poster.
Coffin, R., Gardner, J., Pohlman, J., Downer, R., and Wood, W., (2005). “Methane Hydrate
Exploration, Atwater Valley, Texas-Louisiana Shelf: Geophysical and Geochemical
Profiles,” Fourth International Methane Hydrate Research and Development Workshop,
Victoria, BC, May.
Coffin, R., Pohlman, J., Wood, W., Gardner, J., Plummer, R., and Gettrust, J., (2005).
“Geochemical Evaluation of Piston Core Porewater on Atwater Valley, Gulf of Mexico,
Variation in Vertical Methane Gradients,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS42A-03.
Collett, T. S., (2008). “Assessment of gas hydrate energy resources: December 2, 2008.”
Presentation in the MIT/USGS ENI Methane Hydrate Seminar Series. Cambridge, MA.
Collett, T. S., et al., (2009). “U. S. Geological Survey gas hydrate energy resource studies
Proceedings of the NRC Committee reviewing the activities authorized under the
Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of 2005,” (presentation only).
Collett, T. S., (2011). “Gas hydrates energy resources - gas hydrate petroleum systems,”
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, October 1114, 2011, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 2 p.
Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Jones, E., Roy, R., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrates Joint Industry Project: Logging-While-Drilling Operations and Challenges,”
Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, OTC 20452

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Collett, T. S., and Boswell, R., (2009). “Gas Hydrate Research Site Selection and Operational
Research Plans,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS24A-01.
Collett, T., Conte, A., Loh, L., Hoong, H., Goldberg, D., (2005). “Preliminary analysis of thedownhole of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP cruise,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS31D-02.
Cook, A., Rasmus, J., Li, Q., Sun, K., Anderson, B., Collett, T., and Goldberg, D., (2011). “Analyzing
Electrical Anisotropy in Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using Logging-While-Drilling Directional
Resistivity Data from the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project.” Proc. of the
7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011). Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom, July, 17-21, 2011.
Cook, A., Malinverno, A., (2010). “Can in situ methanogenesis explain a 3 m-thick gas hydratefilled sand in Walker Ridge Block 313, Gulf of Mexico?,” Abstract OS53A-1353 Poster
presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
Cook, A., and Goldberg, D., (2009). “Two Kinds of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: Pore-filling Sand vs.
Fractured Clay,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31A-1174.
Cook, A., Goldberg, D., and R. Kleinberg, (2006). “Cohesive strength of gas hydrate-bearing
marine sediments,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting,
April 9-12.
Cook, A. E., Goldberg, D., (2005). “Cohesive Strength of Gas-hydrate-bearing Marine Sediments,”
Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS42A-07.
Dai, J. and Dutta, N., (2007). “Exploration For Gas Hydrates In Deepwater Northern Gulf Of
Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., NS54A-02.
Dai, J. and Dutta, N., (2007). “Exploration for gas hydrates based on seismic information: with
examples from Northern Gulf of Mexico,” 69th EAGE, London, UK, June.
Dai, J., Dutta, N., and Xu, H., (2006). “Gas hydrate estimation using rock physics modeling andseismic inversion,” Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., NS44A-03.
Dai, J., Kleinberg, R., Xu, H., and Dutta, N., (2005). “Rock physics models of gas hydrates andtheir implications in seismic detection,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
May 2-5, OTC 17266-MS.
Dai, J., Xu, H., Snyder, F., and Dutta, N., (2004). “Detection and quantification of gas hydrates in
the Gulf of Mexico: An integrated five-step workflow,” 66th European Association of
Geoscientists & Engineers, Paris, France, June 7-10.
Dai, J., Xu, H., Snyder, F., Muller, L., Koesoemadinata, A., Gillespie, D., Wool, G., and Dutta, N.,(2004). “Physical Rock Properties of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments, GeophysicalModeling, Inversion and Quantitative Volumetric Estimation in the Deepwater Gulf of
Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX,
April 18-21.
Dai, J., Kleinberg, R., Xu, H., and Dutta, N., (2004). “Seismic Detection and Quantification of Gas
Hydrates,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Conference,
Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.

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the Deep water Gulf of Mexico interpreted from laboratory experiments,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12.
Dugan, B., Germaine, J., Winters, W., and Flemings, P., (2004). “Laboratory constraints andmodels of pressure, hydrate, and stability in shallow Mississippi Canyon sediments (MC855), deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
Dutta, N., (2004). “Gas hydrates – detection and quantification for resource assessment and risk
mitigation,” Global Energy Forum, Rice University, Houston, TX, October 12.
Dutta, N., (2005). “Emerging technology application aimed at characterization of gas hydrates
and free gas underneath BSR,” Second International Congress on Geosciences inPetroleum Industry, AMGE, September 4-7.
Dutta, N., (2006). “Methane Hydrates Exploration Technology,” Hart Energy Publishing Methane
Hydrates Conference, Houston, TX, Dec. 5-6.
Dutta, N., J. Dai, and X. Haibin, (2004). “Seismic detection and quantification of gas hydrates in
the Gulf of Mexico,” 32nd International Geological Conference, Florence, Italy, August23-27.
Dutta, N., R. Kleinberg, J. Dai, and H. Xu, (2005). “Natural gas hydrates estimation using seismic
inversion and rock physics,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., NS11A-05.
Dutta, N., H. Xu, and J. Dai, (2005). “Seismic detection and quantification of gas hydrate usingrock physics and inversion,” New Delhi, India, PetroTech, January 15-19.
Dutta, N., Muller, L., J. Dai, and R. Utech, (2003). “Seismic detection of gas hydrates,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference, Barcelona,
Spain, September 21-24.
Ellis, M., Evans, R., L., Hutchinson, D. R., Hart, P., (2005). “An Electromagnetic Survey of the JIP
Drill Sites in Atwater Valley,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31D-07.
Frye, M., Shedd, B., and Boswell, R., (2012). “Gas Hydrate Resources of the Terrebonne Basin,
Northern Gulf of Mexico,” J. Mar. Pet. Geol., v. 34, pp. 150-168.
Frye, M., Shedd, W., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Dai, J., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Initial Results From the Alaminos Canyon 21 site.”
Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6, OTC 20552.
Gardner, J. M., Hagen, R., Hart, P., Czarnecki, M., Nishimura, C., Hutchinson, D. R., (2005). “High
Resolution Seafloor Environmental Characterization of Methane Seeps in the Mississippi
Canyon Near Atwater Valley 13/14, Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet.
Suppl., OS43A-0618.
Gilbert, L., Waite, W., Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2004). “Characterization of Gulf of Mexico
sediment in hydrate and non-hydrate bearing cores using specific surface area,”
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.

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Gilhooly, W. P., Ruppel, C., Dickens, G. R., Berg, P., and Macko, S. A., (2010). “Flux rates andsulfur isotopic composition of pore fluids from three mud volcanoes in the northern Gulf
of Mexico,” AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract OS52B-03.
Godfriaux, R. [invited], Shedd, W., Frye, M., Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Boswell, R. M., Cook, A.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., McConnell, D., Dufrene, R., and Jones, E., (2009). “Gulf of
Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Results from the Alaminos Canyon 21
Site,” Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract OS31A-1202, San
Francisco, California, December 14-18, 2009.
Gullapalli, I., Moridis, G. J., Silpngarmlert, S., Reik, B., Kamal, M., Jones, E., Collett, T. S., (2008).
“Designing a Reservoir Flow Rate Experiment for the GOM Hydrate JIP Leg II LWD
Drilling,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
Hagen, R., Gardner, J., and W. Wood, (2004). “Thermal Measurements Over Hydrate Mounds in
Atwater Valley, Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS41C-0490.
Hart, P., Pecher, I. A., (2005). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory Studies, Recent JIP
Drilling, and Other Field Investigations II,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS33B-Poster.
Hart, P., Waite, W., (2005). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory Studies, Recent JIP
Drilling, and Other Field Investigations III,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS41C-Poster.
Hart, P., Hutchinson, D., Dugan, G., Fowler, M., Wood, W., Snyder, F., Dutta, N., Coffin, R.,
Gardner, J., Hagen, R., Evans, R., and Fornari, D., (2005). “A multidisciplinary
investigation of a deepwater gas hydrate mound, Atwater Valley, northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Fourth International Workshop on Methane Hydrate R&D, Victoria, BC, May 911.
Holland, M., Schultheiss, P., Roberts, J., Druce, M., (2008). “Observed Gas Hydrate Morphologies
In Marine Sediments,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates(ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Hutchinson, D. R., Shelander, D., Dai, J., McConnel, D., Shedd, W., Frye, M., Ruppel, C., Boswell,R., Jones, E., Collett, T. S., Rose, K., Dugan, B., Wood, W., and Latham, T., (2008). “SiteSelection for DOE/JIP Gas Hydrate Drilling in the Northern Gulf Of Mexico,” Proceedingsof the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 610.
Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Snyder, F., Lee, M., Dutta, N., Muller, L., Dugan, B., Ruppel, C., Wood,
W., Coffin, R., Evans, R., and Jones, E., (2003). “Evidence of subsurface gas hydrate in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS42C-04.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C., Pohlman, J., Hart, P., Dugan, B., Snyder, F., and Coffin, R., (2004). “Anintegrated geological, geophysical, and geochemical analyses of subsurface gas hydrates
in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.

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Hutchinson, D., Snyder, F., Hart, P., Ruppel, C., Pohlman, J., Wood, W., Coffin, R., and Edwards,M., (2005). “Geologic and site survey setting for JIP Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate
drilling,”Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31D-01.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C., Pohlman, J., Hart, P., Snyder, F., Dutta, N., Dugan, B., and Coffin, R.
2005. “Geophysical and geochemical characterization of the hydrate stability zone in aregion of active salt tectonics, Keathley Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” FourthInternational Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Victoria, BC,May.
Hutchinson, D., (2006). “Heterogeneity and dynamics in gas hydrate occurrence: lessons learned
from the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Kauai, HI: Engineering Conferences International,
Science and Technology Issues in Methane Hydrates R&D, March 5-9.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C.,Collett, T., Pohlman, J., Hart, P., and F. Snyder, (2006). “Minibasins
and subsurface gas hydrate in the Gulf of Mexico, Fukuoka, Japan, 17th International
Sedimentological Congress, August 27-September 1, V. B, p. 6.
Hutchinson, D. R., Hart, P. E., Collett, T. S., Edwards, K. M., Twichell, D. C., and Snyder, F., (2007).
“Geologic Framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon Gas Hydrate Research Well,
Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assemb. Suppl., NS54A-03.
Hutchinson, D. et al., (2008). Site selection for the Next Phase of JIP Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Methane Hydrates Drilling, Testimony to the NRC Committee reviewing the activities
authorized under the Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of 2005,
Washington, DC, March 4.
Jones, E., (2006). “Overview of GOM JIP Leg 1 Drilling,” Kauai, HI, ECI Science and Technology
Issues in Methane Hydrate R&D, March 5-9.
Jones, E., (2006). “Technology Needs for Commercial Production of Hydrates,” Houston, TX, Hart
Energy Publishing Methane Hydrates Conference, Dec. 5-6.
Jones, E., (2005). “Pre-cruise Estimates of Sediment Properties for the 2005 ChevronTexaco Gulf
of Mexico Gas Hydrate Research Coring Project,” Vancouver, BC, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, September 12-16.
Kastner, M., Claypool, G., Robertson, G., Schultheiss, P., and Holland, M., (2005). "Geochemical
Evidence for Gas Hydrates at Atwater Valley and Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico," EosTrans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31D-03.
Kleinberg, R., and J., Dai, (2005). “Estimation of the Mechanical Properties of Natural Gas
Hydrate Deposits from Petrophysical Measurements,” Houston, TX: Offshore
Technology Conference. OTC 17205-MS
Latham, T., Shelander, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Lee, M., (2008). “Subsurface Characterizationof the Hydrate Bearing Sediments near Alaminos Canyon 818,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10.
Lorenson, T., J. Dougherty, G. Claypool, (2005). “Preliminary results from the ChevronTexaco
Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates JIP: Hydrocarbon Gases in Sediments,”Eos Trans. AGU,
86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS42A-04.

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Lorenson, T. D., Winters, W., Hart, P. E., and Paull, C. K., (2002). “Gas Hydrate Occurrence in the
Northern Gulf of Mexico Studied with Giant Pistion Cores,” EOS, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, v. 83, n. 51, Dec., pp. 601, 607-608.
Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., (2003). “Gas hydrate occurrence in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico studies with giant piston cores from sea-floor vents tominibasins,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Seattle,
WA, November 2-5.
Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., (2003). “Gas hydrate occurrence in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico studies with giant piston cores from sea-floor vents tominibasins,” EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6-11.
Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., (2006.) “Is gas hydrate and the Storegga
Slide offshore Norway connected to an active petroleum system?,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., and Dougherty, J., (2003). Modeling gas
hydrate occurrences in the northern Gulf of Mexico from giant piston cores, Seattle,
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Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., and the Shipboard Scientific Party, (2003).
“Gas hydrate occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico: new insights learned fromgiant piston coring,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Hart, P., and C. Paull, (2002).” Gas hydrate occurrence in the Northern
Gulf of Mexico studied with giant piston cores,” American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, December 6-10.
McConnell, D., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, P.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Jones, E., (2010). "Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II: Initial Results From the Green Canyon 955 Site." Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6, OTC 20801.
McConnell, D. [invited], Boswell, R. M., Collett, T. S., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Mrozewski, S., Guerin,G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Dai, J., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, R., Roy, R., and Jones, E.,(2009). “Initial results of Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Program Leg II
logging-while-drilling operations in Green Canyon Block 955: Fall Meeting of theAmerican Geophysical Union,” Proceedings, Abstract OS24A-03, San Francisco, CA,
December 14-18, 2009.
Mrozewski, S., Cook, A., Guerin, G., Goldberg, D., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Jones, E., Roy, R.,(2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project: LWD Logging Program
Design, Data Acquisition and Evaluation,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
May 3-6, OTC 21023.
Paull, C., Ussler, W., Winters, W., and T. Lorenson, (2003). “Constraints on the distribution of gas
hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico,” EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6-11.
Pohlman, J., Ruppel, C.,Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Plummer, R., D. Kniew, Grabowski, K., and R.
Coffin, (2005). “The effects of mass deposition, gas flux and salt diapirs on surface
sediment geochemistry in Keathley Canyon (northern Gulf of Mexico),” Eos Trans. AGU,
86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS31D-04.

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Pohlman, J., Wood, W., T. Boyd, Coffin, R.,Ruppel, C.,Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., and Dugan, B.,
2004. “Interstitial sulfate gradients as indicators of gas hydrates: How reliable are
they?,” International Geological Conference, Florence, Italy, August 20-28.
Ruppel, C., (Invited) 2008. “Multiscale heterogeneity in methane flux regimes between andwithin major marine gas hydrate provinces,” EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Mtg
Supplement, Abstract OS31D-02.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “Before Production….The Challenges of Finding and Evaluating Gas
Hydrates,” Presentation in the MIT/USGS ENI Methane Hydrate Seminar Series,
Cambridge, MA, October, 2008.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “Methane Hydrates and Methane Seeps: The Potential of BiogeophysicalMeasurements for Identifying Microbial Hotspots,” AGU Chapman Conference on
Biogeophysics, Portland, ME, October 2008.
Ruppel, C., Hutchinson, D., Dugan, B., and P. Hart, (2004). “Predicting the subsurface distributionof gas hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “An assessment of methane hydrates as an energy resource, MIT Energy
Initiative Natural Gas Study,” Cambridge, MA, February 2.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Non-seismic geophysical methods for detection and characterization of
resource-grade marine hydrates,” Testimony to the NRC Committee reviewing theactivities authorized under the Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of
2005, Washington, DC, March 4.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Methane Hydrate Resource Asssessment,” Presentation to the Advisory
Committee for the MIT Energy Initiative Natural Gas Study, Cambridge, MA, March 24.
Ruppel, C. et al., (2009). “Site selection for JIP Phase III drilling,” JIP meeting, Houston, TX,
August 18.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “USGS activities under the DOE-USGS interagency agreement,” DOE
Investigators’ Meeting, Atlanta, January 25.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Gas hydrates and scientific ocean drilling,” Testimony to the NRC review of
Scientific Ocean Drilling, Texas A&M University, July 2010. [remotely]
Santamarina, J., Yun, T., Lee, J., Martin, A., Francisca, F., and Ruppel, C., (2005). “Mechanical,
Thermal and Electromagnetic Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Clay, Silt, and Sand at
Various Confining Pressures,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS41C-07.
Santamarina, J., Yun, T., Lee, J., Martin, A., Francisca, F., and Ruppel, C., (2004). “Mechanical,
thermal, and electrical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC,
September 12-16.
Santamarina, J., Ruppel, C., Lee, J., and Yun, T., (2007). Making the Case for In Situ
Characterization of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments at Observatories: Laboratory and
Catwalk Results Testing the Impact of Core Retrieval, presented at the JOI Gas-Hydrate
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Schultheiss, P., Holland, M., Roberts, J., Humphrey, G., (2008). “Pressure Core Analysis: The
Keystone of a Gas Hydrate Investigation,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, (2008).
Shedd, W., Frye, M., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Dai, J., (2010). “Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Initial Results From the Walker Ridge 313 Site.”
Houston, Texas: Offshore Technology Conference, May 3-6, OTC 20806.
Shedd, W., Frye, M., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Shelander, D., Dai, J., (2009). “Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Initial Results from the Walker Ridge 313 Site,” EosTrans. AGU, 90(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., OS24A-04.
Shedd, W. [invited], Frye, M., Boswell, R. M., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Jones, E., Shelander,D., Dai, J., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, R., andHutchinson, D., (2009). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Resultsfrom Walker Ridge 313 Site,” Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union,
December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, California, Abstract OS24A-04.
Smith, M., (2004). “Seismic Prediction and Operational Results for Gulf of Mexico Wells in GasHydrate Areas,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research
Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Smith, J., Hamdan, L., Wood, W., Coffin., R., (2008). “Geologic Controls on Porewater
Geochemistry in Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments in the Gulf of Mexico.” Eos Trans. AGU,
Fall Meet., San Francisco, December 2008.
Smith, M., and W. Shedd, (2004). “Effects of Gas Hydrate on Seafloor and Borehole Stability in
the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico – Seismic Prediction and Drilling Results,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Smith, M., Shedd, W., and Hunt, J., (2003). “Identification of Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrates – From Seismic Prediction to Joint Industry Project Drilling and Coring,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference, Barcelona,
Spain, September 21-24.
Smith, M., Kou, W., Ahmed, A., and Kuzela, R., (2005). “The Significance of Gas Hydrate as a
Geohazard in Gulf of Mexico Exploration and Production,” Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 3. OTC 17655-MS.
Snyder, F., Muller, L., Dutta, N., Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Lee, M., Dugan, B., Ruppel, C., Wood,
W., Coffin, R., Evans, R., and Jones, E., (2004). “Seismic analysis and characterization ofgas hydrates in the northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Snyder, F., (2005). “Seismic analysis and characterization of gas hydrates in the northern
deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Subramanian, S., E. Jones, (2007). “Comparison of Pre-Cruise Predictions to Ground Truth
Measurements for Leg I of the GOM Hydrate JIP,” New Delhi, India, Petrotech 2007,
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Sun, K., Omeragic, D., Minh, C., Rasmus, J., Yang, J., Davydychev, A., Habashy, T., Griffiths, R.,
Reaper, G. Li, Q., (2010). “Evaluation of Resistivity Anisotropy and Formation Dip from
Directional Electromagnetic Tools While Drilling,” SPWLA 51st Annual logging
Symposium, June 19-23, 2010.
Suzuki, K., Nakatsuka, Y., Fujii, T., Santamarina, J.C, Waite, W. F., Winters, W. J., Ito, K, Konno, Y,
Yoneda, J., Kida, M., Jin, Y., Egawa, K., Nagao, J., (2013). P-wave velocity features ofmethane hydrate-bearing turbidity sediments sampled by a pressure core tool, from thefirst offshore production test site in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japan, AGU 2013 Fall
Meeting.
Ussler, W., Paull, C., S. Hallam, E. Delong, Y. Chen, R. Matsumoto, Lorenson, T., and W. Winters,(2003). The anatomy of the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-rich core form theGulf of Mexico, Seattle, WA, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November
2-5.
Ussler, W., Paull, C., Y. Chen, R. Matsumoto, Lorenson, T., and W. Winters, (2005). The
consequences of methane oxidation at the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-richcore from the northern Gulf of Mexico, Trondheim, Norway, Fifth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, June 12-16.
Winters, W., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Waite, W., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., and W. Bryant, (2002).
Physical properties of sediment related to gas hydrate in the northern Gulf of Mexico,
San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 6-10.
Winters, W., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Waite, W., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., and W. Bryant, (2002).
Physical properties of sediment related to gas hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,
San Francisco, CA, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Volume 83, n. 47,
December 6-10.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Dallimore, S.,
and T. Collett, (2003). Physical properties of northern Gulf of Mexico sediment andlaboratory samples containing natural and synthetic methane gas hydrate, Nice, France,
EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, April 6-11.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Pecher, I., Mason, D., Hutchinson, D., L. Gilbert, R. Birchwood, S. Noeth,and E. Jones, (2004). “Comparison of methane gas hydrate formation on physicalproperties of fine- and coarse-grained sediments,” Vancouver, BC, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, September 12-16.
Wood, W., Hart, P., Coffin, R.,Gardner, J., and Gettrust, J., J., (2005). “High Resolution Seismic
Images of the Gulf of Mexico Joint Industry Program Drilling Transect,” Eos Trans. AGU,
86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS43A-0619.
Wood, W., Kirby, S. H., (2005). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory Studies, Recent JIP
Drilling, and Other Field Investigations V,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS43A-Poster.
Wood, W., Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Snyder, F., Voss, C., Dutta, N., Muller, L., Lee, M.,, Gardner,J., Dugan, B., Ruppel, C.,Coffin, R.,R. Evans, and E. Jones, (2003). “Constraints on
Subsurface gas and gas Hydrate Distribution in a Gulf of Mexico Mound,” Eos Trans.
AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS51B-0857.

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Wood, W., Gardner, J., Hagen, R., Coffin, R.,Pohlmann, J., Hart, P., and D. Hutchinson, (2004).
“Modeling heat and fluid flux of seafloor mounds in the Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans.
AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., OS34B-08.
Yun, T., Narsilio, G., Lee, J., Santamarina, J., and Ruppel, C., (2005). “Physical properties of a
Keathley Canyon pressure core maintained at in situ pressure and measured in a new
instrumented pressure testing chamber,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
OS31D-06.
Zhang, Z. and McConnell, D., (2010). “Seismic Modeling Analysis and Characterization for a Gas
Hydrate and Free Gas Mixed System in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico.” Houston, Texas:
Offshore Technology Conference, May 3-6, OTC 20659-MS.

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Gas Hydrate Production Trial (DE-NT0006553)
ConocoPhillips Company
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Boswell, R., Schoderbek, D., Collett, T.S., Ohtsuki, S., White, M., and Anderson, B., 2017. The
Iġnik Sikumi field experiment, Alaska North Slope: Design, operations, and implications
for CO2−CH4 exchange in gas hydrate reservoirs. Energy and Fuels, v. 31, pp. 140-153.
Government Reports
Howard, J., (2009). “Effect of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Formation on Reservoir Permeability.”
Progress Report, 3rd Quarter, 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0006553, November 12, (2009).
Howard, J., (2009). “Role of Free Water in Hydrate Reformation & Permeability,” Progress
Report, 2nd Quarter, 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test, DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553, August 28, (2009).
Lankston, R., (2009). “Predicting Methane Hydrate Saturation with the Stanford University Rock
Physics Lab Code,” Progress Report, 2nd Quarter, 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate
Production Test. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006553. August 28, (2009).
Mailloux, J., (2009). “Petrophysical Evaluation of Potential Hydrate-Bearing Wells on the North
Slope of Alaska.” Progress Report, 2nd Quarter, 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate
Production Test. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006553. August 28, (2009).
Scheihing, M., (2009). “Geocellular Model for Evaluation of Gas Hydrate Production Mechanism
in Selected Sands of the Sagavanirktok Formation.” Semi-Annual Progress Report, 2010,
ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006553. August 26,
2010.
Schoderbek, D., (2009). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Progress Report, First
Quarter 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DENT0006553. June 26, 2009.
Schoderbek, D., (2009). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Progress Report, Second
Quarter 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DENT0006553. June 30, 2009.
Schoderbek, D., (2009). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Progress Report, Third
Quarter 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DENT0006553. November 12, 2009.
Schoderbek, D., (2010). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Progress Report, Fourth
Quarter 2009, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DENT0006553. February 24, 2010.
Schoderbek, D., (2010). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, First Half, 2010, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. August 26, 2010.

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Schoderbek, D., (2011). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Second Half, 2010, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. January 31, 2011.
Schoderbek, D., (2012). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, First Half, 2011, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. July 31, 2011.
Schoderbek, D., (2012). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Second Half, 2011, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. January 31, 2012.
Schoderbek, D., (2012). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, First Half, 2012, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. July 31, 2012.
Schoderbek, D., (2013). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Second Half, 2012, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553. January 25, 2013.
Schoderbek, D., Farrell, H., Hester, K., Howard, J., Raterman, K., Silpngarmlert, S., Martin, K. L.,
Smith, B., and Klein, P., (2013). “ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test.” Final
Technical Report for Period October 1, 2008-June 30, 2013. DOE Award No.: DENT0006553. July 2013.
Silpngarmlert, S., (2010). “Heat of Hydration Effects.” Semi-Annual Progress Report, 2010,
ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006553. August 26,
2010.
Silpngarmlert, S., (2010). “Thermal Effects of Hot Fluid Production/Injection in Existing Wells.”
Semi-Annual Progress Report, 2010, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test. DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0006553. August 26, 2010.
Other Publications
Farrell, H., Boswell, R., Howard, J., Baker, R., (2010). “CO2-CH4 Exchange in Natural Gas Hydrate
Reservoirs: Potential and Challenges.” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, March2010.
Hester, K. C., Farrell, H., Howard, J. J., Martin, K. L., Raterman, K., Schoderbek, D., Smith, B., andSilpngarmlert, S., (2012). “CO2 exchange in a methane hydrate reservoir: Ignik Sikumi #1
Alaska field trial operations and summary results. Abstract OS33E-03,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7,.
Howard, J. J., Hester, K. C., and Stevens, J. C., (2012). The role of laboratory experiments in thedesign of the field trial of CO2 exchange in methane hydrates. Abstract OS33E-01,
presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7,.
Iġnik Sikumi Gas Hydrate Exchange Trial Project Team, (2012). “Iġnik Sikumi gas hydrate fieldtrial completed.” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice, v. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-3.
Schoderbek, D., Boswell, R., (2011). “Iġnik Sikumi #1, Gas Hydrate Test Well, Successfully
Installed on the Alaska North Slope.” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice, May 2011.

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Schoderbek, D., Martin, K., Howard, J., Silpngarmlert, S., and Hester, K., (2012). “North Slope
Hydrate Fieldtrial: CO2/CH4 Exchange,” Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
December 2012. OTC 23725.
Silpngarmlert, S., (2011). “Modeling the Thermal Disturbance of Gas Hydrate Related to Oil and
Gas Production,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice, January 2011.
Presentations
Akasaka, C., Ohtsuki, S., and Terao, Y., (2012). CO2-CH4 Gas Exchange Field Trial in Alaska,
Presented at JOGMEC 4th Comprehensive Symposium on Methane hydrate (CSMH-4),
December 2012, Tokyo, Japan.
Akasaka, C., (2013). CO2-CH4 Gas Exchange Field Trial in Alaska Field Operation. Presented at
JOGMEC TRC Week, State-of-the-Art Technology Development of Resources of Japan,
Technology Research Center, Makuhari, Japan, November 2013,.
Farrell, H., Howard, J., (2009). “Experimental Basis CO2-CH4 Exchange for Production from
Hydrate Reservoirs: Field-Test Plans,” National Research Council, Washington, DC,
March 5, 2009.
Farrell, H. and Hester, K., (2012). “CO2/CH4 Hydrate Exchange Field Trial Technical Update,”
Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee Meeting, Houston, TX, July 26,.
Farrell, H., (2013). Methane Hydrates Field Trial Overview. Presented at JOGMEC TRC Week,
State-of-the-Art Technology Development of Resources of Japan, Technology ResearchCenter, Makuhari, Japan, November 2013,.
Hester, K., Howard, J., and Stevens, J., (2011). “Composition Studies to Determine Rate andExtent of CO2 Exchange in a Hydrate-Bearing Core,” Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 1721, 2011.
Hester, K. C., (2011). “Energy production from natural gas hydrate deposits throughCO2exchange: Concept, Advantages, and Challenges,” Symposium on Natural Gas
Hydrates at Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany, Nov
2011.
Hester, K. C., (2013). “CO2/CH4 Hydrate Exchange Field Trial, Results and Interpretation.
Presented at JOGMEC TRC Week, State-of-the-Art Technology Development of
Resources of Japan,” Technology Research Center, November 2013, Makuhari, Japan.
Howard, J., Hester, K., Stevens, J. and Rydzy, M., (2011). “Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements
During Experimental CH4 Hydrate Formation and During CO2 Exchange,” Proceedings ofthe 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom, July 17-21, (2011).
Ireland, M., (2009). “CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial North Slope, Alaska.” Alaska Department of
Natural Resources, February 24.
Klein, D., Schoderbek, D., and Howard, J., (2012). “Comparative Formation Evaluation
Methodologies for Gas Hydrate Evaluation in Iġnik Sikumi #1, Alaska North Slope,” AAPG
2012 Annual Convention and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, April 22-25,.

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Ohtsuki, S., Akasaka, C., and Yoshizawa M., (2013). “The field trial of methane hydrate
production in the North Slope of Alaska,” The Japanese Association for Petroleum
Technology, Tokyo, Japan, June 28.
Ohtsuki, S., (2013). “The First Field Trial of Gas Production, Using CO2-CH4 Exchange in Alaska.”
JOGMEC TRC Week, State-of-the-Art Technology Development of Resources of Japan,
Technology Research Center, Makuhari, Japan, November 2013.
Raterman, K., (2013). “CO2/CH4 Hydrate Exchange Field Trial, Basis for Exchange and Field Test
Design.” JOGMEC TRC Week, State-of-the-Art Technology Development of Resources ofJapan, Technology Research Center, Makuhari, Japan, November 2013,.
Schoderbek, D., Howard, J., Farrell, H., (2009). “CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial North Slope,
Alaska.” Kickoff Meeting, National Energy Technologies Laboratory, Morgantown, West
Virginia, January 22, (2009).
Schoderbek, D., Lankston, R., (2009). “CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial North Slope, Alaska.” DOE
Site Selection Workshop, ConocoPhillips Gas Hydrate Production Test DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0006553, Houston, TX, April 3.
Schoderbek, D., (2009). “ConocoPhillips North Slope CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial.” Alaska
Industry Support Alliance, September 24, 2009.
Schoderbek, D., (2010). “ConocoPhillips North Slope CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial.” Alaska
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, January 19, (2010).
Schoderbek, D., (2010). “CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial Overview & Update.” Methane Hydrates
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 28, (2010).
Schoderbek, D., Howard, J., Silpngarmlert, S., 2010. “CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial Overview &Update.” National Gas Hydrates Research and Development Program Review, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, January, 2010.
Schoderbek, D., (2011). “ConocoPhillips North Slope CO2-CH4 Exchange Field Trial .” Alaska
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, January 21, 2011.
Schoderbek, D., (2011). “Methane Hydrate: Production Challenge or Future Energy Source?”
Alaska Forum on the Environment, February 8, 2011.
Schoderbek, D., (2011). “ConocoPhillips Methane Hydrate Project Update.” Alaska Departmentof Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, October 26, 2011.
Schoderbek, D., (2012). “ConocoPhillips North Slope Hydrate Exchange Field Trial: Overview andUpdate.” Society of Petroleum Engineers, Alaska Section, February 16, 2012.
Schoderbek, D., Martin, K., Howard, J., Silpngarmlert, S., and Hester, K., (2012). North Slope
hydrate fieldtrial: CO2/CH4 exchange. Offshore Technology Conference Paper 23725,
Presented at OTC Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX, Dec. 3-5.

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Methane Hydrate Production from Alaskan Permafrost (DE-FC26-01NT41331)
Maurer Technology, Inc/Noble Corporation, U. Oklahoma, U. Alaska-Anchorage, U. S.
Geological Survey
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Circone, S., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2003). “The Role of Water in Hydrate Dissociation,” Journalof Physical Chemistry, Volume 108, n. 18, pp. 5747-5755.
Ebanks, W. Jr., Zogg, W., Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 1: Geologyof the Ugnu and West Sak Sands,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R.,
eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards:
AAPG Memoir 89.
Millheim, K., Kwan, J., Williams, T., Maurer, W., MacDonald, W., Kadaster, A., Thompson, T.,
Sigal, R., Copeland, D., McGuire, D., Runyon, S., and Liddell, B., (2005). “A project updateof methane hydrate production from Alaskan permafrost,” in Taylor, C. and J. Kwan,
eds., Advances in the Studies of Gas Hydrates, New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers, pp. 75-85.
Newsham, K., Sigal, R., and Kwan, J., (2005). “An Application Used For Correcting Thermal
Gradients Below Permafrost Using an Empirical Diffusion Model – Anadarko's Hot Ice #1
Gas Hydrates Case Study,” in Taylor, C. and J. Kwan, eds., Advances in the Studies of Gas
Hydrates, New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 59-72.
Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Jr., Zogg, W., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 2: Porosity,
Permeability, Grain Density, and Bulk Modulus Reservoir Properties,” in Collett, T., A.
Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource
potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Jr., Zogg, W., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 3:
Resistivity Reservoir Properties,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R.,
eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards:
AAPG Memoir 89.
Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Jr., Zogg, W., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 4:
Reservoir Acoustic Velocities,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds.,
Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG
Memoir 89.

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Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Jr., Zogg, W., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 5: Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Reservoir Properties,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp,
and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associatedgeologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Jr., Zogg, W., Emery, N., McCardle, G., McLoed, W.,
Schweizer, R., and Van Eerde, J., (2009). “Characterization of potential hydrate bearing
reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak formations of Alaska’s North Slope, Part 6: Gas
Hydrate Stability Calculations,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds.,
Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG
Memoir 89.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2001). “Anomalous Preservation of Pure
Methane Hydrate at 1 atm,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, Volume 105, pp. 1756-1762.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2001). “Reply to Comments on ‘Anomalous
Preservation of Pure Methane Hydrate at 1 atm,’” Journal of Physical Chemistry, Volume106, n. 1, pp. 228-230.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2003). “Temperature, Pressure, andCompositional Effects on Anomalous or ‘Self’ Preservation of Gas Hydrates,” Canadian
Journal of Physics, Volume 81, pp. 271-283.
Government Reports
Barker, C., (2003). “Methane hydrate production form Alaskan permafrost – Coalbed Methane
Studies at Hot Ice #1 Gas Hydrate Well,” U. S. DOE Topical Report, Contract No. DE-FC2601NT41331, 7 pp.
Cohen, J., and Williams, T., (2002). “Hydrate Core Drilling Tests,” Maurer Technology Topical
Report, November.
Kadaster, A., Liddel, B., Thompson, T., Williams, T., and Nidermayr, M., (2005). “Methane
hydrate production form Alaskan permafrost – drilling and coring operations,” U. S.
DOE-NETL Topical Report, 258 pp.
Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Stern, L., (2003). “Methane hydrate production form Alaskan
permafrost – Dissociation Rates of Methane Hydrate at Elevated Pressures and of a
Quartz Sand-Methane Hydrate Mixture at 0.1 MPa,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report, 26
pp.
Kleinberg, R., Griffin, D., and Sigal, R., (2004). “Methane hydrate production form Alaskan
permafrost – NMR measurements of permafrost: unfrozen water assay, growth habit ofice, and hydraulic permeability of sediments,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report, 26 pp.
McGuire, D., Runyon, S., Sigal, R., Liddel, B., Williams, T., and Moridis, G., (2005). “Methane
hydrate production form Alaskan permafrost – Hydrate reservoir characterization andmodeling,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report, 20 pp.
McGuire, D., Williams, T., Paulsson, B., and Goertz, A., (2005). “Methane hydrate production
form Alaskan permafrost – 3D vertical seismic profile survey,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical
Report, 30 pp.

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Runyon, S., M. Globe, K. Newsham, R. Kleinberg, and D. Griffin, (2005). “Methane hydrate
production form Alaskan permafrost – logging operations,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical
Report, 22 pp.
Sigal, R., Newsham, K., Williams, T., Friefeld, B., Kneafsey, T., Sondegard, C., Rai, S., Kwan, J.,
Kirby, S., Kleinberg, R., and Griffin, D., (2005). “Methane hydrate production form
Alaskan permafrost – core and fluid analysis,” U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report, 225 pp.
Sigal, R., (2004). “Methane hydrate production form Alaskan permafrost – Hydrate reservoir
characterization and modeling – X-ray and Density Log data from the Hot Ice #1 well,”U. S. DOE-NETL Topical Report, 6 pp.
Williams, T., Millheim, K., and Liddel, B., (2005). “Methane hydrate production form Alaskan
permafrost,” U. S. DOE-NETL Final Report, Contract No. DE-FC26-01NT41331.
Other Publications
Kirby, S., Circone, S., Stern, L., and Pinkston, J., (2004). “USGS Laboratory Studies Shed Light On
Hydrate Decomposition Behavior Under Possible Gas Production Scenarios,” U. S. DOENETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer, pp. 5-9.
Kirby, S., Circone, S., Stern, L., and Pinkston, J., (2004). “Hydrate decomposition under scrutiny,”
U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter, pp. 3-8.
Presentations
Barker, C., Clough, J., Roberts, S., Clark, A., and Fisk, B., (2003). “Physical Limitations on Coalbed
Gas Content of Low Rank Coals, North Slope, Alaska, An Apparent Widespread Depletionof Coalbed Gas in Permafrost,” Billings, MT, 18th International Low-Rank Fuels
Symposium, June 24-26.
Kadaster, A., Millheim, K., and Thompson, T., (2005). “The Planning and Drilling of Hot Ice #1 –Gas Hydrate Exploration Well in the Alaskan Arctic,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
SPE/IADC Drilling Conference & Exhibition, February 23-25.
Kadaster, A., and Millheim, K., (2004). “Onshore Mobile Platform: A Modular Platform for
Drilling and Production Operations in Remote and Environmentally Sensitive Areas,”
Dallas, TX, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, March 2-4.
McGuire, D., Runyon, S., Williams, T., Paulsson, B., Goertz, A., and Karrenbach, M., (2004). “Gas
Hydrate Exploration with 3D VSP Technology, North Slope, Alaska,” Society of
Exploration Geophysicists 74th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 11-15.
McGuire, D., Runyon, S., Williams, T., and Sigal, R., (2004). “Integration of VSP Seismic Data with
Core and Well Log Data to Investigate Lateral Variations of Potential Hydrate-Bearing
Sands, Alaska North Slope, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Millheim, K., Kwan, J., and Maurer, B., (2002). “A Field Oriented Natural Gas Hydrate Research
Project for the Alaska North Slope – Resource Evaluation and Possible Testing,” Orlando,FL, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 9.
Millheim, K., (2002). “Methane Hydrate Production from Alaska Permafrost,” Houston, TX, The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hydrate Meeting, March 12.

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Sigal, R., Rai, C., Sondergeld, C., Ebanks, W., Zogg, W., and Kleinberg, R., (2004).
“Characterization of Potential Hydrate Bearing Reservoirs in the Ugnu and West Sak
Formations of Alaska’s North Slope,” Vancouver, BC, The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, September 12-16.
Stern, Laura A., Kirby, Stephen H., (2008). “Natural Gas Hydrates Up Close: A Comparison Of
Grain Characteristics Of Samples From Marine And Permafrost Environments As
Revealed By Cryogenic Sem.” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, (2008).
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2002). “New insights into the phenomenon of
anomalous or “self” preservation of gas hydrates,” Newfoundland, International
Symposium on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, July 14-19.
Williams, T., Liddell, B., Kadaster, A., and Thompson, T., (2004). “Hot Ice Well No. 1 – Well
Planning, Operations and Results of the First Dedicated Gas Hydrate Well in the Alaskan
Arctic,” Vancouver, BC, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, September 12-16.
Williams, T., (2003). “Methane Hydrate Production – Application of Arctic Hydrate Research to
Deep Water,” American Association of Drilling Engineers, Deep Water Quarterly Forum,
Houston, TX, February 11.

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Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques (DE-FE0010160)
Fugro GeoConsulting, Inc.
Government Reports
McConnell, D., (2013). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 12/31/2012), January 2013.
McConnell, D., (2014). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 12/31/2013), January 2014.
McConnell, D., (2014). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 03/31/2014), April 2014.
McConnell, D., (2014). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 06/30/2014), July 2014.
McConnell, D., (2014). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 09/30/2014), December 2014.
McConnell, D., (2015). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 12/31/2014), February 2015.
McConnell, D., (2015). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 03/31/2015), April 2015.
McConnell, D., (2015). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 06/30/2015), August 2015.
McConnell, D., (2015). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 09/30/2015), November 2015.
McConnell, D., (2016). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 12/31/2015), February 2016.
McConnell, D., (2016). “Advanced Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics Techniques,”
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period ending 3/31/2016), June 2016.
McConnell, D. (2017). “Advanced Gas Hydrate Reservoir Modeling Using Rock Physics
Techniques,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010160, Final Technical Report (Period ending
3/31/2016), December 2017.

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Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for the Walker Ridge
and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico (DE-FE0010175)
Fugro GeoConsulting, Inc.
Government Reports
Humphrey, G., (2013). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
12/31/2012), Submitted July 2013.
Humphrey, G., (2013). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
03/31/2013), Submitted July 2013.
Humphrey, G., (2013). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
06/30/2013), Submitted July 2013.
Humphrey, G., (2014). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
09/30/2013), Submitted February 2014.
Humphrey, G., (2014). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
12/31/2013), Submitted March 2014.
Humphrey, G., (2014). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
03/31/2014), Submitted April 2014.
Humphrey, G., (2015). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
06/30/2014), Submitted April 2015.
Humphrey, G., (2015). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
09/30/2014), Submitted April 2015.

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Humphrey, G., (2015). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
12/31/2014), Submitted April 2015.
Humphrey, G., (2015). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
03/31/2015), Submitted May 2015.
Humphrey, G., (2015). “Planning of a Marine Methane Hydrate Pressure Coring Program for theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon Areas of the Gulf of Mexico,” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010175, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period ending
06/30/2015), Submitted July 2015.

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Universities and Other Research Institutions
Gas Hydrate Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico (DE-NT0005668) and Mapping
Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods (DE-FE0010144)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California – San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Constable, S., Kannberg, P. K., and Weitemeyer, K., (2016). Vulcan: A deeptowed CSEM receiver.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 17, doi:10.1002/ 2015GC006174.
Du Frane, W. L., Stern, L. A., Weitemeyer, K. A., Constable, S., Pinkston, J. C., and Roberts, J. J.,(2011). “Electrical properties of polycrystalline methane hydrate,” Geophysical Research
Letters, v. 38. doi:10.1029/2011GL047243.
Du Frane, W., Stern, L. A., Constable, S., Weitemeyer, K., Smith, M. M., and Roberts, J. J., (2015).
“Electrical properties of methane hydrate and sediment mixtures,” Journal ofGeophysical Research, v. 120, pp. 4773-4787. doi:10.1002/2015JB011940.
Weitemeyer, K., Gao, G., Constable, S., and Alumbaugh, D., (2010). “The practical application of
2D inversion to marine controlled-source electromagnetic sounding,” Geophysics, v. 75,
pp. F199-F211.
Weitemeyer, K. A., Constable, S., and Trehu, A. M., (2011). “A marine electromagnetic survey todetect gas hydrate at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon,” Geophysical Journal International, v. 187,
pp. 45-62.
Weitemeyer, K. and Constable, S., (2014). “Navigating marine electromagnetic transmittersusing dipole field geometry,” Geophysical Prospecting, v. 62, pp. 573-593, doi:
10.1111/13652478.12092.
Government Reports
Constable, S. and Weitemeyer, K., (2009). “Marine Electromagnetic Methods for Gas Hydrate
Characterization, Gulf of Mexico,” Cruise Report – R. V. Roger Revelle, October 7th-26th,(2008). Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005668. January 2009.
Constable, S., (2008). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Quarterly Progress Report, October 2008 – December 2008. Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668.
February 2009.
Constable, S., (2009). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Quarterly Progress Report, January 2009 – March 2009. Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. April
2009.

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Constable, S., (2009). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Quarterly Progress Report, April 2009 – June 2009. Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. April 2009.
Constable, S., (2009). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Phase 1 Final Report. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. April 2009.
Constable, S., (2009). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Quarterly Progress Report, October 2009 – December 2009. Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668.
December 2009.
Constable, S., (2010). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, January 2010 – March 2010,” Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. April,(2010).
Constable, S., (2010). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, April 2010 – June 2010,” Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. August 2010.
Constable, S., (2010). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, July 2010 – September 2010,” Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668.
November 2010.
Constable, S., (2011). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, October 2010 – December 2010,” Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668.
February 2011.
Constable, S., (2011). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods,”
Summary of Phase II Research. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University ofCalifornia San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. May 2011.
Constable, S., (2011). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, April 2011 – July 2010,” Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. August 2011.
Constable, S., (2011). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, July 2011 – September 2011,” Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668.
October 2011.
Constable, S., (2012). “Gas Hydrate Characterization in the GoM using Marine EM Methods.
Quarterly Progress Report, January 2012 –March 2012,” Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005668. April
2012.
Constable, S., (2013). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 12/31/2012). January 2013.

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Constable, S., (2013). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 3/31/2013). May 2013.
Constable, S., (2013). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 6/30/2013). August 2013.
Constable, S., (2013). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 9/30/2013). November 2013.
Constable, S., (2014). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 12/31/2013). January 2014.
Constable, S., (2014). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 3/30/2014). April 2014.
Constable, S., (2014). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 6/30/2014). July 2014.
Constable, S., (2014). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 9/30/2014). October 2014.
Constable, S., (2016). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 12/31/2015). February 2016.
Constable, S., (2016). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 3/31/2016). April 2016.
Constable, S., (2016). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 6/30/2016). July 2016.
Constable, S., (2016). “Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine CSEM Methods” DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0010144, Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period
ending 9/30/2016). November 2016.
Other Publications
Du Frane, W. L., Stern, L. A., Weitemeyer, K. A., Constable, S., and Roberts, J. J., (2011).
“Electrical properties of methane hydrate + sediment mixtures,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in
the Ice Newsletter, December, pp. 10-13.

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Weitemeyer, K., and Constable, S., (2009). “Cruise report: Imaging gas hydrate in the Gulf of
Mexico using marine electromagnetic methods,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, Winter, pp. 4-6.
Weitemeyer, K., and Constable, S., (2010). “Mapping shallow geology and gas hydrates withmarine CSEM surveys,” First Break, v. 28, pp. 97-102.
Weitemeyer, K., and Constable, S., (2010). “Tests of new marine EM survey method at
Mississippi Canyon 118, Gulf of Mexico,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter,
Spring, pp. 13-17.
Presentations
Constable, S., and Weitemeyer, K., (2010). “Mapping gas hydrates and shallow sedimentary
structure in the Gulf of Mexico using marine CSEM,” 20th Electromagnetic Induction
Workshop, Giza, Egypt September 18-25, (2010).
Constable, S., Weitemeyer, K., Kannberg, P., and Key, K., (2012). “Mapping marine gas hydrate
systems using electromagnetic methods.” Abstract OS34A-06, presented at American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7,.
Constable, S., (2015). “Water and electricity do mix: Studying plates, petroleum, and permafrost
using marine electromagnetism,” presented at American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
Du Frane, W. L., Stern, L. A., Weitemeyer, K., Constable, S., Pinkston, J. C., and Roberts, J. J.,(2011). “Electrical Conductivity of Laboratory-Synthesized Methane Hydrate.” Proc. ofthe 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011). Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom, July, 17-21, (2011).
Du Frane, W. L., L. A. Stern, S. Constable, K. A. Weitemeyer, and J. J. Roberts, (2011). “Electricalproperties of methane hydrate + sediment mixtures.” Abstract OS12A-03 presented at2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
Kannberg, P. K., S. Constable, K. A. Weitemeyer, and A. M. Trehu, (2011). “Resistivity structure at
the summit of South Hydrate Ridge,” Abstract OS13C-1547 presented at 2011 Fall
Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
Kannberg, P. K. and Constable, S., (2012). “Mapping methane hydrate with a towed marinetransmitter-receiver array,” presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Kannberg, P. K., Constable, S., and Key, K., (2013). “Hydrates in the California Borderlands: 2D
inversion results from CSEM towed and seafloor arrays,” presented at American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.
Kannberg, P. K., Constable, S., and Key, K., (2014). “Hydrates in the California Borderlands:
Results from controlled-source electromagnetic surveys,” presented at Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX, Mar. 23-28.
Kannberg, P. K. and Constable, S., (2014). “Hydrates in the California Borderlands revisited:
Results from a controlled-source electromagnetic survey of the Santa Cruz Basin,”presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 15-19.

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Kannberg, P. K. and Constable, S., (2015). “Resistivity structure of the Del Mar methane seep,”presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
Kannberg, P. K. and Constable, S., (2016). “Surveying hydrates in the California Borderlands
using electromagnetic methods,” presented at the Natural Gas Hydrate Systems Gordon
Research Conference, Galveston, TX.
Sherman, J., Constable, S., and Kannberg, P. K., (2015). “Surface towed CSEM systems forshallow water mapping,” presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
Stern, L. A., Du Frane W. L., Weitemeyer, K. A., Constable, S., and Roberts, J. J., (2012). Electricalconductivity of lab-formed methane hydrate + sand mixtures, technical developments
and new results. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San
Francisco, CA.
Weitemeyer, K, and Constable, S., (2009). “Preliminary results from the Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate CSEM experiment,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl. GP33A-0735
Weitemeyer, K. and Constable, S.,2010. “Results from the GoM gas hydrate studies,” SIO
Seafloor Electromagnetics Consortium Annual Meeting, La Jolla, CA March 17-18, (2010).
Weitemeyer, K., and Constable, S., (2011). “Mapping Gas Hydrates with Marine Controlled
Source Electromagnetics.” Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates(ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July, 17-21, 2011.

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Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotropic Biofilter in Methane Hydrate
Environments (DE-NT0005667)
University of California – Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Kessler, J. D., Valentine, D. L., Redmond, M. C., Du, M., Chan, E. W., Mendes, S. D., Quiroz, E. W.,
Villanueva, C. J., Shusta, S. S., Werra, L., M., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., and Weber, T. C., (2011).
“A Persistent Oxygen Anomaly Reveals the Fate of Spilled Methane in the Deep Gulf of
Mexico,” Science Express. DOI: 10.1126/science.1199697. January 2011.
Mau, S., Heintz, M. B., Kinnaman, F. S., Valentine, D. L., (2010). “Compositional variability andair-sea flux of ethane and propane in the plume of a large, marine seep field near Coal
Oil Point, CA,” Geo-Marine Letters 30(3-4) 367-378. DOI 10.1007/s00367-010-0185-z.
Redmond, M. C., Valentine, D. L., Sessions, A. L., (2010). “Novel Methane, Ethane, and Propane
Oxidizing Bacteria at Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps Identified by Stable Isotope Probing,”
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(19) 6412-6422.
Redmond, M. C., and Valentine, D. L., (2011). "Natural gas and temperature structured a
microbial community response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill." Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, USA. doi/10.1073/pnas.1108756108.
Ryerson, T. B., Camilli, R., Kessler, J. D., Kujawinski, E. B., Reddy, C. M., Valentine, D. L., Atlas, E.,
Blake, D. R., de Gouw, J., Meinardi, S., Parrish, D. D., Peischl, J., Seewald, J. S., andWarneke, C., 2012. Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rateand environmental distribution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:
10.1073/pnas.1110564109.
Valentine, D. L., Kessler, J. D., Redmond, M. C., Mendes, S. D., Heintz, M. B., Farwell, C., Hu, L.,
Kinnaman, F. S., Yvon-Lewis, S., Du, M., Chan, E. W., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Villanueva, C. J.,(2010). “Propane respiration jump starts microbial response to a deep oil spill,” Science
Express. DOI: 10.1126/science.1196830.
Valentine, D. L., Mezić, I., Maćešić, S., Črnjarić-Žic, N., Ivić, S., Hogan, P. J., Fonoberov, V. A., andLoire, S., (2012). Dynamic autoinoculation and the microbial ecology of a deep waterhydrocarbon irruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 109, no. 50,
pp. 20286-20291. doi:10.1073/pnas.1108820109.
Government Reports
Valentine, D., (2009). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October 2008 – December
2008. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667. February
2009.
Valentine, D., (2009). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2009 – March
2009. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667. April 2009.

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Valentine, D., (2009). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April 2009 – June 2009.
University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, July 2009.
Valentine, D., (2010). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July 2009 – September
2009. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667. November
2009.
Valentine, D., (2010). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October 2009 – December
2009. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667. January
2010.
Valentine, D., (2010). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2010 – March
2010. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667. April 2010.
Valentine, D., (2010). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April 2010 – June 2010.
University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, July 2010.
Valentine, D., (2010). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July 2010 – September
2010. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, October
2010.
Valentine, D., (2011). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October 2010 – December
2010. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, January
2011.
Valentine, D., (2011). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2011 – March
2011. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, April 2011.
Valentine, D., (2011). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April 2011 – June 2011.
University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, July 2011.
Valentine, D., (2011). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July 2011 – September
2011. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, October
2011.
Valentine, D., (2012). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October 2011 – December
2011. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, February
2012.
Valentine, D., (2012). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2012 – March
2012. University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, April 2012.

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Valentine, D., (2012). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April 2012 – June 2012.
University of California Santa Barbara, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, July 2012.
Valentine, D., (2012). “Assessing the Efficacy of the Aerobic Methanotrophic Biofilter in
Methane Hydrate Environments,” Final Report. University of California Santa Barbara,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005667, September 2012.
Other Publications
Valentine, D., (2010). “An Opportunity to Assess the Behavior of Methane Released in the Deep
Ocean,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, August, pg. 5.
Kalaugher, L., (2010). "Microbes munch up propane from Deepwater Horizon.”
Environmentalresearchweb,a community web site from IOP Publishing, Sep. 17 ed.
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/43764
Voosen, P., (2010). "Natural Gas From Ruptured Gulf Well Remained Trapped in Deep Waters,"
Greenwire, New York Times, Energy & Environment, Sep. 17 ed.
Presentations
Heintz, M. B., Mau, S., and Valentine, D. L., (2010). “Methane Consumption in the Water Columnof the Santa Monica Basin: A Comparison From Two Sampling Expeditions,” Eos Trans.
AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl. CO45B-12
Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J. W., Valentine, D. L., Wooller, M. J., (2010). “Ice Cover Modulates
Methanotrophic Efficacy in Arctic Thermokarst Lakes,” 7th Annual Southern California
Geobiology Symposium. CALTECH. Pasadena, CA.
Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J., Wooller, M. J., Elvert, M., Ruppel, C. D., and Valentine, D. L., (2010).
“Ice Cover Enhances Methane Consumption in Alaskan Thermokarst Lakes,” Abstract
GC51J-03 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Kessler, J. D., Valentine, D. L., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Heintz, M. B., Hu, L., Garcia Tigreros, F., Du, M.,
Chan, E. W., (2010). “Using the Deepwater Horizon Disaster to Investigate Natural
Biogeochemical Cycling Associated with Rapid Methane Emissions (invited),” Abstract
GC41F-04 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Kinnaman, F. S., Heintz, M., and Valentine, D., (2010). “Identifying the source and strength of a
Santa Barbara Channel mid-water methane plume,” 7th Annual Southern California
Geobiology Symposium. CALTECH. Pasadena, CA.
Mendes, S. D., Valentine, D. L., Farwell, C., (2010). "Microbial Consumption of Natural Gases
Released from the BP Deewater Horizon Oil Spill," Abstract OS533B-1476 presented atthe 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Redmond, M. C., Valentine, D. L., and Joye, S. B., (2010). "Microbial Community Response to the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill," Abstract OS522B-07 presented at the 2010 Fall Meeting,
AGU, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.
Valentine, D. L., Heintz, M. B., Mau, S., Kinnaman,F. S., Bagby, S., Camilli, R., Yoerger, D., Pizarro,O., Jakuba, M., (2010). “Methane Biogeochemistry of the Santa Barbara Basin,” EosTrans. AGU, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., CO44A-04

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Valentine, D. L., Kessler, J. D., Redmond, M. C., Mendes, S. D., Heintz, M. B., Farwell, C., Hu, L.,
Kinnaman, F., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Du, M., Chan, E. W., Garcia Tigreros, F., Villanueva, C.,(2010). “A Horizon of Natural Gas in the Deep Gulf of Mexico Dominates the Microbial
Landscape (invited),” Abstract OS22B-02 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San
Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.

Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading Microbes in Alaska
Coastal Waters (DE-NT0005666)
University of Delaware
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gonsalves, M. J., Fernandes, C., Fernandes, S., Kirchman, D. L., and Bharathi, P. A. L., (2011).
Effects of composition of labile organic matter on biogenic production of methane in the
coastal sediments of the Arabian Sea. Environ Monit Assess 182: 385-395.
Kirchman, D. L., Cottrell, M. T., and Lovejoy, C., (2010). “The structure of bacterial communities
in the western Arctic Ocean as revealed by pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes.,”
Environmental Microbiology, 12: 1132–1143. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02154.x
Book
Kirchman, D. L., (2012). Processes in Microbial Ecology. Oxford University Press.
Government Reports
Kirchman, D., (2009). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December,(2008). DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. January 2009.
Kirchman, D., (2009). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March, (2009).
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. January 2009.
Kirchman, D., (2009). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June, (2009). DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005666. January 2009.
Kirchman, D., (2009). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, July –September, (2009).
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. November 2009.
Kirchman, D., (2009). “Microbial Ecological Work on the ‘Methane in the Arctic Shelf/Slope(MITAS)’ Expedition,” Cruise Report. October 2009.
Kirchman, D., (2010). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December,(2009). DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. February 2010.

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Kirchman, D., (2010). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March, (2010).
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. April 2010.
Kirchman, D., (2010). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June, (2010). DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005666. August 2010.
Kirchman, D., (2010). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, July - September, (2010).
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. October 2010.
Kirchman, D., (2010). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, October - December,(2010). DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. February 2011.
Kirchman, D., (2011). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, April 2011 - June 2011.
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. August 2011.
Kirchman, D., (2011). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Quarterly Progress Report, July 2011 - September
2011. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666. October 2011.
Kirchman, D., (2012). “Characterization of Methane Degradation and Methane-Degrading
Microbes in Alaska Coastal Water,” Final Report. DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005666.
March 2012.

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Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaskan North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change(DE-NT0005665)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Peer-Reviewed Publications
He, R., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, W., Catranis, C., Quensen, J., Tiedje, J. M., Leigh, M. B., (2012).
“Identification J. of functionally active aerobic methanotrophs in sediments from anarctic lake using stable isotope probing.” Environmental Microbiology.
doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02725.x
He, R., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, W., Catranis, C., Quensen, J., Tiedje, J. M., Leigh, M. B., (2012).
Shifts in identity and activity of methanotrophs in arctic lake sediments in response totemperature changes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(13), pp. 4715-4723.
He, R., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, W., Quensen, J., Tiedje, J. M., Leigh, M. B., (2012). “Diversity ofactive aerobic methanotrophs along depth profiles of arctic and subarctic lake watercolumn and sediments,” ISME Journal, v. 6, pp. 1937-1948, doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.34.
Hunt, A. G., Stern, L., Pohlman, J. W., Ruppel, C., Moscati, R. J., Landis, G. P., (2013). “Massfractionation of noble gases in synthetic methane hydrate: Implications for naturally
occurring gas hydrate dissociation,” Chemical Geology, v. 239, pp. 242-250, doi:
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.033.
Isaksen, I. S. A., Gauss, M., Myhre, G., Anthony, K. M. W., Ruppel, C., (2011). “Strong
atmospheric chemistry feedback to climate warming from Arctic methane emissions,”
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume: 25. DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003845
Ruppel, C. D., (2011) Methane Hydrates and Contemporary Climate Change. Nature Education
Knowledge 2(12):12
Sepulveda-Jauregui, A., Martinez-Cruz, K. , Strohm, A. , Walter Anthony, K. M., and Thalasso, F.,(2012). “New method for on-site measurement of dissolved gas in water using Infrared
tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy,” Limnology and Oceanography Methods,
v. 10, pp. 560-567, DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.560.
Walter Anthony, K. M., Vas, D., Brosius, L., Chapin, F. S., Zimov, S. A., and Zhuang, Q. L., (2010).
“Estimating methane emissions from northern lakes using ice-bubble surveys.”
Limnology and Oceanography, v. 8, pp. 569-609.
Walter Anthony, K. M., Anthony, P., Grosse, G., and Chanton, J., (2012). “Geologic methane
seeps along boundaries of arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers,” Nature
Geoscience, DOI doi:org/10.1038/Ngeo1480.

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Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, J. W., Gaglioti, B. V., Langdon, P., Jones, M., Walter Anthony, K. M.,
Becker, K. W., Hinrichs, K. U., and Elvert, M., (2012). “Reconstruction of past methane
availability in an Arctic Alaska wetland indicates climate influenced methane releaseduring the past ~12,000 years,” Journal of Paleolimnology. DOI 10.1007/s10933-0129591-8.
Wooller, M. J., Kurek, J., Gaglioti, B. V., Cwynar, L. C., Bigelow, N., Reuther, J. D., GelvinReymiller, C., and Smol, J. P. , (2012). “An ~11,200 year paleolimnological perspective for
emerging archeological findings at Quartz Lake, Alaska,” Journal of Paleolimnology, DOI
10.1007/s10933-012-9594-9.
Government Reports
Wooller, M., (2009). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, October – December 2008. University of Alaska Fairbanks,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. January 2009.
Wooller, M., (2009). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2009. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005665. April 2009.
Wooller, M., (2009). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, April 2009 – June 2009. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005665. July 2009.
Wooller, M., (2009). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, July 2009 – October 2009. University of Alaska Fairbanks,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. November 2009.
Wooller, M., (2010). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, November 2009 - February 2010. University of Alaska
Fairbanks, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. February 2010.
Wooller, M., (2010). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, March 2010 - June 2010. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005665. August 2010.
Wooller, M., (2010). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, July 2010 – September 2010. University of Alaska Fairbanks,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. November 2010.
Wooller, M., (2011). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, October 2010 – December 2010. University of Alaska
Fairbanks, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. February 2011.

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Wooller, M., (2011). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, January 2011 – March 2011. University of Alaska Fairbanks,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. May 2011.
Wooller, M., (2011). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, April 2011 – June 2011. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005665. August 2011.
Wooller, M., (2011). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, July 2011 – September 2011. University of Alaska Fairbanks,
DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. October 2011.
Wooller, M., (2012). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, October 2011 – December 2011. University of Alaska
Fairbanks, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. February 2012.
Wooller, M., (2012). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2012. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE
Award No.: DE-NT0005665. May 2012.
Wooller, M., (2012). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Quarterly Progress Report, April – June 2012. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE Award
No.: DE-NT0005665. September 2012.
Wooller, M., (2013). “Source Characterization and Temporal Variation of Methane Seepage from
Thermokarst Lakes on the Alaska North Slope in Response to Arctic Climate Change,”
Final Report. University of Alaska Fairbanks, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005665. May 2013.
Other Publications
Ruppel, C., Pohlman, J., and Worley, C., (2009). “Studying the link between Arctic methane seeps
and degassing methane hydrates, Sound Waves,” USGS national newsletter, October.
Wooller, M. J., Ruppel, C., Pohlman, J. W., Leigh, M. B., Heintz, M., and Anthony, W. K., (2009).
“Permafrost Gas Hydrates and Climate Change: Lake-Based Seep Studies on the Alaskan
North Slope,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer, pg. 6.
Presentations
Brosius, L., Walter Anthony, K. M., Chanton, J., (2009). Determining Organic Matter Sources to
CH4 Production and Bubbling from Alaskan Lakes using Stable Isotopes and Radiocarbon
Ages. Abstract B41C-0327 presented at 2009 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec.,(2009).
Chanton, J., Walter Anthony, K. M., Prater, J, Whiting, G., (2009). Contrasting natural abundanceradiocarbon signatures of methane released upon permafrost decomposition. Abstract
B44B-04 presented at 2009 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec., (2009).

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Disenhof, C., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, J., Rose, K., (2011). “Lithology of Alaskan Thermokarst
Lake Facilitates Methane Flux,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. Abstract
GC41B-0806.
Elvert, M, Hinrichs, K. U., Wooller, M., Gaglioti, B., Becker, K., Pohlman, J. W., (2011). “Carbon
and hydrogen isotope biomarker records of methane release and hydroclimatic
variability from a thermokarst lake in the Alaskan Arctic,” International Meeting on
Organic Geochemistry, Interlaken, Switzerland, Sept. 18-23.
Gaglioti, B., Mann, D. H., Pohlman, J., Kunz, M. L., Jones, B. M., Jones, M., and Wooller, M. J.,(2012). “Radiocarbon Age Offsets in Arctic Lake Sediments Describe the Vulnerability ofPermafrost Carbon to Past Climate Warming,” American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Geai, M. L., Walter Anthony, K. M., and Grosse, G., (2010). “Climate Change and Methane
Emissions: Pan Arctic Lake Ice Methane Monitoring Network (PALIMMN),” International
Polar Year Conference, Oslo, Norway, 8-12 June, 2010.
Grosse, G., Jones, B., Walter Anthony, K., Romanovsky, V., and Marchenko, S., (2010).
Classification of Lakes in Pan-Arctic Permafrost Regions. Third European Conference on
Permafrost, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, June 13-17, 2010.
Grosse, G., Walter Anthony, K., Jones, B., Plug, L., and Romanovsky, V., (2010). “Thermokarst
lake drainage in the continuous permafrost zone of NW Alaska and climate feedbacks,”
EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 May 2010.
Grosse, G., Walter Anthony, K., Romanovsky, V., Marchenko, S., Jones, B., Plug, L., Edwards, M.,(2010). “Pan-Arctic thermokarst lakes, methane emissions, and future permafrost
thaw,” International Polar Year Conference, Oslo, Norway, 8-12 June, 2010.
He., R., Leigh, M., Pohlman J., Wooller M. J., (2011). “Active Methanotrophs and their Response
to Temperature Changes in Arctic Lake Sediments,” Abstract B13F-0641 presented at2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
He., R., Leigh, M., Pohlman J., Wooller M. J. 2011. “Methane oxidizing microbes in Alaskanlakes,” ASM meeting.
He, R., Wooller, M., and Leigh, M. B., (2011). “Methane oxidizing microbes in Alaskan lakes,”
American Society for Microbiology Alaska Branch Meeting, Anchorage, AK.
Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J., Wooller, M. J., Elvert, M., Ruppel, C. D., and Valentine, D. L., (2010).
“Ice Cover Enhances Methane Consumption in Alaskan Thermokarst Lakes,” 2010 Fall
Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17. Abstract GC51J-03.
Leigh, M. B., (2011). “Into the black box: Carbon and contaminant cycling in Alaskan
ecosystems,” Institute of Arctic Biology Life Sciences Seminar, University of Alaska
Fairbanks.
Nolan, J., Parsekian, A., Slater, L., Plug, L., Walter Anthony, K., and Grosse, G., (2010). “ThawBulb Dimension Imaging Using Continuous Resistivity Soundings, Seward Peninsula,
Alaska,” State of the Arctic Conference, Miami, FL.
Pohlman, J. W., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K-U., Gaglioti, B., and Wooller, M., (2011). “Holocene
methane emissions from an Alaskan thermokarst lake: A multiproxy reconstruction,”
USGS-DOE Climate-Hydrates workshop, Boston, MA.

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Ruppel., C., Walter, K., Pohlman, J., and M. Wooller, (2009). “Gas Hydrates and Perturbed
Permafrost: Can Thermokarst Lakes Leak Hydrate-Derived Methane?,” EOS Trans. AGU,
89(53), Fall Mtg Supplement, Abstract U23D-0084.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Global warming on the North Slope: A tale of permafrost and methane ice(hydrate),” BASC-Barrow Schoolyard lecture series, Barrow, AK, July 10.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Methane hydrate degassing and global climate change—past, present, andfuture,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, April 2010.
Ruppel, C., (2011). “USGS Gas Hydrates Project: Arctic methane-climate research,” E. U. COSTPERGAMON Arctic Methane meeting, Brussels, Belgium, February.
Ruppel, C., (2011.) “Overview of USGS climate-methane hydrates research,” USGS-DOE ClimateHydrates workshop, Boston, MA, March.
Walter Anthony, K. W., (2010). “Methane emissions from thermokarst lakes,” ABISKO Scientific
Research Station Invited Presentation, December 17.
Walter Anthony, K. W., (2011). “Methane ebullition from thermokarst lakes in the Arctic, Invited
Talk, Physics of Sustainable Energy II: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It
Renewably,” The American Physical Society’s Forum on Physics and Society TopicalGroup on Energy Research and Application & The American Association of Physics
Teachers, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 5.
Walter Anthony, K. M., Grosse, G., and Jones, B. M., (2009). “Positive and negative feedbacks to
climate change associated with methane emissions from arctic permafrost systems,” EosTrans, AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B43F-06.
Walter Anthony, K. M. and Zimov, S. A., (2009). “Greenhouse gas release from arctic permafrost:
positive feedback to climate warming,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract U44A-02.
Walter Anthony, K. M., Grosse, G., Finlay, J., Chandra, S., and Michelle, M. C., (2009).
“Disappearing permafrost and the response of Arctic lakes. Advancing the Science ofLimnology and Oceanography Meeting,” Nice, France, January,25-30.
Wooller, M. J., C. Ruppel and UAF-USGS-UCSB project group, (2010.) “Source characterizationand temporal variation of methane seepage from thermokarst lakes on the Alaska North
Slope in response to arctic climate change,” DOE Investigators’ Conference, Atlanta, GA,
January 25.
Wooller, M. J., Leigh, M., Pohlman J. W., Ruppel, C. and Walter, K., (2009). “Source
characterization and temporal variation of methane seepage from thermokarst lakes on
the Alaska North Slope in response to Arctic climate change.” Developing Long Term
International Collaboration on Methane Hydrate Research and Monitoring in the Arctic
Region, Texel, The Netherlands, February 18-20.

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Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements of Methane Flux to the Atmosphere(HYFLUX project) (DE-NT0005638 )Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Peer-reviewed Publications
Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I. R., et al. (2010). “Remote sensing evaluation of geophysicalanomaly sites in the outer continental slope, northern Gulf of Mexico,” Deep-sea
Research Part II 57(21-23), pp. 1859-1869.
Hu, L., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Kessler, J. D., and MacDonald I. R., (2012). “Methane fluxes to theatmosphere from deepwater hydrocarbon seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” J.
Geophys. Res., 117(C1), C01009.
Solomon, E. A., Kastner, M., Robertson, G., Leifer, I., MacDonald, I., and Chanton J., (2011). “Seaair hydrocarbon fluxes associated with a 900-m seafloor gas hydrate deposit in the Gulf
of Mexico,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Edinburgh, Scotland, U. K.(17-21 July 2011).
Government Reports
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2009). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, October
2009 - December 2009. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DENT0005638. January 2010.
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2009). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Cruise Report. Texas A&M
University - Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638. November 2009.
MacDonald, I. and Naehr, T., (2010). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements of Methane
Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2010 March 2010, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
April 2010.
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2010). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, April
2010 - June 2010, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
July 2010.
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2010). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, July –September, 2010, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
November 2010.
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2011). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, October- December 2010, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
January 2011.

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MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2011). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Quarterly Progress Report, January- March 2011, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
April 2011.
MacDonald, I., and Naehr, T., (2011). “Remote Sensing and Sea-Truth Measurements ofMethane Flux to the Atmosphere (HYFLUX project),” Final Report, October 01, 2008 May 31, 2011, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005638.
Other Publications
MacDonald, I., (2009). “The HYFLUX Sea-Truth Expedition, 4-19 July 2009,” U. S. DOE-NETL Firein the Ice Newsletter, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 12-15.
Presentations
Garcia-Pineda, O. G., MacDonald, I. R., Shedd, W., and Zimmer, B., (2009). “HYFLUX: Satellite
Exploration of Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps and Discovery of a Methane Hydrate Moundat GC600,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), OS31A-1185 Poster.
Garcia, O., I. Macdonald, R., B. Zimmer, W. Shedd and M. Frye, (2009). “Satellite SAR inventoryof Gulf of Mexico oil seeps and shallow gas hydrates,” Geophysical Research Abstracts
11: EGU2009-11633.
Hu, L., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Kessler, J. D., and MacDonald, I., (2009). “Air-Sea Flux of Methane from
Selected Marine Hydrate/Seep Sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During HYFLUX,” EosTrans. AGU, 90(52), OS23B-04.
Körber J. H., Pineda, O., MacDonald, I., Sahling, H., Bohrmann, G., (2010). “Analysis andinventory of natural hydrocarbon seepage in the Black Sea using remote sensing
techniques,” 10th International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments, 6-12
September, 2010.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., Chanton, J., Kastner, M., Solomon, E. A., Leifer, I., Naehr,T. H., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., and Kessler, J. D., (2009). “HYFLUX: Satellite Inventory and SeaTruth for Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate System,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), OS23B-03.
MacDonald, I., Garcia-Pineda, O., Chanton, J., Kastner, M., Solomon, E., Leifer, I., Naehr, T.,YvonLewis, S., Kessler, D., (2010). “HYFLUX: Remote Sensing and Sea Truth of CH4 Flux fromthe Gulf of Mexico Seep System,” 10th International Conference on Gas in Marine
Sediments, 6-12 September, 2010.
MacDonald, I. R., Asper, V., Garcia, O. P., Kastner, M., Leifer, I., Naehr, T., Solomon, E., YvonLewis S., and Zimmer, B., (2008). “HyFlux - Part I: Regional Modeling of Methane Flux
From Near-Seafloor Gas Hydrate Deposits on Continental Margins,” Eos Trans. AGU
89(53): OS33A-1322.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., Chanton, J., Kastner, M., Solomon, E. A., Leifer, I., Naehr,T. H., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., and Kessler, J. D., (2009). “HYFLUX: Satellite Inventory and SeaTruth for Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate System,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), p. OS23B-03.
Naehr, T. H., Asper, V. L., Garcia, O., Kastner, M., Leifer, I., MacDonald, I. R., Solomon, E. A.,
Yvon-Lewis, S., and Zimmer, B., (2008). “HyFlux - Part II: Subsurface sequestration of
methane-derived carbon in gas-hydrate- bearing marine sediments.,” Eos Trans. AGU,
89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., 89(53): OS33A-1323.

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Shapiro, R. A., Naehr, T. H., MacDonald, I., Kastner, M., Robertson, G., and Solomon, E. A.,(2009)., “Pore Water Data From Three Gas Hydrate Sites in the Gulf of Mexico: First
Results from the HyFlux Project,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), OS31A-1186.
Solomon, E. A., Kastner, M., and Leifer, I., (2009). “Ethane and Propane Emissions to the Ocean
and Atmosphere from 550-1200 m Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52),OS31A-1182.

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Integrating Natural Gas Hydrates in the Global Carbon Cycle (DE-NT0006558)
University of Chicago
Peer-reviewed Publications
Archer, D., Buffett, B. A., and McGuire, P. C., (2012). “A two-dimensional model of the passive
coastal margin deep sedimentary carbon and methane cycles,” Biogeosciences, 9, 1-20,(2012).
Archer, D. and Buffett, B. A., (2012). “A two-dimensional model of the methane cycle in asedimentary accretionary wedge,” Biogeosciences, 9, 3323-3336, (2012).
Government Reports
Archer, D., 2009-2011. “Integrating Natural Gas Hydrates in the Global Carbon Cycle,” Quarterly
Progress Reports. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
October 2008 - December 2008. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
January 2009.
January 2009 - March 2009. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558. April
2009.
April 2009 - June 2009. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558. July 2009.
July 2009 - September 2009. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
October 2009.
October 2009 - December 2009. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
December 2009.
January 2010 - March 2010. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
March 2010.
April 2010 - June 2010. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558. June
2010.
April 2011 - June 2011. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558. August
2011.
July 2011 - September 2011. University of Chicago, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0006558.
November 2011.
Other Publications
Archer, D., (2010). “The Role of Methane Hydrates in the Earth System: ‘Burps of Death’ or
Seductive Irrelevance?” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, August, pp. 12-14.

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Global Assessment of Methane Gas Hydrates (DE-FE0003060)
Stiftelsen GRID-Arendal
Government Reports
Beaudoin, Y., (2010). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Stiftelsen GRID-Arendal, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0003060. September 2010.
Beaudoin, Y., (2011). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Stiftelsen GRID-Arendal, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0003060. May 2011.
Beaudoin, Y., (2011). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Stiftelsen GRID-Arendal, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0003060. October 2011.
Beaudoin, Y., (2012). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, Stiftelsen GRID-Arendal, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0003060. April 2012.
Beaudoin, Y. C., (2012). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0003060, Semiannual Progress Report (April – September, 2012). October 2012.
Beaudoin, Y. C., (2013). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0003060, Semiannual Progress Report (October 2012 – March 2013). April 2013.
Beaudoin, Y. C., (2014). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0003060, Semiannual Progress Report (April 2013 - September 2013). October 2013.
Beaudoin, Y. C., (2014). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0003060, Semiannual Progress Report (October 2013 - March 2014). April 2014.
Beaudoin, Y. C., (2014). “UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0003060, Semiannual Progress Report (April 2014 - September 2014). October 2014.
Presentations
Kullerud, L. and Beaudoin, Y., (2012). “Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas
Hydrates,” Arctic Frontiers 2012, January 25-27, Tromso, Norway.
Beaudoin, Y., (2011). “Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” Platts 2nd
Annual Unconventional Gas, September 19-20, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Beaudoin, Y., (2010). “Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” AbstractsWorld Energy Congress 2010, September 12-16, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Beaudoin, Y., (2010). “Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates,” AbstractsJoint International Conference Minerals of the Ocean-5 and Deep Sea Minerals andMining-2, June 28-July 01, 2010, St Petersburg, Russia.
Beaudoin, Y. and Kullerud, L, (2010). “Methane Gas Hydrates, a new phase of resource
exploitation in the Arctic? What we can learn from the Global Assessment of MethaneGas Hydrates,” Abstracts-2010 International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, June 812, 2010, Oslo, Norway.

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Norway.

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Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments (DE-FC2606NT43067)
University of Texas at Austin
Government Reports
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October - December 2006, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. March 2007.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2007, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. April 2007.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Creation of Sediment Models – Task 3 Technical Report, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. April 2007.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June 2007, University of Texas,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. July 2007.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July –September 2007, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. October 2007.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December 2007, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. January 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2007). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2008, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. May 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Fracture Initiation and Propagation – Task 4 Technical Report,
University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. May 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Compute Critical Curvatures for Pore-level Events – Task 5.1
Technical Report, University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. June 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June 2008, University of Texas,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. August 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July – September 2008, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. October 2008.

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Ocean Sediments,” Compute gas/water interface geometry during drainage andimbibtion in model sediments – Task 5.2 Technical Report, University of Texas, DOE
Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. October 2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Compute gas/water interface geometry within fracture – Task 5.3
Technical Report, University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. October
2008.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December 2008, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. February 2009.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Couple gas/water interface dynamics with fracture propagation –Task 6 Technical Report, University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067.
February 2009.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2009, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. May 2009.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June 2009, University of Texas,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. July 2009.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Coupled gas/water/sediment dynamics with rigid hydrate films –Task 7.1 Technical Report, University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067.
October 2009.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2010). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October - December 2009, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. January 2010.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2010). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January - March 2010, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. March 2010.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2010). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April - June 2010, University of Texas,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. August 2010.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2010). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July - September 2010, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. November 2010.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2011). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, October - December 2010, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. February 2011.

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Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2011). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2011, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. April 2011.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2011). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, April –June 2011, University of Texas,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. July 2011.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2011). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments,” Quarterly Progress Report, July –September 2011, University ofTexas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT43067. October 2011.
Juanes R., and Bryant, S. L., (2012). “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in
Ocean Sediments Final Report. University of Texas, DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT43067. April 2012.
Theses/Dissertations
Behseresht, J., (2008). “Infinite-Acting Physically Representative Networks for CapillarityControlled Displacements”. M. S. Thesis – The University of Texas at Austin.
Jain, A. K., (2009). “Preferential Mode of Gas Invasion in Sediments: Grain-Scale Model of
Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow and Sediment Mechanics,” M. S. Thesis - Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Peng, Y., (2011). “Study of Methane Hydrate Formation and Distribution in Arctic Regions: From
Pore Scale to Field Scale” Ph. D. Dissertation – The University of Texas at Austin.
Scandella, B. P., (2010). “Numerical modeling of methane venting from lake sediments.” M. S.
Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Other Publications
Behseresht, J., Bryant, S., and Seperhnoori, K., (2009). “Infinite-Acting Physically Representative
Networks for Capillarity-Controlled Displacements,” Society of Petroleum Engineers
Journal, Volume 14, Number 4, pp. 568-578, December 2009. DOI: 10.2118/110581-PA,
published online 16 July 2009.
Behseresht, J., and Bryant, S., (2011). “Sedimentological Control on Saturation Distribution in
Arctic Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Sands,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Vol. 11,
Issue 1.
Holtzman, R., Szulczewski, M. L., and Juanes, R., (2012). Capillary fracturing in granular media.
Physical Review Letters, 28, June, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.264504
Juanes, R., and Bryant, S. L., (2009). “Models provide clues to how methane gas and hydrate
coexist in nature,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 7-11.
Prodanović, M. and Bryant, S., (2009). “Physics-Driven Interface Modeling for Drainage and
Imbibition in Fractures,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Volume 14, Number 3,
pp. 532-542, September 2009. DOI: 10.2118/110448-PA, published online 27 July 2009.

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Prodanović, M., Bryant, S. L., and Karpyn, Z. T., (2009). “Investigating Matrix/Fracture Transfer
via a Level Set Method for Drainage and Imbibition,” Society of Petroleum Engineers
Journal, Volume 15, Number 1, pp. 125-136, March 2010. DOI: 10.2118/116110-PA,
published online November 12, 2009.
Prodanović, M., Holder, J. and Bryant, S, (2012).“Pore Scale Coupling of Fluid Displacement andUnconsolidated Sediment Mechanics," accepted for publication in the International
Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, v. 5, nos. 2/3.
Presentations
Behseresht, J. and Bryant, S., (2011). “Effect of Relative Permeability Characteristics andGas/Water Flow on Gas-Hydrate Saturation Distribution,” SPE 147221 prepared forpresentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to be held in
Denver, Colorado, October 30 –November 2, 2011.
Behseresht, J. and Bryant, S., (2011). “Sedimentological Control On Hydrate Saturation
Distribution In Arctic Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Deposits,” Proceedings of the 7thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011.
Behseresht, J., Peng, Y., Bryant, S. and Winters, W. (2010). "Sedimentological Control on Arctic
Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Deposits," Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Colby College, Waterville, ME, June 6-10, 2010.
Behseresht, J., Peng, Y., Bryant, S. and Winters, W. (2010). "Sedimentological Control on Arctic
Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Deposits,” AAPG 2010 Annual Convention and Exhibition, New
Orleans, LA, April 13, 2010.
Behseresht, J., Peng, Y., Prodanovic, M., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Mechanisms by Which
Methane Gas and Methane Hydrate Coexist in Ocean Sediments,” Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8, 2008.
Behseresht, J., Peng, Y., Prodanovic, M., and Bryant, S. L., (2008). “Grain Scale Study of Hydrate
Formation in Sediments from Methane Gas: Role of Capillarity,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
Behseresht, J., Bryant, S. and Sepehrnoori, K., “Infinite-Acting Physically Representative
Networks for Capillarity-Controlled Displacements,” SPE 110581, Proceedings of the2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, November 11-14,
2007.
Holtzman, R., and Juanes, R., (2009). “Hydrate Formation in Gas-Rich Marine Sediments: A
Grain-Scale Model,” Eos Trans. AGU 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. OS41A-08.
Jain, A. K., and Juanes, R., (2008). “Pore-scale Mechanistic Study of the Preferential Mode of
Hydrate Formation in Sediments: Coupling of Multiphase Fluid Flow and Sediment
Mechanics,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH
2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
Jain, A., and Juanes, R., (2008). “Grain scale modeling of coupled flow and mechanics:
implications for methane hydrate in ocean sediments,” World Congress on
Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) – European Congress on Computational Methods in
Applied Sciences and Engineering, Venice, Italy, June 30-July 4.

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Jain, A. K., and Juanes, R., (2008). “Conditions under Which Gaseous Methane Will Fracture
Ocean Sediments and Penetrate Through the Hydrate Stability Zone: ModelingMultiphase Flow and Sediment Mechanics at the Pore Scale,” AGU Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2008.
Juanes, R., and Jain, A. K., (2008). “A Grain-Scale Coupled Model of Multiphase Fluid Flow and
Sediment Mechanics – Application to Methane Hydrates in Natural Systems,” AGU Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2008.
Peng, Y., Behseresht, J., Bryant, S., and Winters, W (2009). "Sedimentological Control on Arctic
Gas-Hydrate-Bearing Deposits," poster GC51A-0707, American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009.
Peng, Y., Prodanović, M., and Bryant, S., (2009).“Improving Fidelity of Network Models for
Drainage and Imbibition,” SPE 124440 prepared for presentation at the 2009 SPE Annual
Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, October 4–7, 2009.
Prodanović, M., Holder, J., and Bryant, S., (2009). “Coupling Capillarity-Controlled Fluid
Displacement With Unconsolidated Sediment Mechanics: Grain Scale Fracture
Opening,” SPE 124717 prepared for presentation at the 2009 SPE Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, October 4–7, 2009.
Prodanović, M., and Bryant, S., (2008). “Capillarity Controlled Displacements in Sediments With
Movable Grains: Implications for Growth of Methane Hydrates,” SPE 116663,
Proceedings of the 2008 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO,
September 21–24, 2008.
Prodanović, M., and Bryant, S., (2008). “Investigating Matrix-Fracture Transfer via a Level Set
Method for Drainage and Imbibition,” SPE 116110, Proceedings of the 2008 SPE Annual
Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, September 21–24, 2008.
Prodanović, M., and Bryant, S., (2007). “Physics-Driven Interface Modeling for Drainage and
Imbibition in Fractures,” SPE110448, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, November 11–14, 2007.

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Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates (DE-FC26-06NT42960)
Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan, B., and Hirasaki, G. J., (2006). “Scaling ofthermodynamic and transport processes for predicting methane hydrate saturation inmarine sediments worldwide,” Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, 24-27 September 2006, San Antonio, Texas, USA, SPE
106519-STU, 10.2118/106519-STU.
Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan, B., and Hirasaki, G. J., (2007).
“Generalization of gas hydrate distribution and saturation in marine sediments byscaling of thermodynamic and transport processes,” American Journal of Science,
307(6), 861-900, doi:10.2475/06.2007.01.
Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan B., and Hirasaki, G. J (2008). “Effect ofoverpressure on gas hydrate distribution,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, 2008.
Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan B., and Hirasaki, G. J (2008). “Relating gas
hydrate saturation to depth of sulfate-methane transition,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan B., and Hirasaki, G. J (2008). “The sulfatemethane transition as a proxy for average methane hydrate saturation in marine
sediments,” Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L03611, doi:10.1029/2007GL032500.
Bhatnagar, G., Chatterjee, S., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan B., and Hirasaki, G. J.
(2011). “Analytical theory relating the depth of the sulfate-methane transition to gas
hydrate distribution and saturation,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12,
Q03003, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003397.
Chatterjee S., Gu, G., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Dickens G. R., and Hirasaki, G.
J., (2011). “Effects of heterogeneous lithology and focused fluid flow on gas hydrate
distribution in marine sediments,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011.
Chatterjee S., Dickens, G. R., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Snyder G. T., andHirasaki, G. J., (2011). “Pore water sulfate, alkalinity and carbon isotope profiles inshallow sediment above marine gas hydrate systems: A numerical modelingperspective,” Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 116, B09103, doi:
10.1029/2011JB008290.
Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2009). “Extending NMR data for permeability estimation in fine-grained
sediments,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 26, Issue 8, September 2009, pp.
1419-1427, ISSN 0264-8172, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.008.
Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2010). “Effects of multiphase methane supply on hydrate accumulationand fracture generation,” Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20301,
doi:10.1029/2010GL044970.

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Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2010). “Origin and evolution of fracture-hosted methane hydrate
deposits,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B11103, doi:10.1029/2010JB007492.
Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2011). “Capillary controls on methane hydrate distribution and fracturing
in advective systems,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q01003,
doi:10.1029/2010GC003392.
Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2011). “An improved technique for computing permeability from NMR
measurements in mudstones,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B08101,
doi:10.1029/2011JB008353.
Daigle, H., Dugan, B., (2011). “Permeability anisotropy and fabric development: A mechanistic
explanation,” Water Resources Research, 47, W12517, doi:10.1029/2011WR011110.
Daigle, H., Bangs, N., Dugan, B., (2011). “Transient hydraulic fracturing and gas release inmethane hydrate settings: A case study from southern Hydrate Ridge,” Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q12022, doi:10.1029/2011GC003841.
Dickens, G. R. , (2011). “Down the Rabbit Hole: toward appropriate discussion of methane
release from gas hydrate systems during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum andother past hyperthermal events,” Clim. Past, 7, 831-846, doi:10.5194/cp-7-831-2011.
Dugan, B., (2008). “Fluid Flow in the Keathley Canyon 151 Mini-Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico.”
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25, 919-923, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.12.005.
Gu, G., Dickens, G. R., Bhatnagar, G., Colwell, F. S., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., (2011).
“Abundant Early Palaeogene marine gas hydrates despite warm deep ocean
temperatures,” Nature Geoscience, 4, 848–851, doi:10.1038/ngeo1301.
Hustoft, S., Dugan, B., Mienert, J., (2009). “Effects of rapid sedimentation on developing the
Nyegga pockmark-field, Constraints from hydrological modeling and 3-D seismic data,
offshore mid-Norway.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10(6), Q06012,
doi:10.1029/2009GC002409.
Hutchinson, D. R., Hart, P. E., Ruppel, C. D., Snyder, F., Dugan, B., (2009). “Seismic and thermal
characterization of a bottom-simulating reflection in the northern Gulf of Mexico.” In
Collett, T., Johnson, A., Knapp, C., Boswell, R. (eds), Natural gas hydrates – energy
resource potential and associated geologic hazards, AAPG Memoir, 89, 266-286,
doi:10.1306/13201105M893343.
Jaiswal P., Dewangan, P., Ramprasad, T., and Zelt, C. A., (2012). “Seismic characterization of
hydrates in faulted, fine-grained sediments of Krishna-Godavari Basin: Full Waveform
Inversion,” Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 117, B10305,
doi:10.1029/2012JB009201.
Jones, E., Latham, T., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Hunt, J., Jr., Shedd, W., Shelander, D., Boswell, R.,
Rose, K., Ruppel, C., Hutchinson, D., Collett, T., Dugan, B., Wood, W., (2008). “ScientificObjectives of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP Leg II Drilling,” Paper OTC 19501,
Proceedings 2009 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston TX, May 5-8, 2008.
Phirani, J., Pitchumani, R., and Mohanty, K. K., (2009). “Transport Properties of Hydrate Bearing
Formations from Pore-Scale Modeling,” SPE 124882, Proceedings of SPE ATCE, New
Orleans, LA, Oct. 4-7, 2009.

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Phirani, J., Mohanty, K. K. and G. Hirasaki, (2009). “Warm Water Flooding of Unconfined Gas
Hydrate Reservoirs,” Energy & Fuels, doi:10.1021/ef900291j.
Phirani, J. And Mohanty, K. K., (2009). “Warm Water Flooding of Confined Gas Hydrate
Reservoirs,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 64, 2361-2369, doi:10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.019.
Scholz, N. A., Riedel, M., Spence, G. D., Hyndman, R. D., James, T., Naegeli, K., Dugan, B.,
Pohlman, J., and Hamilton, T., (2011). “Do dissociating gas hydrates play a role intriggering submarine slope failures? A case study from the northern Cascadia margin,”
Proc. 7th International Conf. Gas Hydrates, 17-21 July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Snyder, G. T., A. Hiruta, R. Matsumoto, G. R. Dickens, H. Tomaru, R. Takeuchi, J. Komatsubara, Y.
Ishida, and H. Yu, (2007). “Pore water profiles and authigenic mineralization in shallow
marine sediments above the methane-charged system on Umitaka Spur, Japan Sea,”
Deep-Sea Res. II, 54, 1216-1239, 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.001.
Waite, W.F, Santamarina, C., Cortes, D., Dugan, B., Espinoza, N., Germaine, J., Jang, J., Jung, J.,
Kneafsey, T., Shin, H., Soga, K., Winters, W., Yun, T-S., (2009). “Physical properties ofhydrate-bearing sediments.” Reviews of Geophysics, 47, RG4003,
doi:10.1029/2008RG000279.
Winters, W. J., Dugan, B., Collett, T. S., (2008). “Physical Properties of Sediments from Keathley
Canyon and Atwater Valley, JIP Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Drilling Program.” Marine
and Petroleum Geology, 25, 896-905, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.018.
Other Publications
Dickens, G. R., and Snyder, G. T., (2009). “Interpreting upward methane flux from pore water
profiles,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter, p.7-10.
Jaiswal, P., (2012). “Detecting hydrates with patchy BSR: Krishna Godavari Basin, India,” U. S.
DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, 11(2), pp. 5-9.
Government Reports
Hirasaki, G., (2007). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, April – June 2007, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960. June2007.
Hirasaki, G., (2007). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, July – September 2007, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960.
December 2007.
Hirasaki, G., (2008). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, January – March 2008, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960.
April 2008.
Hirasaki, G., (2008). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates,” Phase 2 Topical Report –June 2007 – June 2008, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960. June2008.
Hirasaki, G., (2008). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, July 2008 – October 2008, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960.
November 2008.

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Hirasaki, G., (2009). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, November 2008 – April 2009, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT42960. May 2009.
Hirasaki, G., (2009). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, May – October 2009, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960.
November 2009.
Hirasaki, G., (2010). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, November 2009 – March 2010, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT42960. May 2010.
Hirasaki, G., (2010). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, April 2010 – September 2010, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT42960. November 2010.
Theses/Dissertations
Bhatnagar, G., (2008). “Accumulation of gas hydrates in marine sediments,” Ph. D. thesis, Rice
University. Houston, Texas.
Daigle, H., (2011). “Pore-scale controls on permeability, fluid flow, and methane hydrate
distribution in fine-grained sediments,” Ph. D. thesis, Rice University. Houston, Texas.
Presentations
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2006). “Scaling ofthermodynamic and transport processes for predicting gas hydrate distribution inmarine sediments,” Annual General Meeting - Asia Oceania Geosciences Society,Singapore.
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., 2006).
“Accumulation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments,” 5th International
Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom.
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2006). “Scaling ofthermodynamic and transport processes for predicting methane hydrate saturation inmarine sediments worldwide,” Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 24-27 September 2006.
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., 2006). “Quantifying
methane hydrate saturation in different geologic settings,” American Geophysical Union(AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2006.
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2007). “Quantifying
methane hydrate saturation in worldwide marine sediments,” Science and Technology
Issues in Methane Hydrate R&D, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, (2007).
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2007). “Gas hydrate
saturation in marine sediment: Basic Relationships to methane flux and depth of SMT,”
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly meeting, Acapulco, Mexico, May
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Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2007). “Gas hydrate
abundance: relationship to anaerobic oxidation of methane and the sulfate-methanetransition,” Marine Biogeochemistry Seminar, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, (2007).
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2008). “Effect ofOverpressure on Gas Hydrate Distribution,” 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C., July 6-10, (2008).
Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R., (2008). “The sulfatemethane transistion as a proxy for average methane hydrate saturation in marine
sediments,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, B. C.,
July 6-10, (2008).
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R.,(2008). “Effect of lithologic heterogeneities on gas hydrate distribution,” Eos Trans.
AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS41D-1257.
Chatterjee, S., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Dugan, B., and Hirasaki, G. J.,(2009). “Sulfate, Methane, Alkalinity, Calcium and Carbon Isotope (δ13C) Profiles as an
Indicator of Upward Methane Flux.” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS42A-05.
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R.,(2010). “Pore water chemistry profiles across the sulfate-methane transition above
marine gas hydrate systems,” Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast Regional
Student Paper Contest, Lubbock, Texas, April 2010.
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R.,(2010). “Sulfate-methane transition depth as a proxy for methane flux above gas
hydrate systems,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Waterville, Maine, USA, June 6-11, (2010).
Chatterjee S., Gu, G., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G.
R., (2010). “Focused fluid flow and gas hydrate distribution in heterogeneous marine
sediments,” Abstract OS43B-03 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA
13-17 Dec.
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Dickens, G. R., and Hirasaki, G. J.,(2011). “Effects of heterogeneous lithology and focused fluid flow on gas hydrate
distribution in marine sediments,” Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast
Regional Student Paper Contest, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA,
April 2011.
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R.,(2011). “Lithologic heterogeneity, focused fluid flow and gas hydrate distribution inmarine sediments,” Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) University R&D Showcase,
Houston, TX, USA, May 2011.
Chatterjee S., Bhatnagar G., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., and Dickens, G. R.,(2011). “Lithologic heterogeneity, focused fluid flow and gas hydrate distribution inmarine sediments,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section Emerging
Engineers Conference (EEC), Houston, TX, USA, June 2011.

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Chatterjee S., Gu, G., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Dickens, G. R., and Hirasaki, G.
J., (2011). “Effects of heterogeneous lithology and focused fluid flow on gas hydrate
distribution in marine sediments,” 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH
2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 2011.
Chatterjee, S., Dickens, G. R., Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Snyder, G. T., andHirasaki, G. J., (2012). “Modeling shallow pore water chemistry as a proxy for methane
hydrate abundance in marine sediments,“ 1st International Conference on Upstream
Engineering and Flow Assurance, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
Houston, TX, April 1-5.
Chatterjee, S., (2012). “Lithologic heterogeneities and focused fluid flow governing gas hydrate
distribution in marine sediments,” 1st International Conference on Upstream
Engineering and Flow Assurance, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
Houston, TX, April 1-5.
Chatterjee, S., Dickens, G. R., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Snyder, G. T., and Hirasaki, G. J.,(2012). “Modeling pore water profiles of marine gas hydrate systems: The extreme caseof ODP Site 685/1230m Peru Margin,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
Chatterjee, S., (2012). “Methane hydrate distribution in heterogeneous marine sediments,” 5th
Oil and Gas High Performance Computing Workshop, Houston, TX, March 1, 2012.
Daigle, H., and Dugan, B., (2008). “Extending nuclear magnetic resonance data for permeability
estimation in fine-grained sediments.” Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H43J-04.
Daigle, H., and Dugan, B., (2009). “Extending NMR data for permeability estimation in finegrained sediments.” Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts 50th Annual
Logging Symposium, The Woodlands, TX, June 23, 2009.
Daigle, H., and Dugan, B., (2009). “Fracture Genesis and Fracture Filling in Hydrate Systems.” EosTrans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS41A-02.
Daigle, H., and Dugan, B., (2010). “Lithologically partitioned hydrates in advective systems.”
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Waterville, ME, June 9, 2010.
Daigle, H., and Dugan, B., (2010). “Free gas in the regional hydrate stability zone: Implications
for hydrate distribution and fracturing behavior,” Abstract OS53A-1355 Poster presented
at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17, 2010.
Daigle, H., Bangs, N., and Dugan, B., (2011). “Transient pressures, hydraulic fracturing, and gas
migration at southern Hydrate Ridge: Geophysical observations and flow modeling,” 7thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 18, 2011.
Dugan, B., Chapman, W. G., Dickens, G. R., Hirasaki, G. J., Mohanty, K., Zelt, C., Bhatnagar, G.,
Chatterjee, S., Daigle, H., Gu., G., Jaiswal. P., Phirani, J., Snyder, G., (2008). “Detection
and production of methane hydrate.” Shell Exploration Lunch and Learn, 22 July 2008.
Dugan, B., Daigle, H., Chatterjee, S., Gu, G., Hirasaki, G. J., (2010). “Continuum models of largescale phenomena associated with hydrate-bearing sediments.” Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Waterville, ME, 10 June 2010.

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Chapman, W. G., (2011). “Effects of flow focusing and geologic structures on gas hydrate
saturation and distribution.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,Minneapolis, MN, October 11, 2011.
Hustoft, S., Dugan, B., Mienert, J., (2008). “Integrated Hydrological Flow-Modeling and 3D
Seismic Analysis of the Nyegga Pockmark-Field at the Mid-Norwegian Constrain Times ofMethane Leakage, Subsurface Sediment Remobilization and Fluid Flow in Sedimentary
Basins Conference,” The Geological Society, London, England, October 21-22, 2008.
Gu G., Jaiswal, P., Chapman, W. G., Zelt, C., and Hirasaki, G. J., (2008). “Compositional effect on
hydrate/free gas transition and BSR,” Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS41D-1256.
Gu G., Jaiswal, P., Chapman, W. G., and Hirasaki, G. J., (2009). “Effect of Hydrocarbon
Components on Hydrate/Gas Distribution and BSR,” Society of Petroleum Engineers(SPE) Gulf Coast Section Regional Student Paper Contest, Houston, Texas, April 17-18,
2009.
Gu G., Chatterjee, S., Hirasaki, G. J., Chapman, W. G., Dugan, B., Bhatnagar, G., Zelt, C., Dickens,
G. R., and Jaiswal, P., (2010). “2-D simulation on hydrate accumulation in different
heterogeneous lithology structures,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Waterville, Maine, June 6-11, 2010.
Jaiswal, P., Dewangan,P., and Zelt,C. A., (2011). “Gas Hydrate Imaging with Traveltime andWaveform Inversion,” 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011),
Edinburgh, UK, July 17-21, 2011.
Phirani, J., Pitchumani, R., and Mohanty, K. K., (2009). “Transport Properties of Hydrate Bearing
Formations from Pore-Scale Modeling,” SPE 124882, presented at the SPE ATCE, New
Orleans, LA, Oct. 4-7, 2009.
Phirani, J., Pitchumani, R., and Mohanty, K. K., (2009). “History Matching of Hydrate Formation
and Dissociation Experiments in Porous Media,” SPE 118900, Proceedings of the SPE
Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Woodlands, TX, February 2-4, 2009.
Phirani, J. and Mohanty, K. K.,2010. “Kinetic Simulation of CO2 Flooding of Methane Hydrates,”
SPE 134178, Proceedings of SPE ATCE, Florence, Italy, September 19-22, (2010).
Phirani, J. & Mohanty, K. K., (2011). “Production Strategy for Marine Hydrate Reservoirs,” 7thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, UK, July 17-21, (2011).
Scholz, N. A., Riedel, M., Spence, G. D., Hyndman, R. D., James, T., Naegeli, K., Dugan, B.,
Pohlman, J., and Hamilton, T., (2011). “Do dissociating gas hydrates play a role intriggering submarine slope failures? A case study from the northern Cascadia margin,”
7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland (17-21 July 2011).
Scholz, N., Riedel, M., Spence, G., Dugan, B., Daigle, H., Hyndman, R. D., James, T. S., andNaegeli, K., (2010). “Slope failure of continental frontal ridges offshore Vancouver
Island, B. C.,” Abstract OS13EA-1291 Poster presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San
Francisco, CA, 13-17 Dec.

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Block 118, Gulf of Mexico (DE-FC26-06NT42959)
Baylor University
Government Reports
Dunbar, J., (2007). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December
2006, Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. January 2007.
Dunbar, J., (2007). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, April – June 2007, Baylor
University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. July 2007.
Dunbar, J., (2008). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2008,
Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. April 2008.
Dunbar, J., (2010). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December
2009, Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. January 2010.
Dunbar, J., (2010). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, January-March 2010,
Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. April 2010.
Dunbar, J., (2010). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, April - June 2010, Baylor
University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. July 2010.
Dunbar, J., (2010). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, July - September 2010,
Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. October 2010.
Dunbar, J., (2011). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, October – December
2010, Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. January 2011.
Dunbar, J., (2011). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, January – March 2011,
Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. April 2011.
Dunbar, J., (2011). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, April –June 2011, Baylor
University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. July 2011.
Dunbar, J., (2011). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, July –September 2011,
Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. October 2011.

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Dunbar, J., (2012). “Electrical Resistivity Investigation of Gas Hydrate Distribution in Mississippi
Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico.” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2012 – March
2012, Baylor University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42959. April 2012.
Presentations
Dunbar, J., Gunnell, A., Higly, P., and Lagmanson, M., (2010). “Seafloor resistivity investigation of
methane hydrate distribution in Mississippi Canyon, Block 118, Gulf of Mexico,”(expanded abstract) Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering andEnvironmental Problems, v. 23, pp. 835-844.
Dunbar, J., Higley, P., (2010). “Mapping hydrate deposits in deepwater sediments using DC
resistivity techniques.” Subsea Survey Conference, Galveston, Texas, Nov. 9-11.
Dunbar, J. A., (2012). Extrusion model for the distribution of hydrate at Woolsey Mound,
Mississippi Canyon, Block 118, Gulf of Mexico. Presented at 2012 Ocean Sciences Annual
Meeting, February 19-24, Salt Lake City, UT.
Gunnell, A. and Dunbar, J., (2010). “Correlations between direct current resistivity and seismic
attribute tests across an active methane hydrate vent in Mississippi Canyon, Block 118,
Gulf of Mexico.” (expanded abstract) Symposium on the Application of Geophysics toEngineering and Environmental Problems, v. 23, p. 709.
Theses/Dissertations
Gunnell, A. , (2012). “Correlations between direct current resistivity and seismic attribute tests
across an active methane hydrate vent in Mississippi Canyon, Block 118, Gulf of
Mexico.” M. S. Thesis, Baylor University.

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Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Stability and Gas Hydrates Monitoring Project (DE-FC26 00NT40920, DE-FC26-02NT41628, DE-FC26 -06NT42877) and Temporal
Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath Seafloor Mounds: Integrating
Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ Observations of Multiple
Oceanographic Parameters (DE-FE0010141)
University of Mississippi Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Abrams, M., and Whelan, J., eds., (2005). “Special issue on Near-Surface Hydrocarbon Migration,
Mechanisms and Seepage Rates,” Marine and Petroleum Geology , Volume 22, pp. 456596.
Addison, A. D., Battista, B. M., and Knapp, C. C., (2009). “Improved Hydrogeophysical Parameter
Estimation from Empirical Mode Decomposition Processed Ground Penetrating Radar
Data,” Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 171178.
Battista, B. M., Addison, A. D., and Knapp, C. C., (2009). “Empirical Mode Decomposition
Operator for Dewowing GPR Data,” Journal of Environmental and Engineering
Geophysics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.163-169.
Battista, B., Knapp, C., McGee, T., and Goebel, V., (2007). “Application of the Empirical Mode
Decomposition and Hilbert-Huang Transform to seismic reflection data,” Geophysics,
72(2), pp. H29-H37.
Battista, B. M., Macelloni, L., Knapp, C., and McGee, T., (in review). “A Band-Modulated
Empirical Mode Decomposition Operator for use with High-Resolution Seismic
Reflection Data,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Brooks, L. A., Gerstoft, P., (2009). “Green’s function approximation from cross-correlation ofactive sources in the ocean,” Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 126, 46-55.
Brooks, L. A., Gerstoft, P., and Knobles, D. P., (2008). “Multichannel array diagnosis using noisecross-correlation,” Journal of Acoustical Society of America EL,124,EL203-EL209,
DOI:10.1121/1.2960937.
Brooks, L. A., Gerstoft, P., (2009). “Green's function approximation from cross-correlations of
20–100 Hz noise during a tropical storm,” Journal of Acoust. Soc. Am 125, p.723-734.
Camilli, R., Bowen, A., Farr, N., (2010). “Bright Blue: Advanced Technologies for Marine
Environmental Monitoring and Offshore Energy,” Oceans 2010. pp 1-7.
Carrière, O. and Gerstoft, P., (2013). Deepwater subseafloor imaging using active OBS
interferometry. Geophysics, v. 78, pp. Q15-Q24. dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2012-0241.1
Chen, D., Cathles, L., and Roberts, H., (2004). “The geochemical signatures of variable gas
venting at gas hydrate sites,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 21, pp. 317-326.

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Dearman, J., Wilson, W., Rogers, R., and Zhang, G., (2009). “Gas hydrate promotion by smectitebioproduct interactions,” Marine Chemistry, V. 115, Issues 1-2, 20 June 2009, pp. 21-30,
ISSN 0304-4203, DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.05.004.
Dobbs, G., and Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Shining New Light on Old Principles: Localization of
Evanescent Field Interactions at Infrared-Attenuated Total Reflection Sensing
Interfaces,” Applied Spectroscopy, V. 60, No. 6, pp. 573-583.
Geresi, E., Lutken, C., McGee, T., and Lowrie, A., (2002). “Complex geology and gas hydrate
dynamics characterize Mississippi Canyon Block 798 on the upper continental slope ofthe northern Gulf of Mexico,” GCAGS Transactions, 52, pp. 309-321.
Geresi, E., Chapman, R., McGee, T., and Woolsey, B., (2009). “Monitoring seafloor instability
caused by the presence of gas hydrate using ocean acoustical and geophysicaltechniques in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, andBoswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associatedgeologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Hardage, B., Roberts, H., Murray, P., Remington, R., Sava, D., Shedd, W., and Hunt, J., (Jr., 2009).
“Multicomponent seismic technology assessment of fluid-gas expulsion geology and gas
hydrate systems: Gulf of Mexico,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R.,
eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards:
AAPG Memoir 89.
Hvozdara, L., Pennington, N., Kraft, M., Karlowatz, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “Quantum
Cascade Lasers for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy,” Vibrational Spectroscopy, V. 30, pp. 5358.
Janotta, M., Katzir, A., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Sol-gel Coated Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic
Sensors,” Applied Spectroscopy, V. 57, pp. 823-828.
Janotta, M., (2004). “Analysis of Corrosion Processes at DLC Protected ZnSe WaveguideSurfaces,“ Langmuir, Volume 20, pp. 8634-8640.
Janotta, M., (2004). “Direct Analysis of Oxidizing Agents in Aqueous Solution with AttenuatedTotal Reflectance Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy and DLC Protected Waveguides,” Analytical
Chemistry, Volume 76, pp. 384-391.
Karlowatz, M., Kraft, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2004). “Simultaneous Quantitative Determination ofBenzene, Toluene and Xylenes in Water with Mid-Infrared Evanescent Field
Spectroscopy,” Analytical Chemistry, Volume 76, pp. 2643-2648.
Kelleher, B., Simpson, A., Rogers, R., Dearman, J., and Kingery, W., (2007). “Effects of naturalorganic matter from sediments on the growth of marine gas hydrates,” Marine
Chemistry, Volume 103, pp. 237- 249.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., and Mendlovitz, H., (2004). “Innovations in sampling pore
fluids at deep sea hydrate sites,” in B. J Thompson, ed., Energy, Simulation-Training,
Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation, Research Papers of the Link Foundation
Fellows, Volume 3, p. 4.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Sleeper, K., and Robert Woolsey, J., (2008). “Microbialactivity in surficial sediments overlying acoustic wipeout zones at a Gulf of Mexico cold
seep,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 9, No. 6, June 4.

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Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch, H. W., and Woolsey, J. R.,(2008). “Measuring long term changes in dissolved ion and gas concentrations andstable isotopes at a hydrate site: Mississippi Canyon 118, Gulf of Mexico,”
Environmental Science and Technology, 42, pp. 7368-7373.
Lapham, L. L., Alperin, M. J., Chanton, J. P., and Martens, C. S., (2008). “Upward advection rates
and dissolved methane and sulfate concentrations at two Gulf of Mexico brine seeps,”
Marine Chemistry, 112, 65-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2008.06.001
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Chapman, R. and Martens, C. S., (2010). “Methane under-saturated
fluids in deep-sea sediments: Implications for gas hydrate stability and rates ofdissolution,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298 275-285.
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.016
Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R., and Chanton, J., (2012). “Pressurized laboratory experiments show nostable carbon isotope fractionation of methane during gas hydrate dissolution anddissociation,” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. v. 26, issue 1, pp. 32-36,
doi:10.1002/rcm.5290, January 2012.
Lewis, M. and Gerstoft, P., (2012). “Shear wave anisotropy from cross-correlation of seismic
noise in the Parkfield pilot hole,” Geophys. Res. Int. v. 188, pp. 626-630, doi:
10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05285.x.
Lloyd, K., Lapham, L., and Teske, A., (2006). “An Anaerobic Methane Oxidizing Community of
ANME-1b archaea in Hypersaline Gulf of Mexico Sediments,” Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, Volume 72, pp. 7218-7230.
Lloyd, K. G., Albert, D., Biddle, J. F., Chanton, J., Pizarro, O., and Teske. A., (2010). “Spatial
structure and activity of sedimentary microbial communities underlying a Beggiatoa spp.
mat in a Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seep,” PLoS One, 5(1): e8738.
Lloyd, K. G., MacGregor, B. J., and Teske, A., (2010). “Quantitative PCR methods for RNA andDNA in marine sediments: Maximizing yield while overcoming inhibition,” FEMS
Microbiology Ecology, 72.
Lowrie, A., Lutken, C., Geresi, E., Bennett, R., Faas, R., and McGee, T., (2002). “Natural Gas
Hydrates: Permanent Earth Constituents Impacting Sediment Strength and Continental
Margin Evolution,” Canadian Recorder, Natural Gas Hydrates, Volume 27, n. 8, pp. 1327.
Lowrie, A. and Lutken, C., (2005). “Free gas exploitation within the northern Gulf of Mexico, a
viable potential?,” Transactions of the 55th Annual Meeting of the GCAGS, New Orleans,LA, pp. 456-461.
Lutken, C., Lowrie, A., Geresi, E., Bennett, R., Fass, R., Battista, B., McGee, T., (2003).
“Interpretation of high resolution seismic data from a geologically complex continental
margin, northern Gulf of Mexico,” GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions Volume 53, pp. 504516.
Macelloni, L., Battista, B., Knapp, C., (2011). “Optimal Filtering High-Resolution Seismic
Reflection Data Using a Weighted-Mode Empirical Mode Decomposition Operator,”
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Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Knapp, J., Knapp, C., and Lutken, C., (2012). “Multiple resolution
seismic imaging of a shallow hydrocarbon plumbing system, Woolsey Mound, Northern
Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 38, pp. 128-142.
Macelloni, L., Brunner, C., Caruso, S., Lutken, C., D'Emidio, M., and Lapham, L., (2013). “Spatial
distribution of seafloor biogeological and geochemical processes as proxies of fluid flux
regime and evolution of a carbonate/hydrates mound, northern Gulf of Mexico,” Deep
Sea Research, Part 1, Manuscript Number: DSR1-D-12-00118R1.
Macelloni, L., Lutken, C. B., Garg, S., Simonetti, A., D’Emidio, M., Wilson, R. M., Sleeper, K.,
Lapham, L. L., Lewis, T., Pizzi, M., Knapp, J. H., Knapp, C. C., Brooks, J., and McGee, T. M.,(2015). “Heat-flow regimes and the hydrate stability zone of a transient, thermogenic,
fault-controlled hydrate system (Woolsey Mount, northern Gulf of Mexico),” Marine
and Petroleum Geology, v. 59, pp. 491-504.
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“Can fractures in soft sediments host significant quantities of gas hydrates?,”in Collett,T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource
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McGee, T. M., (2000). “High-resolution seismic profiling on water,” Majorana Center of Scientific
Culture School of Applied Geophysics, 10th Course: Development of Geophysical
Methods with Application to Shallow Targets, Annali di Geofisica, 43, pp. 1045-1073.
McGee, T. M., and Woolsey, J. R., (2000). “A remote station to monitor gas hydrate outcrops in
the Gulf of Mexico,” Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 912, pp. 527-532.
McGee, T., Macelloni, L., A. Bosman , C. Lutken, Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Dearman, J., K. Sleeper
and J. R. Woolsey, (2008). “Hydrocarbon gas hydrates in sediments of the Mississippi
Canyon area, northern Gulf of Mexico,” Special Publication of the Geological Society of
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mound in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” US/EU Baltic 2008 International Symposium,
Tallin, Estonia May 27-29
Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Infrared Optical Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring,” Water Science &Technology, Volume 47, n. 2, pp. 35-42.
Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic Sensors,” Analytical Chemistry, Volume 75, pp.
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Morley, M. G., Dosso, S. E. and Chapman, N. R., (2009). “Array element localization using shipnoise,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 125, Issue 3, pp. 1403-1409.

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in seafloor gas hydrate capillaries: Implications for gas hydrate stability,” Chemical
Engineering Science 64, p 4278-4285.
Roberts, H., (2001). “Fluid and gas expulsion on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope:
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Hydrates: Occurrence, distribution, and detection, American Geophysical Union,
Geophysical Monograph, Volume 124, pp. 145-161.
Rogers, R., Kothapalli, C., Lee, M., and Woolsey, R., (2003). “Catalysis of Gas Hydrates by
Biosurfactants in Seawater-Saturated Sand/Clay,” The Canadian Journal of Chemical
Engineering, Volume 81, n. 5, pp. 973-980.
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Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate (Elsevier), Volume
56, Issues 1-3, March.
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and Detection, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph, Volume 124, pp.
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continental shelf,” Marine Geology, Volume 198, pp. 319-329.
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“Free hydrocarbon gas, gas hydrate, and authigenic minerals in chemosynthetic
communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope: relation to microbial
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Teske, A., (2009). ““Sulfate-reducing and methanogenic hydrocarbon-oxidizing microbialcommunities in the marine environment.” Chapter 104. In K. Timmis (ed.), Handbook ofHydrocarbon Microbiology, Springer.
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Acoust. Soc. Am EL, 124, EL170-EL176, DOI:10.1121/1.2968296 (PDF).
Vogt, F., (2004). “Chemometric Correction of Drift Effects in Optical Spectra,” Applied
Spectroscopy, Volume 58, pp. 683-692.
Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2004). “Fault Tolerant Spectroscopic Data Evaluation Based on
Extended Principal Component Regression Correcting for Spectral Drifts andUncalibrated Spectral Features,” Journal of Chemometrics, Volume 17, pp. 660-665.
Vogt, F., Karlowatz, M., Jakusch, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “An Automated Sample
Preparation System MixMaster for Investigation of Volatile Organic Compounds with
Mid-Infrared Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy,” The Analyst, Volume 128, n. 4, pp. 397403.
Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Introduction and Application of Secured Principal
Component Regression (SPCR) for Analysis of Uncalibrated Spectral Features: Optical
Spectroscopy and Chemical Sensing,” Analytical Chemistry, Volume 75, pp. 3050-3058.
Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Secured PCR (SPCR) for Detection, Correction, andCharacterization of PCR Calibration Model Failures Induced by Uncalibrated Spectral
Features,” Journal of Chemometrics, Volume 17, pp. 225-236.
Vogt, F., Kraft, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “First Results on Infrared Attenuated Total
Reflection Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Salt Ions in Seawater,” Applied
Spectroscopy, Volume 56, pp. 1376-1380.
Wilson, R. M., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Lapham, L., Lutken, C., Sleeper, K., D'Emidio, M., Pizzi,
M., Knapp, J., and Chanton, J., (2014). “Subsurface methane sources and migration
pathways within a gas hydrate mound system, Gulf of Mexico,” Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 15, pp. 89-107.
Whelan, J., (2004). “When seafloor meets ocean, the chemistry is amazing: in more and moreplaces, scientists are finding vast amounts of natural gas on the ocean bottom,”
Oceanus, Volume 42, n. 2, pp. 66-71.
Whelan, J., L. Eglinton, L. Cathles III, S. Los, and H. Roberts, (2005). “Surface and Subsurface
Manifestations of Gas Movement Through a N-S Transect of the Gulf of Mexico,” Marine
and Petroleum Geology, pp. 479-497.
Zhang, Jian, Gerstoft, P. and Bromirski, P. D., (2010). “Pelagic and coastal sources of P-wave
microseisms: Generation under tropical cyclones,” Geophys. Res. Lett.,
doi:10.1029/2010GL044288.
Zhang, J., Gerstoft, P. and Bromirski, P. D., (2010). “Resolving P-wave travel-time anomalies
using seismic array observations of oceanic storms,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
292, 419-427, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.014.
Zhang, G., Rogers, R., French, W., and Lao, W., (2007). “Investigation of microbial influences onseafloor gas-hydrate formations,” Marine Chemistry, Volume 103, pp. 359- 369.

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Zhong, Y., and Rogers, R., (2000). “Surfactant Effects on Gas Hydrate Formation,” Chemical
Engineering Science, Volume 55, n. 19, pp. 4175-4187.
Government Reports
Hirasaki, G., (2007). “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrates.” Semi-Annual Progress
Report, April – June 2007, Rice University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42960. June
2007.
Lutken, C. B., Welch, D. R., (2010). “Hydrate Research Activities That Both Support and Derive
From the Monitoring Station/Sea-Floor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern
Gulf of Mexico,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, January – June 2010, Center for Marine
Resources and Environmental Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. August
2010.
Lutken, C. B., Welch, D. R., (2011). “Hydrate Research Activities That Both Support and Derive
From the Monitoring Station/Sea-Floor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern
Gulf of Mexico,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, July – December 2010, Center for Marine
Resources and Environmental Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. March
2011.
Lutken, C. B. and Welch, D. R., (2011). “Hydrate Research Activities That Both Support and
Derive From the Monitoring Station/Sea-Floor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118,
Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Semi-Annual Progress Report, January – June 2011, Center for
Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT42877. August 2011.
Lutken, C., (2012). “Hydrate Research Activities that both Support and Derive from theMonitoring Station/Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Semi-annual Progress Report, July –December 2011, University of Mississippi,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. February 2012.
Lutken, C., (2012). “Hydrate Research Activities that both Support and Derive from theMonitoring Station/Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Semi-annual Progress Report, January –June 2012, University of Mississippi,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. August 2012.
Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Hydrate Research Activities that both Support and Derive from theMonitoring Station/Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Semi-annual Progress Report, July – December 2012, University of Mississippi,
DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. February 2013.
Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Report(January – March 2013). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141, April 2013.
Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Report (April –June 2013).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141, July 2013.

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Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Hydrate Research Activities that both Support and Derive from theMonitoring Station/Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Semiannual Progress Report (January – June 2013). DOE Award No.: DE-FC2606NT42877, August 2013.
Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Reportcovering the period July – September, 2013. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141, Universityof Mississippi. November, 2013.
Lutken, C. B., (2013). “Hydrate Research Activities that both Support and Derive from theMonitoring Station/Seafloor Observatory, Mississippi Canyon 118, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Final Technical Report covering the period July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2013, DOE
Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42877. Submitted for The Gulf of Mexico Hydrates ResearchConsortium by The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology,
University of Mississippi. December, 2013.
Lutken, C. B., (2014). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Reportcovering the period October – December, 2013. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141.
Submitted by The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology,
University of Mississippi. February, 2014.
Lutken, C. B., (2014). “Gas Hydrate Monitoring Station Project: A Remote Station to Monitor theGas Hydrate Stability Zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Final Technical Report for
Cooperative Agreement M08AC12912 between the Minerals Management Services,
Department of the Interior, and the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental
Technology, University of Mississippi, covering the period January 1, 2008 – December
31, 2010. Submitted for The Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium by The
Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, University of Mississippi.
March, 2014.
Lutken, C. B., (2014). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Reportcovering the period January – March, 2014. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141. Submitted
by The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, University ofMississippi. April, 2014.
Lutken, C. B., (2014). “Gas Hydrate Monitoring Station Project: A Remote Station to Monitor theGas Hydrate Stability Zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Final Technical Report for
Cooperative Agreement M08AC12912 between the Minerals Management Services,
Department of the Interior and the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental
Technology, University of Mississippi, covering the period January 1, 2011 – December
31, 2013. Submitted for The Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium by The
Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, University of Mississippi.
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Lutken, C. B., (2014). “Temporal Characterization of Hydrates System Dynamics beneath
Seafloor Mounds: Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Methods and in situ
Observations of Multiple Oceanographic Parameters,” Quarterly Progress Reportcovering the period April – June, 2014. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010141. Submitted by
The Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology, University ofMississippi. August, 2014.
Theses/Dissertations
Battista, B. M., (2008). “Advanced Nonlinear Signal Processing Tools for use with HighResolution Seismic Reflection and Ground-Penetrating Radar Data,” Ph. D. Thesis,
University of South Carolina.
Conti, A., (2013). “Analysis and interpretation of Seismo-acoustic data for the Morpho-acoustic
Characterization of a Cold Seep of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Slope Area,” M. S.
Thesis, University of Rome.
Dearman, J. L., (2007). “Gas hydrates formation in Gulf of Mexico sediments,” Ph. D.
Dissertation, Mississippi State University.
Geresi, E., (2007). “Vertical line array performance in gas hydrate bearing sediment in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” Ph. D. dissertation, University of Victoria, B. C.
Johnson, J., (2003). “Passive microwave remote sensing of sea surface salinity: application of thescanning low frequency microwave radiometer in a coastal zone environment,” M. S.
thesis, University of Southern Mississippi.
Kothapalli, C. R., (2002). “Catalysis of gas hydrates by biosurfactants in seawater-saturated
sand/clay,” M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State University.
Lapham, L., (2007). “In situ measurements of methane cycling in cold seep sediments containing
gas hydrates and brines,” Ph. D. Thesis, University of North Carolina.
Lee, M. S., (2001). “The effects of biosurfactants on gas hydrate formation in ocean sediments,”
M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State University.
Lloyd, K. G., (2009). “Microbially driven methane and sulfur cycling in a Gulf of Mexico methane
seep and the White Oak River estuary,” Ph. D. thesis, University of North Carolina.
Macelloni, Leonardo, (2005). “High-resolution marine digital seismic method: theoreticalconstraints, digital processing, new developments,” Ph. D. dissertation, University ofRome La Sapienza.
Martin, Kevin, M. S., (2006). “Development of a technique to quantify the volume of bubbles
released from hydrocarbon seeps, using an inductive conductivity cell,” M. S. thesis,
University of Southern Mississippi.
Radich, J. G., (2009). “Laboratory and theoretical investigations of direct and indirect microbial
influences on seafloor gas hydrates,” M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State University.
Woods, C. E., Jr., (2004). Examination of the effets of biosurfactant concentration on natural gas
hydrate formation in seafloor porous media. M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State University.

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Xiong, Shangmin, (2009). Microbially induced and disrupted memory phenomena during gashydrate occurrences in seafloor sediments, M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State University.
Other Publications
Backus, M. M., Murray, Paul, Hardage, B. A., and Graebner, R. J., (2006). “High-resolution
multicomponent seismic imaging of deepwater gas-hydrate systems,” The Leading Edge,
V. 25, No. 5, pp. 578– 598.
Bernabini, M., Chiocci, F. L., Mele, F., Orlando, L., Bosman, A., Macelloni, L., (2005). “Rilievo
batimetrico multibeam e sismico dell’alveo del Fiume Tevere,” Atti del XXIV Convegno
Nazionale GNGTS, Rome, Italy, November, 15-18 2005.
Bowles, M. W., (2011). “Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling interactions in organic carbon richextreme environments,” PhD thesis, Marine Sciences, University of Georgia.
Camilli, R., and Duryea. A., (2007). “Characterizing marine hydrocarbons with In Situ mass
spectrometry.” In Proceeding of MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2007, Vancouver, Canada 2007.
doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449412
Camilli, R., Martens, C., Whelan, J., Pizarro, O., Farr, N., Goudreau, J., Mendlovitz, H., Ferrini, V.,(2006). “Coordinated mapping and characterization of ocean floor methane sources
with manned submersibles, AUVs and modular observatory arrays.” In EOS: Trans.
Amer. Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract.
Camilli, R., Bingham, B., Jakuba, M., Singh, H., and Whelan, J., (2004). “Integrating In Situ
Chemical Sampling with AUV Control Systems,” In Collected papers for 2004 Oceans
Conference, 9 pp. Victoria, B. C., Sept 2004.
Chapman, R., Pohlman, J., Coffin, R., Chanton, J., and Lapham, L., (2004). “Thermogenic gas
hydrates in the Northern Cascadia Margin,” Eos Trans. AGU, 85 (38), p. 361.
Dobbs, Gary, Balamurali Balu, T., Young, C., Kranz, C., Hess, D. W., and Mizaikoff, B., (2007).
“Mid-Infrared Chemical Sensors Utilizing Plasma-Deposited Fluorocarbon Membranes,”
Anal. Chem., 79(24), pp. 9566-9571.
Gallager, S. andWhelan, J., (2004). “The Next Generation of in situ Biological and Chemical
Sensors in the Ocean,” Workshop report and Executive summary of workshop held atWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sept 2003, 18pp.
Geresi, E., Lutken, C., and McGee, T., (2002). “Complex geology and gas hydrate dynamics
characterize Mississippi Canyon Block 798 on the upper continental slope of thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies,
Volume 52, pp. 309-321.
Geresi, E., Chapman, R., McGee, T. and Woolsey, J. R., (2004). “Seismic calibration of the
proposed DOE/JIP drill site in Atwater Valley 14,” AAPG Annual Convention, Dallas, TX,
Abstracts Volume, pA51.
Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, M., Sava, D., and Remington, R., (2006). “Technology can avoid the
fizzles,” AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, March, pp. 28–29.
Hardage, B. A., and Murray, Pa., (2006). “High resolution P-P imaging of deepwater nearseafloor geology,” AAPG Explorer, V. 27, No. 7, p. 30.

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Hardage, B. A., Murray, Paul, Sava, Diana, Backus, M. M., Remington, R. L., Graebner, R. J., andRoberts, H. H., (2006). “Evaluation of deepwater gas-hydrate systems,” The Leading
Edge, V. 25, No. 5, pp. 572– 577.
Hardage, B. A., Remington, R. L., and Roberts, H. H., (2006) “Gas hydrate--a source of shallow
water flow?” The Leading Edge, V. 25, No. 5, pp. 634– 636.
Hardage, B. A., and Roberts, H. H., (2006). “Gas hydrate in the Gulf of Mexico: what and where is
the seismic target?” The Leading Edge, V. 25, No. 5, pp. 566– 571.
Hardage, B. A., (2007). “Gas hydrate and LNG tankers,” AAPG Explorer, V. 28, No. 5, GeophysicalCorner, p. 36.
Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, DeAngelo, Michael, and Remington, R. L., (2007). “Which seismic
wave mode is best?” AAPG Explorer, V. 28, No. 4, Geophysical Corner, p. 32.
Higley, Paul, (2007). “New Concepts in Robotic Operated Vehicle (ROV) Design,” Mid-South Area
Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS, MAESC 10071.
Ingram, Wesley, Meyers, S., Brunner, C., and Martens, C., (2008). “Centennial millennial scalestability of a large gas hydrate field in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” The GeologicalSociety of America, Southeastern Section, 57th Annual Meeting, Abstracts and Program,
V. 40, No. 4, April 10 -11.
Knapp, James H., Knapp, Camelia C., Macelloni, Leonardo, Simonetti, Antonello, Lutken, Carol,(2010). “Subsurface Structure and Stratigraphy of a Transient, Fault-Controlled
Thermogenic Hydrate System at MC-118,” Gulf of Mexico AAPG 2010 Annual Convention
Oral Presentation, Abstracts Volume, p. 134.
Knapp, Camelia C., Knapp, James H., Addison, Adrian, Macelloni, Leonardo, Waddell, Michael,(2010). “Geophysical Baseline Characterization of Subsurface Gas Hydrates at MC-118,
Gulf of Mexico,” AAPG 2010 Annual Convention Poster Presentation, Abstracts Volume,
p. 134.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H. P., Higley, P. D., Lutken, C. B., andWoolsey, J. R., (2008). “Unique tools sample sediment pore water near seafloor hydrate
mounds in the Gulf of Mexico,” Fire in the Ice Methane Hydrate Newsletter, Winter, 20p.
Lapham, Laura, Chanton, Jeffery, Woolsey, Robert, Sleeper, Kenneth, (2007). “Biogeochemical
Sensors: Design and Applications of the Pore Fluid Array for the Mississippi Canyon 118,
Gas Hydrate Seafloor Observatory,” Mid-South Area Science and Engineering
Conference, Oxford, MS, MAESC 10075.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch, H. W., Woolsey, J. R., (2006).
“Pore Fluid Array Construction and Deployment at Mississippi Canyon 118, Gulf of
Mexico,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, #18170.
Lloyd, K. G., Lapham, L., and Teske, A., (2006). “An anaerobic methane-oxidizing community of
ANME-1 archaea in hypersaline Gulf of Mexico sediments,” Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, Volume 72, pp. 7218-7230.

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Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S. and Coffin, R. B., (2003). “Controls on the isotopic composition ofdissolved methane in the pore waters of sediments containing disseminated gas hydrate
off of Cascadia Margin,” American Society of Limnology and Oceanography annual
meeting program, p. 82.
Lowrie, A., and McGee, T., (2002). “Sediment Strength and Hydrates Along the Northern Gulf of
Mexico, Houston, TX,” Proceedings of the 2002 Offshore Technology Conference, pp.
401-407.
Lowrie, A., McGee, T., and Lerche, I., (2002). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Geologic Constituents fromthe Birth of Planet Earth to the Present, Houston, TX,” Proceedings of the 2002 Offshore
Technology Conference, pp. 359-366.
Lowrie, A., and Lutken, C., (2005). “Free gas exploitation within the northern Gulf of Mexico, a
viable potential?, New Orleans, LA,” Transactions of the 55th Annual Meeting of the
GCAGS, pp. 456-461.
Lowrie, A., Lutken, C., and McGee, T., (2004). “Multiple Outer Shelf Deltas and Downslope
Massive Mass-Wastings Characterize the Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico,”
GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions, Volume 54, pp. 383-392.
Lowrie, A., Dean, P. A., and Lutken, C., (2004). “Within five years, hydrate exploitation can be areality in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions, Volume 54, pp.
371-382.
Lowrie, A., Dean, P. A., Lutken, Carol, Blanton, Geresi, Erika, and McGee, Tom, (2004). “Thelower Mississippi Canyon: Possible Loci of Multiple Mass-Wasting Events,” AAPG Annual
Convention Abstracts, Vol. pA88, Dallas, TX.
Lowrie, A., Dean, P. A., Lutken, Carol Blanton, Geresi, Erika, and McGee, Tom, (2004). “Hydrate
Exploration and Exploitation within Five Years in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” AAPG
Annual Convention Abstracts, vol. pA87, Dallas, TX.
Lutken, C. B., Brunner, C. A., Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Rogers, R., Sassen, R., Dearman, J., Lynch,
L., Kuykendall, J., Lowrie, A., (2006). “Analyses of Core Samples from Mississippi Canyon
118,” Offshore Technology Conference, #18208, Houston, TX.
Lutken, C., (2005). “Mississippi Canyon Block 118 Seafloor Monitoring Station Update,” U. S.
DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Spring.
Lutken, C., Lowrie, A., Geresi, E., Bennett, R., Faas, R., Battista B., and McGee, T., (2003).
“Interpretation of high resolution seismic data from a geologically complex continental
margin, northern Gulf of Mexico,” GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions, Volume 53, pp. 504516.
Lutken, C., McGee, T., Lowrie, A., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Sleeper, K.,
Dearman, J., Woolsey, J., and Lynch, L., (2006). “Comparison of Two Gas Hydrates Sites
for Sea Floor Monitoring,” Transactions of the 56th Annual Meeting of the GCAGS, pp.
515-526, Lafayette, LA.
Lutken, C., and T. McGee, (2004). “Remote Observatory to Provide Detailed Data on Near-SeaFloor Fluid Dynamics,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer.

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Lutken, Carol Blanton, Geresi, Erika, McGee, Tom, Wood, Warren T., and Lowrie, A., (2004).
Complex Geology Creates Difficult Interpretational Scenarios in Hydrated Areas Along
Western Flank of Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Annual
Convention, Dallas, TX, Abstracts Volume, pA89.
Lutken, C. B. and J. Woolsey, R., (2007). A Sea Floor Observatory for Real -Time Investigation ofGas Hydrates. Mid-South Area Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS, MAESC
10070.
Lutken, C., (2008). “In Memoriam: J. Robert Woolsey, Jr.,” Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Fall, pp. 2224.
Lutken, C. B., D’Emidio, M., Macelloni, L., Ingrassia, M., Pierdomenico, M., Asper, V., Diercks, A.,
Woolsey, M. U., and Jarnagin, R., (2013). “Challenges in imaging the deep seabed:
Examples from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps,” GCAGS Transactions, New Orleans.
Macelloni, L., (2007). “AUV Multibeam Sonar: Survey, Mapping Application and Relevant Data
Processing,” Mid-South Area Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS, MAESC
10078.
Martens, Christopher, Mendlovitz, Howard, Camilli, Rich, Farr, Norman, Woolsey, J. Robert,
Sleeper, Kenneth, (2007). “Design and application of the Chimney Sampler and Benthic
Boundary Layer Arrays for the MIssissippi Canyon 118, Gas hydrate seafloor
observatory,” Mid-South Area Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS,
MAESC10074.
McGee, T., Lutken, C., Macelloni, L., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Battista, B., Knapp,
C., Caruso, S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., Gerstoft , P., (2009). “A multidisciplinary seafloor observatory in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Oceans, Biloxi, MS.
McGee, T., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Macelloni, L., Battista, B. L., Knapp, C.,
Caruso, S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., Gerstoft, P., (2009). “A Multidisciplinary Sea-Floor
Observatory in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings of the Virtual Institute of
Scientific Users of Deep-Sea Observatories, Tromsø, Norway, June 11-12
McGee, Thomas, (2007) “Implementation of Shallow-Source/Deep-Receiver Technology to
Obtain High Seismic Resolution of Sub-bottom Sediment in Deep Water,” Mid-SouthArea Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS, MAESC10062.
McGee, Thomas, (2007). “Geophysical Sensors: Design and Applications of the Acoustic WatercolumnLine Array and Seismic Sea-floor Line Arrays for the Gulf of Mexico Sea-floor
Observatory,” Mid-South Area Science and Engineering Conference, Oxford, MS,
MAESC10063.
McGee, T., and Lowrie, A., (2000). “Impact of hydrates on planetary evolution,” Proceedings ofthe 31stInternational Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
McGee, T., (2006). A seafloor observatory to monitor gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico, The
Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 644-647.
McGee, T. and J. Woolsey, (2000). “A Remote Station to Monitor Gas Hydrate outcrops in the
Gulf of Mexico,” Annals of the New York Academy of Science, Volume 912, pp. 527-532.
McGee, Tom, and Hardage, B. A., (2006). “Hydrate system to be monitored,” AAPG Explorer,
Geophysical Corner, May, p. 24.

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McGee, Tom, and Macelloni, Leonardo, (2006). “Overview of observatory development and thesite selection process,” OTC Paper No. 18204, Houston, TX, May 3.
McGee, T., Chapman, R., Knapp, C., Geresi, E., Battista, B., Morley, M. and Woolsey, R., (2004).
“An integrated seismic study of the proposed DOE/JIP drill site in Atwater Valley Block14,” AAPG Annual Convention Abstracts Volume pA94, Dallas, TX.
Morley, Mike, Chapman, Ross, McGee, Tom, and Woolsey, J. R., (2004). “Estimation of Seismic
Velocities in the Hydrate Stability Zone Using Ship Noise at a Vertical Hydrophone
Array,” AAPG Annual Convention Abstracts Volume pA99. Dallas, TX.
Pizarro, O., Farr, N., Camilli, R., Whelan, J., Martens, C., Goudreau, J., Mendlovitz, H., Camilli, L.,(2006). “In Situ Optical Characterization of Methane Seeps and Bubble Plumes,” EOS:
Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement. Abstract.
Roberts, H., (2002). “Surficial gas hydrates, part of the fluid and gas expulsion response
spectrum: Identification from 3D seismic data,” Proceedings of the 2002 Offshore
Technology Conference.
Roberts, H., Coleman, J., Hunt, J., Jr., and Shedd, W., (2000). “Improving interpretation of sea
floor geology, biology from remote sensing,” Offshore, Volume 25, n. 9, pp. 126-128.
Roberts, H. H., Hardage, B. A., Shedd, W. W., and Hunt, J., Jr., (2006). “Seafloor reflectivity--animportant seismic property for interpreting fluid/gas expulsion geology and thepresence of gas hydrate,” The Leading Edge, V. 25, No. 5, pp. 620– 628.
Rogers, R., Dearman, J., and Roberts, H., (2003). “Enhancement of Gas Hydrate Formation in
Gulf of Mexico Sediments,” Proceedings of the 2003 Offshore Technology Conference,
paper 15393. Houston, TX.
Rogers, R., Kothapalli, C., and Lee, M., (2002). “Influence of microbes on gas hydrate formationin porous media,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
pp. 547- 552, Yokohama, Japan,.
Sassen, R., (2002). “Gas venting and gas hydrate stability in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico:Significance to sediment deformation,” Proceedings of the 2002 Offshore Technology
Conference.
Sassen, R., Roberts, H., Jung, W., Lutken, C., DeFreitas, D., Sweet, S., and Guinasso, N., Jr.,
(2006). “The Mississippi Canyon 118 gas hydrate site: a complex natural system,”
Proceedings, 38th Offshore Technology Conference, paper 18132.
Sassen, R., Sweet, S. T., Milkov, A. V., DeFreitas, D. A., Salata, G. G., and McDade, E. C., (2007).
“Geology and Geochemistry of Gas Hydrates, Central Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope,”
Corpus Christi Geological Society Bulletin, January.
Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., (2006). “Rock physics characterization of hydrate-bearing
deepwater sediments,” The Leading Edge, V. 25, No. 5, pp. 616– 619.
Sleeper, K., Lowrie, A., Bosman, A., Macelloni, L., and Swann, C., (2006). “Bathymetric mappingand high resolution seismic profiling ay AUV in MC118 (Gulf of Mexico),” Proceedings
38th Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 18133.

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Wang X. C., Chen, R. F., Whelan J., and Eglinton, L., (2001). “Contribution of "old" carbon fromnatural marine hydrocarbon seeps to sedimentary and dissolved organic carbon pools in
the Gulf of Mexico,” Geophysical Research Letters, 28, pp. 3313-3316.
Woolsey, J. R., McGee, T., Lutken, C., and Higley, P., (2005). “Gas Hydrates Seafloor Observatory--First Stage Deployment and Test Set for 2005,” Proceedings of the 2005 Offshore
Technology Conference, paper 17571.
Zhang C. L., Noakes, J., (2006). “Sea-floor Observatory in the Gulf of Mexico: Tracing the Carbon
Flow in Gas-Hydrate Environments,” OTC publication: OTC 17804-pp.
Zhang C. L., and Noakes J., (2006). “Hydrates As An Energy Source: Lipid Biomarkers And CarbonIsotope Signatures For Tracing The Carbon-and-Energy Flow In The Gulf of Mexico GasHydrate Systems,” Ocean Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 2006.
Presentations
Abrams, M., and Whelan, J., (2002). “Near-Surface Hydrocarbon Migration: Mechanisms andSeepage Rates, Vancouver, BC,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Hedberg Research Conference, April 7-10.
Baena, A., Dobbs, G., and Mizaikoff, B., (2004). “Investigating Polymer Coatings for Infrared
Methane Sensing Applications in the Deep Sea, Research Triangle Park, NC,” Southeast
Meeting of the American Chemical Society, November.
Battista, B., Knapp, C., Geresi, E., McGee, T., Chapman, R., Lowrie, A., Woolsey, J. R., (2004).
“Gas Hydrates of the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Standard Processing of Vertical Line
Array and Deep-towed Data: Structural Control on Seafloor Deformation and Slope
Destabilization,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting,
Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Battista, Bradley , Addison, A., Knapp, C., McGee, T., (2007). “Application of the Empirical Mode
Decomposition to Seismic Reflection and Ground Penetrating Radar Data,” AGU Fall
Meeting, December.
Battista, B. M. and Knapp, Camelia, (2004). “Using the Hilbert-Huang Transform to Improve
Seismic Profling of Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico,” AGU, December.
Bell, R. J., Toler, S. K., Short, R. T., (2010). “In Situ Chemical Analyses by Underwater Mass
Spectrometry,” Goldschmidt Conference on Earth, Energy and the Environment,
Knoxville, TN.
Bell, R. J., Toler, S. K., Short, R. T., Byrne, R. H., (2009). “In Situ Mass Spectrometry for Chemical
Measurements in the Water Column and on the Sea Floor,” OceanObs ’09 meeting,
Venice, Italy.
Biddle, J. F., Huse, S. M., Sogin, M. L., Lloyd, K. G., Ramette, A., Boetius, A., and Teske, A., (2009).
“Microbial Census of Marine Microbes at Methane Seeps: Initial results,” Marine
Biological Laboratory ICOMM User workshop, Woods Hole, MA, April 6-9.
Bowles, M. W., and Joye, S. B., (2009) “A geochemical and microbiological analysis of nitrate
reduction at a hydrothermal vent and a cold seep,” 19th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt
Conference, Davos, Switzerland, June.

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Bowles, M. W., and Joye S. B., (2008) “Nitrate reduction pathways in sediments from a Gulf of
Mexico cold seep,” Denitrification RCN Meeting, Cambridge, MD, May.
Bowles, M. W., Samarkin, V. A., and Joye. S. B., (2008). “Activity, diversity and relative
abundance of sulfate reducing bacteria in oil-rich sediments from a lower continental
slope Gulf of Mexico cold seep,” ASLO-AGU-ERF-TOS Ocean Sciences, Orlando, FL,
March.
Camilli, R., Farr, N., Pontbriand, C., Kapit, J., Ware, J., Pizarro, O., and Whelan, J., (2012). “Longterm benthic boundary layer monitoring at the Mississippi Canyon Block 118 hydrates
observatory,” Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 19-24,
Camilli, R., Macelloni, L., Asper, V., Woolsey, M., Williams, J., Diercks, A., Lutken, C. B., Sleeper,K., (2009). “Discovery and characterization of cold seeps using a mass spectrometer
operating aboard an autonomous underwater vehicle,” AGU fall meeting, San Francisco,
CA, December, 17.
Camilli, R., Duryea, A., (2007). “Characterizing marine hydrocarbons with In Situ mass
spectrometry,” Proceeding of MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2007, Vancouver, Canada.
doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449412
Carrière, O. and Gerstoft, P., (2011). “Monitoring gas hydrate with noise,” American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 5-9.
Carrière, O. and Gerstoft, P., (2012). “Cross-correlation processing for deepwater subseafloor
imaging with an OBS array,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
Cathles, L., Dofu, C., and Roberts, H., (2002). “Estimation of the hydrate gas content of the Bush
Hill vent site, Green Canyon Block 185, Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, March 10-13.
Chanton, J. P., Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., and Woolsey, J. R., (2007). “Gulf of
Mexico Hydrate Research Consortium Geochemistry Overview,” Geochemistry
Department of Energy-National Energy Technology Laboratory Merit Review Board
Meeting, Golden, CO, September 17-21.
D’Emidio, M., Ingrassia, M., Lutken, C. B., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Pizzi, M., Lapham, L. L.,
Wilson, R., Hsing, P., and Fisher, C., (2012). “Biogeophysical classification of seafloor
seeps at a carbonate-hydrate mound, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
D’Emidio, M., Ingrassia, M., Lutken, C. B., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Pizzi, M., Lapham, L. L.,
Wilson, R., Hsing, P., and Fisher, C., (2012). “Biogeophysical classification of seafloor
seeps at a carbonate-hydrate mound, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Ocean Sciences Annual
Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 19-24.
Dobbs, G., (2002). “Mid-IR Sensing of Marine Pollutants in a Simulated Subsea Environment:
Charleston, SC,” SERMACS, November 13-16.
Dobbs, Gary T., An Nguyen, Yulia Luzinova, Yosef Raichlin, Christine Kranz, Abraham Katzir,
Roger Sassen, and Boris Mizaikoff, (2007). Infrared Spectroscopy for Exploring Complex
Oceanic Gas Hydrate Ecosystems, FACSS, 10-07, Memphis, TN.

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Dobbs, G. and B. Mizaikoff , (2006). “In Situ monitoring of gas hydrate formation/dissociation
with mid-IR fiber-optic evanescent field spectroscopy,” Europt(r)ode VIII, Tuebingen,Germany, April 2-5.
Dobbs, G., Raichlin, Y., Katzir, A., Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic Evanescent Field
Spectroscopy on the Nucleation of Gas Hydrates,” Eastern Analytical Symposium,
Somerset, NJ, November 13-16.
Dobbs, G., and Mizaikoff, B., (2005). “IR-ATR Deep-Sea Sensing Interfaces: Optimizing Probe
Designs through Experimental and Spectral Ray Tracing Analysis of Evanescent Field
Interactions,” Optics in the Southeast, Atlanta, GA, October.
Dobbs, G., Boezerooij, P., Pennington, N., Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2004). “IR-ATR
Spectroscopy for Underwater Sensing Applications,” Seventh European Conference on
Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors [Europt(r)odeVII], Madrid, Spain, April.
Dobbs, G., Pennington, N., Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Investigating the Influence ofPressure on IR-ATR Spectroscopy for Underwater Spectroscopic Sensing Applications,”
Southeast Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, November.
Dobbs, G., Balu, B., Young, C., Sinha, A., Hess, D., and Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Plasma-Assisted
Deposition of Fluorocarbon Films for Molecular Recognition Layers in Mid-IR ATR
Chemical Sensors,” Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies National
Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, September.
Easson, G., Lutken, C., Sleeper, K., Macelloni, L., and D’Emidio, M., (2012). “Gas Hydrates
Observatory at Mississippi Canyon 118,” Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,
UT, February 19-24.
Farr, N., Sleeper, K., Camilli, R., Pontbriand, C., and Ware, J., (2011). “New developments in optic
modems and chemical sensors in deep marine environments,” American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, Abstract OS13D-1558, San Francisco, CA, Dec 5-9.
Geresi, E., (2005). “Gas Hydrate Geohazard Assessment in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using a
Vertical Line Array,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting,Calgary, AB, June 19-22.
Geresi, E., Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., and McGee, T., (2003). “Using multiple attenuation to image
geologic structures beneath the gas hydrate stability zone in the northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Volume 35, n. 7, Seattle, WA,
November.
Geresi, E. and T. McGee, (2003). “Seismic Imaging of the Base of the Hydrate Stability Zone in
the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” EGU-AGU Joint Conference, Nice, France, April.
Geresi, E., (2002). “Seismic Images of Geological Structures associated with Gas Hydrates near
the Sea floor in the Mississippi Canyon Blocks,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, March.
Gerstoft, P., Brooks, L. A., Fried, S., Kuperman, B., Sabra, K., (2007). “Ocean acoustic
interferometry using noise and active sources,” American Geophysical Union Meeting,
San Francisco, CA.

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Haacke, R., Riedel, M., Pohlman, J., Rose, K., Lapham, L., Hamilton, T., Enkin, R., Spence, G. D.,
and Hyndman R. D., (2008). “Investigations on the role of gas hydrate in wide-spreadslope failures at frontal ridges of the accretionary wedge of the northern Cascadia
margin,” American Geophysical Union meeting, December.
Hardage, B., (2006). “Detailed imaging of deepwater hydrate geology with horizontal arrays ofseafloor sensors,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May.
Hardage, B., (2006). “Seismic estimation of gas hydrate concentrations in deepwater
environments: assumptions and limitations,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, TX, April.
Hardage, B., (2005). “Assessing deep water gas hydrate systems and seafloor stability,” AGUNABS-SEG-SPD/AAS Joint Assembly, New Orleans, LA, May 23–27.
Hutchinson, Deborah R., Hart, Patrick E., Dugan, Brandon, Geresi, Erika, Sliter, Ray, andNewman, Kori, (2003). “Subsurface Gas Hydrates in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,”
Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, p.533, Seattle, WA.
Hvozdara, L., (2001). “Long-term Observation in the Marine Environment using Mid-Infrared
Spectroscopic Techniques and Quantum Cascade Lasers,” Fourth International
Conference on Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, Montpellier, France,
April 2-4.
Hvozdara, L., (2001). “Quantum Cascade Lasers in Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy,” 1st International
Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, Turku, Finland, August 19-24.
Ingram, Wesley, Meyers, S., Brunner, C., and Martens, C., (2008). “Centennial millennial scalestability of a large gas hydrate field in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” The GeologicalSociety of America, Southeastern Section, 57th Annual Meeting, 10 -11 April Abstracts
and Program, V. 40, No. 4.
Ingram, W. C., Meyers, S. M., Brunner, C., and Martens, C., (2008). “Centennial-Millennial scalestability of a large Gas Hydrate field in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Society of
Exploration Geophysics Meeting on Unconventional Resources, Vancouver, BC, Sept.
2008.
Janotta, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Sol-gel Based Mid-Infrared Evanescent Wave Sensors for
Detection of Nitro-Compounds in Aqueous Solution,” The Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON), Orlando, FL, March 9-14.
Janotta, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “Novel Recognition Layers for Mid-Infrared Evanescent
Wave Sensors based on Organically Modified Sol-gels,” Southeastern Regional Meetingof the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, November 13-16.
Janotta, M., and B. Mizaikoff, (2001). “Organically Modified Sol-Gels – Novel Recognition Layers
for Infrared Optical Sensors,” Fifth Euroconference on Environmental Analytical
Chemistry: The Impact of Biosensors and Bioanalytical Techniques on Environmental
Monitoring, Blarney, Ireland, September 8-12.

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Kapit, J., Camilli, R., Farr, N., Ware, J., Pontbriand, C., Hammer, B., and Backus, S., (2012).
“Improving the sustainability of long-term uncabled hydrate observatories: Technologies
for efficient data retrieval and renewable power,” Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Salt
Lake City, UT, February 19-24.
Karlowatz, M., (2002). “Recent Developments in the Field of Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic Sensors for
the Marine Environment,” The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry andApplied Spectroscopy (PITTCON), New Orleans, LA, March 17-22.
Karlowatz, M., F. Vogt, and B. Mizaikoff, (2003). An Automated Sample Preparation System for
Volatile Organic Compounds applied for IR Evanescent Wave Sensor Calibration, The
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON),
Orlando, FL, March 9-14.
Karlowatz, M., Vogt, F., and Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “An Automated Sample Preparation System for
Volatile Compounds Applied for Infrared Evanescent Wave Sensor Calibration,”
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC,
November 13-16.
Knapp, James H., Knapp, Camelia C., Macelloni, Leonardo, Simonetti, Antonello, Lutken, Carol,(2010). “Subsurface Structure and Stratigraphy of a Transient, Fault-Controlled
Thermogenic Hydrate System at MC-118,” Gulf of Mexico AAPG 2010 Annual Convention
Abstracts Volume, p.134.
Knapp, Camelia C., Knapp, James H., Addison, Adrian, Macelloni, Leonardo, Waddell, Michael,(2010). “Geophysical Baseline Characterization of Subsurface Gas Hydrates at MC-118,
Gulf of Mexico,” AAPG 2010 Annual Convention Poster Presentation, Abstracts Volume,
p.134.
Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S., and Chanton, J. P. (2009). “Controls on gas hydrate stability inmethane-depleted sediments: Laboratory and field measurements,” American
Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 17.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Higley, P., Jannasch, H., Woolsey, J., andSleeper, K., (2007).
“Biogeochemical sensors: design and applications of the Pore Fluid Array for theMississippi Canyon 118 Gas Hydrate Seafloor Observatory,” Mid-South Area Engineeringand Sciences Conference, Oxford, MS, May 17-18.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Higley, P., Jannasch H., and Woolsey, J., (2007).
“Monitoring long term hydrate stability: in situ methane and the Pore Fluid Array (PFA),”
Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium Annual Meeting, Oxford, MS.
Lapham, L., Albert, D., Chanton, J., and Martens, C., (2001). “Light hydrocarbon distributions andsulfate reduction rates in sediment porewaters near exposed gas hydrates,” American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting.
Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Scheafer, H., Chapman, R., and Puhlman, J., (2003).
“Innovations in Sampling Pore Fluids From Deep-Sea Hydrate Sites,” American
Geophysical Union, Volume 84, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS52D-05, San
Francisco, CA, December 8-12.

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Lapham, L., Chanton, J., Martens, C., Pohlman, J., and Chapman, R., (2005). “In situ lighthydrocarbon concentrations and stable carbon isotope values in hydrate-bearing
sediments of Cascadia Margin, Vancouver Island,” Second General Assembly European
Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, April 24-29.
Lapham, Laura, Chanton, Jeff, Martens, Chris, Sleeper, Ken, and Woolsey, J. R., (2007).
“Methane and biogeochemical gradients within acoustic wipe-out zones at a Gulf of
Mexico cold seep,” American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Lapham, L.L, Chanton, J., Martens, C. S., Sleeper K., and Woolsey J. R., (2007). “Methane andbiogeochemical gradients within acoustic wipe-out zones at a Gulf of Mexico cold seep,”
American Geophysical Union, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J. P., Martens, C. S., Sleeper K., and Woolsey J. R., (2007). “Spatial
variability in microbial activity associated with acoustic wipe-out zones in the northern
Gulf of Mexico,” American Geophysical Union, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25.
Lapham, L. L., Chanton, J . P., Martens, C. S., Higley, P. D., Jannasch H. W., and Woolsey J. R.,(2008). “Temporal variability in pore-fluid chemistry at a Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate
site,” American Geophysical Union meeting, Dec.
Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R. M., Riedel, M., and Chanton, J., (2012). “Measuring In Situ methane
concentrations over time near Bullseye vent, Vancouver Island,” Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
Lloyd. K. G., MacGregor, B. J., and Teske, A., (2008). “Quantification of archaeal RNA and DNA in
marine sediments with qPCR and qRT-PCR,” 12th Meeting of the International Society
for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Cairns, Australia, August 11-15.
Lloyd, K. G., (2009). “Spatial structure and activity of shallow microbial communities in a Gulf of
Mexico methane seep,” Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26.
Lowe, P. M., Woolsey, M., Jarnain, R., Lutken, C. B., Noakes, B., Overstreet, S., and Tidwell, S.,(2013). “Development of ISPIDER: A towed platform for video survey and instrument
placement,” OCEANS Conference 2013.
Lowrie, A., Dean, P., and Lutken, C., (2004). “Within five years, hydrate exploitation can be areality in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies,
Fourth Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, October 10-12.
Lowrie, A., Lutken, C., and McGee, T., (2004). “Multiple Outer Shelf Deltas and Downslope
Massive Mass-Wastings Characterize the Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico,”Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Fourth Annual Convention, San Antonio,
TX, October 10-12.
Lowrie, A., and McGee, T., (2002). “Sediment Strength and Hydrates Along the Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 6-9.
Lowrie, A., McGee, T., and Lerche, I., (2002). “Natural Gas Hydrates: Geologic Constituents fromthe Birth of Planet Earth to the Present,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
May 6-9.

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Lutken, C., McGee, T., Lowrie, A., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Sleeper, K.,
Dearman, J., Woolsey, R., and Lynch, L., (2006). “Comparison of Two Gas Hydrates Sites
for Sea Floor Monitoring,” 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies, Lafayette, LA, September 25-27.
Lutken, C., McGee, T., and Woolsey, R., (2006). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Monitoring Stationand Sea-floor Observatory: A Status Report,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Lutken, C., McGee, T., Lowrie, A., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Sleeper, K.,
Dearman, J., Woolsey, R., Lynch, L., (2006). “Comparison Of Two Candidate Sites For Gas
Hydrates Sea Floor Monitoring,” Mississippi Academy of Sciences’ Annual Meeting,Vicksburg, MS, February 21-22.
Lutken, C., McGee, T., and Woolsey, R., (2006). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Monitoring Stationand Sea-floor Observatory: Status Report,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Lutken, C., McGee, T., Rogers, R., Dearman, J., Lynch, F., Brunner, C., Kuykendall, J., andWoolsey, R., (2005). “Can Fractures in Soft Sediments Host Significant Quantities of Gas
Hydrates?,” Mississippi Academy of Sciences’ Annual Meeting, Oxford, MS, February 1718.
Lutken, C., (2004). “Complex geology creates difficult interpretational scenarios along western
flank of Mississippi Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
Lutken, C., Woolsey, R., McGee, T., and Geresi, E., (2003). “Geologic interpretation of theshallow subsurface within the gas hydrate stability zone, northern Gulf of Mexico,”
European Geophysical Union-American Geophysical Union Joint Conference, Nice,
France, April 6-11.
Lutken, C., Lowrie, A., Geresi, E., Bennett, R., Faas, R., Battista, B., and McGee, T., (2003).
“Interpretation of High Resolution Seismic Data from a Geologically Complex
Continental Margin, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Gulf Coast Association of GeologicalSocieties, 53rd Annual Convention, Baton Rouge, LA, October 22-24.
Lutken, C., (2003). “Unexplained Geologic Features within the Hydrate Stability Zone, Upper
Slope Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Geological Society of America
Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2-5.
Lutken, C. B., (2007). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Research Consortium and Sea-floor
Observatory,” Report to the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Merit Review,
Golden, CO, September 20.
Lutken, C. B., (2007). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Research Consortium and Sea-floor
Observatory,” Report to the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Advisory
Committee, Golden, CO, April 24–25.
Lutken, C. B., Macelloni, L., Lapham, L., Caruso, S., Lodi, M., Camilli, R., Asper, V., Diercks, A.,
Knapp, C., Knapp, J., (2010). “Monitoring Seafloor Morpho-Geological Evolution of theMC118 Hydrate/Carbonate Mound via Multiple AUV Missions,” AAPG 2010 Annual
Convention Poster Presentation, Abstracts Volume, p.155.

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Lutken, C., Simonetti, A., Ingrassia, M., Macelloni, L., Knapp, J., Fisher, C., Caruso, S., andD’Emidio, M., (2011). “Biogeophysical classification of seafloor seeps at a carbonatehydrate mound, northern Gulf of Mexico,” AAPG International Conference andExhibition, Milan, Italy, October 23-27.
Lutken, C., Sleeper, K., Easson, G., Macelloni, L., and Smith, G., (2012). “The GOM Gas Hydrates
Seafloor Observatory: Producing Science for National and Global Management
Decisions,” AGU Science Policy Conference 2012, Washington, DC, April 29-May 2.
Macelloni, L., Caruso, S., McGee, T. M., Lutken, C. B., Bosman, A., Sleeper K., and Woolsey, J. R.,
Jr., (2007). “Mississippi Canyon Block 118 Hydrates Mound: a complex hydrates
structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Sesto Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra Geoitalia 2007, Rimini, September, 12-14.
Macelloni, Leonardo, Battista, Bradley M., McGee, Thomas M., and Goebel, Vaughn, (2008). “A
Band-Modulated Hilbert-Huang Transform For Seismic Attribute Analysis In Shallow,
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” IEEE/OES Chile-US Workshop on Ocean Observation
Systems, Working Group on Observation and Assessment of Gas Hydrates in the Coastal
Ocean, Viña Del Mar, Chile, Nov. 4-7, 2008.
Martens, C., Mendlovitz, H., White, B., Hoer, D., Sleeper, K., Chanton, J., Wilson, R., and Lapham,L., (2011). “Continuous In Situ Measurements of Near Bottom Chemistry and SedimentWater Fluxes with the Chimney Sampler Array,” The American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, Abstract OS31B-08Dec. 5-9, San Francisco, CA.
McGee, T., (2009). “Geologic structures associated with the carbonate/hydrate mound in
Mississippi Canyon Block 118, Gulf of Mexico,” AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December, 17, 2009.
McGee, T. M., (2007). “Using ambient noise for subsurface imaging,” Underwater noise
workshop, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, Burlington, MA, June 4-5.
McGee, Tom, Peter Gerstoft, and Ross Chapman, (2007). “Using ambient noise to image theinterior of a carbonate/hydrate mound,” Gas-Hydrate Observatories Workshop,
Portland, Oregon, 18-20 July.
McGee, T., C. Lutken, Rogers, R., C, Brunner, P. Verdugo and J. Woolsey, R., (2007). Why andhow hydrates fill fractures in soft sediments. Gas-Hydrate Observatories Workshop,
Portland, Oregon, 18-20 July.
McGee, T. M., Macelloni, L., Goebel, V., (2007). “Seismo-acoustic imagery of acarbonate/hydrate mound in the Gulf of Mexico,” In McKay, M. and J. Nides (eds) 2007,
Proceedings: Twenty-third Gulf of Mexico information transfer meeting, January 2007.
U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,OCS Study MMS 2007-066, New Orleans, LA, 612 p.
McGee, T., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Macelloni, L., Battista, B., Knapp, C., Caruso,
S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., Gerstoft, P. (2008). “Structure Of A Carbonate/Hydrate
Mound In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.

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McGee, T., (2006). “A Seafloor Observatory to Monitor a Cold Seep in the Gulf of Mexico,”
Oceanography Division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, US-EU
Baltic International Symposium, Klaipeda, Lithuania, May 23-25.
McGee, T., Lutken, C., Sassen, R., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Sleeper, K.,
Dearman, J., Woolsey, R., Lynch, L., (2006). “Preliminary results at a hydrate/carbonate
mound in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” 5th International Workshop on Methane
Hydrate Research and Development, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 9-12.
McGee, T., (2005). “Can Fractures in Soft Sediments Host Significant Quantities of Gas
Hydrates?,” Fourth International Methane Hydrates Workshop, Victoria, BC, May 9-11.
McGee, T., Lutken, C., and Woolsey, R., (2002). “Seismic Images of Structures Associated withGas Hydrates near the Sea Floor: Initial Results,” Mississippi Academy of Sciences 66th
Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS, February 21-22.
McGee, T, Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Lutken, C., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Dearman, J., Sleeper, K.,
and Woolsey, R., (2006). “Hydrocarbon Gas Hydrates In Sediments of the Gulf of
Mexico, Sediment-hosted Gas Hydrates,” New Insights on Natural and Synthetic
Systems, January.
McGee, T., Macelloni, L., Bosman, A., Lutken, C., Brunner, C., Rogers, R., Dearman, J., Sleeper, K.,
and Woolsey, J., (2006). “Hydrocarbon gas hydrates in sediments of the Gulf of Mexico,”
Geological Society of London, Piccadilly, UK, January.
McGee, T., Woolsey, R., and C. Lutken, (2005). “A New Method for Improving the Resolution of
Shallow Sub-bottom Seismic Reflections in Deep Water,” Society of Exploration
Geophysicists and the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, May 23-27.
McGee, T., (2004). “An Integrated Seismic Study of the Proposed U. S. DOE/JIP Drill Site in
Atwater Valley Block 14,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
McGee, T., Lutken, C., Goebel, V., and Woolsey, R., (2001). “Seismic images of structuresassociated with gas hydrates near the sea floor,” 63rd Conference of the European
Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 11-15.
McGee, T., and Woolsey, R., (2001). “Pushing the limits of seismic resolution in deep water,”11th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Stavanger, Norway, June
17-22.
McGee, T., (2002). “Report on Activities During FY2002 of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate
Monitoring Station Project,” The Second Workshop of the International Committee on
Methane Hydrates, Washington, DC, October 28-31.
McGee, T., Geresi, E., and Gossett, A., (2003). “Imaging the hydrate stability zone using a verticalarray: First results,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX May 5-8.
McGee, T., Goebel, V., and Geresi, E., (2003). “Closing the Gap Between the Hydrate Stability
Zone and Production Reservoirs,” Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America,
Seattle, WA, November 2-5.

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McGee, T. and Rogers, R., (2008). “Biogeophysics in the context of natural gas hydrates:
Northern Gulf of Mexico,” American Geophysical Union, AGU Chapman Conference on
Biogeophysics, Portland, ME, October.
McGee, T., Higley, P., and Woolsey, R., (2003). “A vertical hydrophone array for imaging thehydrate stability zone,” EGU-AGU Joint Conference, Nice, France, April 6-11.
McGee, T., Higley, P., and Woolsey, R., (2003). “A vertical hydrophone array for imaging thehydrate stability zone,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 9-14.
McGee, Thomas M., Lutken, Carol B., Goebel, Vaughn S., and Woolsey, J. Robert, (2002).
“Seismic Images of Structures Associated with Gas Hydrates near the Sea Floor: Initial
Results,” AAPG Annual Meeting, V.11, Al17, Houston, TX.
McGee, T. M., Woolsey, J. R., Higley, P. D., Chapman, N. R., (2004). “Toward understanding the
migration of Hydrocarbons and brines through the gas hydrate stability zone of thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy.
McGee, T., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Macelloni, L., Battista, B. L., Knapp, C.,
Caruso, S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., Gerstoft, P., (2009). “A Multidisciplinary Sea-Floor
Observatory in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of
Deep-Sea Observatories, Tromsø, Norway, June 11-12.
McGee, T., Macelloni, L., and Goebel, V., (2006). “Seismo-acoustic imagery of acarbonate/hydrate mound in the Gulf of Mexico,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 11-15.
McGee, T., Goebel, V., Bosman A., and Macelloni, L., (2008). “Recent techniques for acquiringand processing ultra-high-resolution images of the sea floor and shallow sub-bottom indeep water,” IEEE/OES Chile-US Workshop on Ocean Observing Systems, Valparaiso,
Chile, November 3-6.
McGee, T., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Macelloni, L., Battista, B., Knapp, C., Caruso,
S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., and Gerstoft, P., (2008). “Structure of a carbonate/hydrate
mound in the northern Gulf of Mexico and possible hydrate distribution within it,”
IEEE/OES Chile-US Workshop on Ocean Observing Systems, Valparaiso, Chile, November
3-6.
McGee, T., Woolsey, J. R., Lapham, L., Kleinberg, R., Macelloni, L., Battista, B. L., Knapp, C.,
Caruso, S., Goebel, V., Chapman, R., Gerstoft, P., (2009). “A Multidisciplinary Sea-Floor
Observatory in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,” The Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of
Deep-Sea Observatories, Tromsø, Norway, June 11-12.
Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Mid-Infrared Chemical Sensors based on Quantum Cascade Lasers: The
Next Generation,” International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research, Bar Harbor,
ME, May 29-June 2.
Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Environmental Analysis with Optical Sensors - Quo Vadis?” Europt(r)ode
VIII, Tuebingen, Germany, April 2-5.
Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “Next-Generation Mid-Infrared Sensors in Harsh Environments,” ACS Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14.

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Mizaikoff, B., (2006). “A New Frontier: Mid-Infrared Chemical Sensors Based on Single-Mode
Waveguides,” SPIE Optics East, Boston, MA, October 1-4.
Mizaikoff, B., (2005). “From Chemical Sensors to Multifunctional Analytical Platforms,” PITTCON,
Orlando, FL, February 27-March 4.
Mizaikoff, B., (2005). “Spectroscopic Sensors in Marine Environments,” MarTech 2005, Bremen,
Germany, October 9-12.
Mizaikoff, B., (2004). “Mid-Infrared Sensor Technology – From the Lab into the Field?,” American
Chemical Society ProSpective Conference on Emerging Opportunities in Chemical Sensing
and Biosensing, Santa Fe, NM, May 16-19.
Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Mid-Infrared Sensor Technology - Potential and Perspectives for Process
Monitoring,” American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting, New York, NY,
September 7-11.
Mizaikoff, B., Pennington, N., and Vogt, F., (2003). “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Sensors for In
Situ Monitoring of Methane Dissolved in Sea Water,” Ocean Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “Mid-Infrared Sensor Technology for Liquid Phase Analysis,” Fifth
International Conference on Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics Materials and Devices,
Annapolis, MD, September 8-11.
Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “Optical Sensor Technology,” Technology Awareness Forum, Minneapolis,
MN, March 14.
Mizaikoff, B., (2002). “Recent Advances and New Challenges For Infrared Sensors,” Europt(r)ode
Conference, Manchester, England, April 7-11.
Mizaikoff, B., (2001). “Mid-Infrared Fiberoptic Chemical Sensors – From the Lab into the Field,”
5th EurocMonference on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Blarney, Ireland,
September 8-12.
Mizaikoff, B., (2007). “Good Vibrations - Infrared Spectroscopy and Sensing in Extreme
Environments,” ANAKON 2007, Jena, Germany, March 27-30.
Mizaikoff, B. and Kranz, C., (2007). “From Infrared Chemical Sensors to Multifunctional Scanning
Probes - Research at the Applied Sensors Laboratory,” Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena,
Jena, Germany, March 29.
Morley, M., (2004). “Estimation of Seismic Velocities in the Hydrate Stability Zone Using Ship
Noise at a Vertical Hydrophone Array,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting 2004, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Murray, P. E., Zala, C., and Dunham-Wilkie, M., (2006). “Storage and Distribution of Digital Data
from the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor Observatory,” Offshore Technology Conference (OTC
17962), Houston, TX, May 1-4.
Pi, Y., Li, S., Pearson, A., Noakes J., Culp, R., and Zhang, C. L., (2006). “Effects of gas hydrates onarchaeal community structure and carbon cycle in the Gulf of Mexico,” American
Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-16.

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Pierdomenico, M., Guida, V., Macelloni, L., Gong, D., Scranton, M., Dierks, A., and Rona, P.,(2014). “Understanding the Hudson Submarine Canyon fishing "hotspot": The
contribution of seafloor morphology, water mass dynamic, and methane emission on
marine biodiversity,” INCISE (2nd International Symposium on Submarine Canyons),
Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 29- Oct. 1.
Pizarro, O., Farr, N., Camilli, R., Whelan, J., Martens, C., Goudreau, J., Mendlovitz, H., Camilli, L.,(2006). “In Situ Optical Characterization of Methane Seeps and Bubble Plumes.” EOS:
Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, 2006.
Pizzi, M., Macelloni, L., Lutken, C., and D’Emidio, M., (2012). “Temporal evolution of MC118
Woolsey Mound seep activity: Constraints from analysis of small-scale salt-induced
sediment deformation,” The Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
Radich, J., Rogers, R., French, W., and Zhang, G., (2008). “Microbial and sediment effects on
kinetics of gas hydrate formation,” American Chemical Society National Meeting &Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, August.
Rawn, Claudia J., Sassen, Roger, Ulrich, Shannon M., Phelps, Tommy J., Chakoumakos, Bryan C.,
Payzant, E. Andrew, (2008). “Low temperature x-ray diffraction studies of natural gas
hydrate samples from the Gulf of Mexico,” 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Roberts, H., Coleman, J., Hunt, J., Shedd, W., Sassen, R., and Milkov, A., (2002). “Gas hydrate
deposits in a complex geologic setting, northern Gulf of Mexico Slope,” Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, October 30- November 1.
Roberts, H., Sassen, R., and Milkov, A., (2001). “Seafloor expression of fluid and gas expulsion
from deep petroleum systems, continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico,”
GCSSEPM Research Foundation 21st Annual Research Conference, Petroleum Systems of
Deep-Water Basins, Houston, TX, December 2-5.
Roberts, H., (2002). “Geologic and biologic responses to varying rates of fluid and gas expulsion– Northern Gulf of Mexico,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg
Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, April 7-10.
Roberts, H., (2002). “Surficial gas hydrates, part of the fluid and gas expulsion response
spectrum: Identification from 3D seismic data,” 2002 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 6-9.
Rogers, R., Zhang, G., Kothapalli, C., and French, W. T., (2004). “Laboratory Evidence ofMicrobial-Sediment-Gas Hydrate Synergistic Interactions in Ocean Sediments,” Offshore
and Polar Engineering Conference, Toulon, France,May 23- 28.
Rogers, R., Dearman, J., and H. Roberts, (2003). “Enhancement of Gas Hydrate Formation in Gulf
of Mexico Sediments,” 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Rogers, R., (2002). “Biosurfactants: the link between microbes and gas hydrates,” 2ndInternational Workshop on Methane Hydrates R&D, Washington, DC, October 30.

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Rogers, R., Woods, C., Ding, T., Zhang, G., Dearman, J., and Kelleher, B., (2004). “Gas Hydrate
Catalysis from Biosurfactants- Bentonite Interactions that Impact Sediment Stability,”
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 1821.
Rogers, R., Kothapalli, C., and Lee, M., (2002). “Influence of Microbes on Gas Hydrate Formationin Porous Media,” Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan,
May 19-23.
Rogers, R., (2001). “Biomolecules’ Effects on Gas Hydrate Formation at Sand/Clay Interfaces,”
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual National Meeting, Reno, NV,
November 4-7.
Rogers, R. E., Lee, M. S., and Kothapalli, C. R., (2001). “Biomolecules’ Effects on Gas Hydrate
Formation at Sand/Clay Interfaces,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual
National Meeting, Reno, NV, November 4-9.
Rogers, R., and Lee, M. S., (2001). “Biosurfactant from Microbial Activity in Ocean Sediments
Enhances Gas Hydrate Formation,” GSA-GSL Earth System Processes Meeting,
Edinburgh, Scotland, June 25.
Rogers, R., Zhang, G., Dearman, J., and Wilson, W., (2008). “Laboratory Tests of Hydrate
Formation in Porous Media Influenced by Bioproducts,” Annual Ocean Sciences Meeting,Orlando, FL, March 30-April 3.
Rogers, R., Dearman, J., Zhang, G., Wilson, W., and Lutken, C. B., (2008). “Gulf of Mexico
sediment evaluations for microbial-mineral-hydrate associations,” AAPG Annual
Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, April.
Rogers, R., Zhang, G., Radich, J., and Xiong, S., (2008). “Role of microbe-mineral interactions inseafloor gas hydrate accumulations,” 38th Annual Underwater Mining Institute, Oxford,
MS, November.
Rogers, R., Sassen, R., Dearman, J., and Zhang, G., (2006). “Factors prompting seafloor
experiments to investigate microbial/hydrate relationships,” The Sixteenth International
Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, May.
Rogers, R., Dearman, J., and Zhang, G., (2005). “Interactions of bioagents and fine mineralparticles to promote gas hydrates,” MMS Workshop on Marine Gels and Polygonal Fault
Systems, Vancouver Island, BC, July.
Rogers, R., Zhang, G., Dearman, J., and Woods, C., (2005). “Investigations into surfactant/gashydrate relationship,” American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March.
Rogers, R., and Lee, M., Micellar, (2000). “Solutions promote gas-hydrate formation,” Annual
Meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Los Angeles, CA, Nov.
Sassen, R., (2003). “Evidence of a deep source of bacterial methane in the Gulf of Mexico
continental slope,” American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September
7-11.
Sassen, R., (2002). “Gas venting and gas hydrate stability in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico:Significance to sediment deformation,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
May 6-9.

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Sassen, R., (2001). “Seafloor vents, seeps, gas hydrate: Relation to flux rate from the deep Gulf
of Mexico petroleum system,” GCSSEPM Research Foundation, 21st Annual Research
Conference, Houston, TX, December 2-5.
Short, R. T., Bell, R. J., Chaudhary, A., Toler, S. K., van Amerom, F. H. W., (2009). “In Situ Mass
Spectrometry for Marine Applications: Present and Future,” 57rh American Society ofMass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Philadelphia,
PA.
Short R. T., Bell, R. J., Toler, S. K., van Amerom, F. H. W., (2010). “Recent Developments and In
Situ Measurements of Underwater Mass Spectrometers,” 58th ASMS Conference on
Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Salt Lake City, UT.
Short, R. T., Bell, R. J., Cardenas, A. M., Chaudhary, A., Toler, S. K., van Amerom, F. H. W., (2010).
“Miniature Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers and Applications for In Situ Analysis of
Seawater,” Annual meeting of the Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development at
Purdue University, West Lafayette, LA.
Short, R. T., Bell, R. J., and Toler, S. K., (2010). “In Situ Characterization of Distributions of
Dissolved Gases, Volatile Organics and Light Hydrocarbons Using Underwater
Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry,” American Chemical Society meeting,
Boston, MA, August 24.
Simonetti, A., Knapp, J., Knapp, C., and Lutken, C., (2012). “4d seismic imaging of a thermogenic
gas hydrate system in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Woolsey Mound, MC118),” The
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March 1822.
Simonetti, A., Knapp, J., Riedel, M., and Knapp, C., (2012). “Short and long-term dynamics of athermogenic gas hydrate system in a cold seep area in the Gulf of Mexico deep waters(Woolsey Mound, MC118),” 15th Annual AAPG-SEG Student Expo, September 17-18,
Houston, TX.
Sleeper, K., Wilson, R., Chanton, J., Lapham, L., Farr, N., Camilli, R., Martens, C., and Pontbriand,C., (2011). “Geochemical Arrays at Woolsey Mound Seafloor Observatory,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12-16.
Sobecky, P., Mills, H., and Martinez, R., (2003). “The Microbial Ecology of Gas Hydrates,”
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 5.
Strack, E., and J. Kuszmaul, (2003). Describing the Spatial Continuity of Gas Hydrate Deposits
Using Indicator Variography, Abstract OS51B-0863, San Francisco, CA, American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 8-12.
Terry, D., Knapp, C., and Knapp, J., (2011). “Effective-medium modules for marine gas hydrates,
Mallik revisited,” The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec.
5-9.
Teske, A, (2007). “Active Methane-oxidizing archaea in MC118 sediments: Evidence fromribomosal RNA and mRNA analysis,” Gulf of Mexico Hydrate Consortium Meeting,
Oxford, MS, February 28.
Teske, A, (2008). “Deep subsurface archaea – Diversity and Detection,” Institute for theChemistry and Biology of the Oceans, Oldenburg University, Germany. March 5.

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Toler, S. K., Bell, R. J., Short, R. T., (2009). “Underwater Mass Spectrometry: Developments and
Deployments,” 7th Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Santa Barbara,CA.
Vogt, F., (2002). “Chemometric Data Evaluation for Improved Seawater Monitoring ofChlorinated Hydrocarbons by Mid-Infrared Evanescent Wave Sensors,” The Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON), New Orleans,
LA, March 17-22.
Vogt, F., Kraft, M., and Mizaikoff, B., (2003). “Mid-Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR)
Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Salt Ions in Seawater,” The Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON), Orlando, FL,
March 9-14.
Wang, F., Wang, S., Jian,g L., Ye, G., Xiao, X., Noakes, J., Zhang, C. L., (2006). “Community
structure and population dynamics of bacteria and archaea at hydrocarbon seeps/gas
hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico,” American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 10-16.
Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., Anderson, B., Garapati, N., and Chanton, J., (2012). “Laboratory
experiments probe hydrate dissolution rates,” The Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March 18-23.
Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., Martens, C. S., Chanton, J. P., Mendlovitz, H., Sleeper, K., andRiedel, M., (2012). “Time-series methane monitoring in gassy sediments and the benthic
boundary layer,” Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 20-24.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Novosel, I., Boldina, O., Dallimore, S., Collett, T., Lorenson,
T., Paull, C., Rogers, R., Bryant, W., and McGee, T., (2003). “Physical properties ofsediment containing natural and laboratory-formed gas hydrate,” American Associationof Petroleum Geologists Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May.
Woolsey, R., McGee, T., Lutken, C., and Higley, P., (2005). “Gas Hydrates Sea Floor Observatory –First Stage Deployment and Test Set for 2005,” Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 2-5.
Woolsey, R., McGee, T., Lutken, C., and Geresi, E., (2003). “A Sea Floor Observatory for Studying
the Hydrocarbon System within the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone of the Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” European Geophysical Union-American Geophysical Union Joint Conference,
Nice, France, April 6-11.
Woolsey, J. R., Macelloni, L., M. McGee, T., Lutken, C. B., Sleeper, K., and Higley, P., (2007). “A
Deep Sea Floor Observing System For Real-Time Observation In The Northern Gulf Of
Mexico.” Sesto Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra - Geoitalia 2007, Rimini, September,
12-14.
Woolsey, M., Lowe, P. M., Tidwell, S., Jarnagin, R., Lutken, C. B., and D'Emidio, M., (2014).
“Undersea vehicles: Vital component of undersea ecosystems monitoring,” Gulf of
Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, AL, Jan. 26-29.
Woolsey, M. and Woolsey, A., (2014). “Improvements to a geographical technique for seafloor
image mosaicking,” Oceans 2014 MTS/IEE, St. John’s, Newfoundland, September 14-19,.

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Zhang, G., Rogers, R., and French, T., (2008). “Laboratory tests to determine role of bioproducts
in seafloor gas hydrate accumulations,” AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, San
Antonio, TX, April.
Zhang C. L., Yan T., Ye, Q., Pancost, R. D., and Noakes, J., (2006). “Lipid Biomarkers, Isotope
Signatures, and Genomics of Gas Hydrates and Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Gulf of
Mexico,” Environmental Systems Microbiology Symposium, Atlanta, GA March 29-31.

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Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India (DE-NT0005669)
Oregon State University
Government Reports
Tréhu, A., (2009). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, October 2008 – December, (2008). Oregon State University, DOE Award
No.: DE-NT0005669. February, (2009).
Tréhu, A., (2009). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, January 2009 – March, (2009). Oregon State University, DOE Award
No.: DE-NT0005669. May, (2009).
Tréhu, A., (2009). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, April 2009 – June, (2009). Oregon State University, DOE Award No.: DENT0005669. August, (2009).
Tréhu, A., (2009). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, July 2009 – September, (2009). Oregon State University, DOE Award
No.: DE-NT0005669. November, (2009).
Tréhu, A., (2010). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, October 2009 – December, (2009). Oregon State University, DOE Award
No.: DE-NT0005669. January, (2010).
Tréhu, A., (2010). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, April – June, (2010). Oregon State University, DOE Award No.: DENT0005669. September, (2010).
Tréhu, A., (2010). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, July – September, (2010). Oregon State University, DOE Award No.: DENT0005669. November, (2010).
Tréhu, A., (2011). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Quarterly
Progress Report, October – December, (2010). Oregon State University, DOE Award No.:
DE-NT0005669. March, (2011).
Tréhu, A., (2011). “Heat Flow and Gas Hydrates on the Continental Margin of India,” Final
Scientific/Technical Report. Oregon State University, DOE Award No.: DE-NT0005669.
November, (2011).
Presentations
Kannberg, P. K., and Tréhu, A. M., (2009). “Heat flow and gas hydrates on the continental marginof India: Building on results from NGHP Expedition 01,” Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl. OS31A-1198.

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Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments (DE-FC26-06NT42963) andHydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties, Production andEngineering/Geological Implications (DE-FE0009897)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Brugada, J., Cheng, Y. P., Soga, K., and Santamarina, J. C. (2010). “Discrete element modelling ofgeomechanical behaviour of methane hydrate soils with pore-filling hydrate
distribution,” Granular Matter, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 517-525.
Dai, S., Wuttke, F., and Santamarina, J. C., (2013). “Coda wave analysis to monitor processes insoils,” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 139, no. 9,
pp. 1504-1511.
Dai, S., Shin, H., and Santamarina, J.C., (2016). “Formation and development of salt crusts on soil
surfaces,” Acta Geotechnica, v. 11, n. 5, pp. 1103-1109.
Espinoza, D. N., and Santamarina J. C., (2010). “Water-CO2-mineral systems: interfacial tension,contact angle and diffusion – Implications to CO2 geological storage,” Water Resources
Research, vol. 46, DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008634.
Espinoza, D. N. and Santamarina, J. C. (2011). “P-wave monitoring of hydrate-bearing sandduring CH4-CO2 replacement,” Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control,
doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.02.006.
Espinoza, D. N., Kim, S. H., Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “Carbon Geological Storage.” KSCE Journalof Civil Engineering, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 707-719.
Fragaszy, R. J., Santamarina, J. C., Amekudzi, A., Assimaki, D., Bachus, R., Burns, S. E., Cha, M.,
Cho, G. C., Cortes, D. D., Dai, S., Espinoza, D. N., Garrow, L., Huang, H., Jang, J., Jung, J.
W., Kim, S. H., Kurtis, K., Lee, C., Pasten, C., Phadnis, H., Rix, G., Shin, H. S., Torres, M. C.,
and Tsouriz, C., (2011). “Sustainable development and energy geotechnology – potential
roles for geotechnical engineering”. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Special Issue on
Energy Geotechnology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 611-621.
Gabitto, J., and C. Tsouris, (2010). “Physical Properties of Gas Hydrates: A Review.” Journal of
Thermodynamics, Article ID 271291, doi:10.1155/2010/271291
Jang J., and Santamarina, J. C., (2013). “Evolution of Saturation and Relative Permeability During
Gas Production from Hydrate Bearing Sediments - Gas Invasion vs. Gas Nucleation,”
Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth.
Jang, J., and Santamarina, J. C. (2011). “Recoverable Gas from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Pore
Network Model Simulation and Macroscale Analyses,” Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, vol. 116, B08202, 12 pages, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007841
Jang, J., Narsilio, G., and Santamarina, J. C. (2011). “Hydraulic Conductivity in Spatially Varying
Media -A Pore-Scale Investigation,” Geophysical Journal International, vol. 184, pp.
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Jang, J., and Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Hydrate bearing clayey sediments: Formation and gas
production concepts,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 77, pp.235-246.
Jung, J. W., and Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “CH4-CO2 Replacement in Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: A Pore-Scale Study.” Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems, Vol. 11,
Q0AA13, doi:10.1029/2010GC003339.
Jung, J. W., Espinoza, D. N., and Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Hydrate Bearing Sediments: CH4CO2 Replacement,” Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 115, B10102,
doi:10.1029/2009JB000812.
Jung, J. W., Jang, J., Santamarina, J. C., Tsouris, C., Phelps, T. J., and Rawn, C. J. (2012). “Gas
Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: The Role of Fine Particles,” Energy & Fuels,
vol. 26, pp. 480-487.
Jung, J. W., Santamarina, J. C. (2011). “Hydrate Adhesive and Tensile Strength, G-Cubed
Geochemistry,” Geophysics and Geosystems, Vol. 12, No.8, Q08003,
doi:10.1029/2010GC003495.
Jung, J. W., Santamarina, J. C. (2012). “Hydrate Formation and Growth in Pores,” Journal of
Crystal Growth, vol. 345, pp. 61-68.
Jung, J. W., Santamarina, J. C., Soga, K. (2012). “Stress-Strain Response of Hydrate Bearing
Sands: Numerical Study Using Discrete Element Simulations,” Journal of GeophysicalResearch, vol. 117, BO4202.
Lucia, A., Lee, J., and Tsouris, C., (2010). “Advances in Gas Hydrate Thermodynamic andTransport Properties,” Journal of Thermodynamics, Article ID 523503,
doi:10.1155/2010/523503.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Santamarina, C., Boswell,R., Kneafsey, T. J., Rutqvist, J., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., Sum, A., and Koh, C. (2011).
“Challenges, Uncertainties, and Issues Facing Gas Production From Gas-Hydrate
Deposits,” SPE Res Eval & Eng 14 (1): 76-112. SPE-131792-PA. doi: 10.2118/131792-PA.
Santamarina, J. C. and Cho, G. C. (2011). “Energy Geotechonology,” KSCE Journal of Civil
Engineering, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 607-610.
Santamarina, J. C. and Jang, J. (2010). “Energy Geotechnology: Implications Of Mixed Fluid
Conditions,” in A. Gens and E. Alonso, Proc. 5th International Conference on
Unsaturated Soils, Unsat 2010, Barcelona.
Santamarina, J. C. and Shin, H., (2009). “Discontinuities in granular materials: Particle-levelmechanisms.” in D. Kolymbas and C. Viggiani, eds., Symposium on the Mechanics of
Natural Solids, Horto, Greece.
Shin, H., and Santamarina, J. C., (2009). “Mineral Dissolution and the Evolution of K0.” J.
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng. ASCE, vol. 135, no. 8, pp. 1141-1147.
Shin, H., and Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Fluid-driven fractures in uncemented sediments:
Underlying particle-level processes.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 299, pp
180-189.
Shin, H., Santamarina, J. C., and Cartwright, J., (2008). “Contraction-Driven Shear Failure in
Compacting Uncemented Sediments.” Geology, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 931-934.

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Shin, H., Santamarina, J. C., and Cartwright, J., (2010). “Displacement Field In Contraction Driven
Faults.” J. Geophysical Research, 115, B07408, doi:10.1029/2009JB006572.
Shin, H. and Santamarina, J.C., (2016). “Sediment-Well Interaction During Depressurization.”
Acta Geotechnica, pp. 1-13.
Taboada-Serrano, P., Ulrich, S., Szymcek, P., McCallum, S. D., Phelps, T. J., Palumbo, A. V., andTsouris, C., (2009). “A Multi-phase, Micro-dispersion Reactor for the Continuous
Production of Methane Gas Hydrate.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.
48, pp. 6448–6452.
Waite, W. F., Santamarina, J. C., Cortes, D. D., Dugan B., Espinoza, D. N., Germaine J., Jang J.,
Jung, J. W., Kneafsey, T., Shin H. S., Soga, K., Winters, W., and Yun, T. S., (2009).
“Physical Properties Of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” Review of Geophysics, vol. 47,
doi:10.1029/2008RG000279.
Yun, T. S., Lee, C., Lee, J. S., Jang-Jun Bahk, and Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “A Pressure Core
Based Characterization of Hydrate Bearing Sediments in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea,”
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 117, pp. 151-158 doi:10.1029/2010JB007468
Government Reports
Dai, S. and Santamarina, J.C., (2018). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical
Properties, Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Final Scientific/
Technical Report, Project Period 10/1/2012 to 9/30/2017, DOE Award No.: DEFE0009897 to Georgia Institute of Technology. January 2018.
Santamarina, J. C., (2007). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Yearly Report,
Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. May 2007.
Santamarina, J. C., (2007). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Special Report- Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Sediments: Pressure-Temperature Evolution, Georgia
Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. December 2007.
Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Quarterly
Progress Report, October 2009-December 2009, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. February 2010.
Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Quarterly
Progress Report, January 2010 - March 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. May 2010.
Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Quarterly
Progress Report, April 2010 - June 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award
No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. July 2010.
Santamarina, J. C., (2010). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Quarterly
Progress Report, July 2010 - September 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963. November 2010.
Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “Methane Recovery from Hydrate-bearing Sediments.” Final Project
Report, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42963.
November 2011.

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Santamarina, J. C., (2012). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Progress Report,
October 2012 - December 2012, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DEFE0009897. December 2012.
Santamarina, J. C., (2013). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Progress Report,
January 2013 - March 2013, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DEFE0009897. March 2013.
Santamarina, J. C., (2013). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Progress Report, April
2013 - June 2013, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009897.
August 2013.
Santamarina, J. C., (2013). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Progress Report, July
2013 - September 2013, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE Award No.: DEFE0009897. October 2013.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2013, Georgia Institute of Technology,
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009897. January 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2014, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. April 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2014, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. July 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2015, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. April 2015.
Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2015, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. August 2015.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2015, Georgia Institute of Technology,
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009897. February 2016.

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Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2016, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. April 2016.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2016, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. July 2016.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending September 30, 2016, Georgia Institute of Technology,
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009897. October 2016.
Santamarina, J.C. (2017). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2016, Georgia Institute of Technology,
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009897. January 2017.
Santamarina, J.C. (2017). “Hydrate-Bearing Clayey Sediments: Morphology, Physical Properties,
Production and Engineering/Geological Implications.” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2017, Georgia Institute of Technology, DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009897. April 2017.
Other Publications
Santamarina, J. C., and Jang, J., (2009). “Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments:
Geomechanical Implications.” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Vol. 9, Issue 4,
pp. 18-22.
Presentations
Cartwright, J., Santamarina J. C., Shin, H., (2009). “A diagenetic mechanism for the formation ofshear fractures in shales hosting deep tight gas plays.” AAAG meeting, Denver, CO. June.
Kwon, T., Cho, G. C., Santamarina, J. C., Kim, J., and Lee, J., (2009). “Stability evaluation of
hydrate-bearing sediments during thermally-driven hydrate dissociation.” Eos Trans.
AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-1206
Santamarina J. C., and Shin H., (2007). “Particle Dissolution: Ko Effects.” Proceedings of IUTAM,
Brazil.
Santamarina, J. C., and Jang, J., (2010). “Energy Geotechnology: Implications of Mixed Fluid
Conditions.” In A. Gens and E. Alonso, eds., Proc. 5th International Conference on
Unsaturated Soils, Unsat 2010, Barcelona.
Taboada-Serrano, P., and C. Tsouris, (2007). “Methane Hydrate Dissociation on a Mineral
Surface,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,
November 4-9.

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Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using 3D Seismic Data and 4C OBS Data
(DE-FC26-00NT41024) and (DE-FC26-06NT42667)
University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology
Peer-Reviewed Publications
DeAngelo, M. V., Murray, P. E., Hardage, B. A., and Remington, R. L., (2008). “Integrated 2D 4-C
OBC velocity analysis of near-seafloor sediments, Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico,”
Geophysics, V. 73, No. 6, pp. B109–B115.
Hardage, B., Roberts, H., Murray, P., Remington, R., Sava, D., Shedd, W., and Hunt, J., Jr., (2009).
“Multicomponent seismic assessment of fluid-gas expulsion geology: Gulf of Mexico,” inCollett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy
resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Sava, D., and Hardage, B., (2009). “Rock-physics models for gas-hydrate systems associated withunconsolidated marine sediments,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R.,
eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards:
AAPG Memoir 89.
Government Reports
Hardage, B., Backus, M., DeAngelo, M., Fomel, S., Graebner, R., Murray, P., and Wood, L.,(2002). “Characterizing Marine Gas-Hydrate Reservoirs and Determining Mechanical
Properties of Marine Gas-Hydrate Strata with 4-Component Ocean-Bottom-Cable
Seismic Data,” Final Report, DOE Contract No. DE-FC26-00NT41024.
Hardage, B., Murray, P., Sava, D., Backus, M., DeAngelo, M., Graebner, R., and Wagner, D.,(2009). “Combining Multicomponent Seismic Attributes, New Rock Physics Models, andIn Situ Data to Estimate Gas-Hydrate Concentrations in Deep-Water, Near-Seafloor
Strata of the Gulf of Mexico,” Final Report, DOE Contract No. DE-FC26-05NT42667.
Theses/Dissertations
Alkan, E., (2007). “Multi-dimensional seismic land data acquisition techniques and the random
survey design,” Master’s Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, May, (2007).
Other Publications
Alkan, E., and Hardage, B., (2007). “Randomness in 3D seismic design,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Geophysical Corner, V. 28, n. 10, p. 29.
Backus, M., P. Murray, B. Hardage, and R. Graebner, (2006). “High-resolution multi-component
seismic imaging of deepwater gas hydrate systems, The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5,
pp. 578-596.
Backus, M. M., Murray, Paul, Graebner, R. J., and Hardage, B. A., (2007). “OBC sensor response
and calibrated reflectivity (abs.),” SEG/San Antonio Annual Meeting, pp. 1044–1048.

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DeAngelo, M., Backus, M., Hardage, B., Murray, P., and Knapp, S., (2003). “Depth registration of
P-wave and C-wave seismic data for shallow marine sediment characterization, Gulf of
Mexico,” The Leading Edge, Volume 22, n. 2, pp. 96-105.
Hardage, B. A., Sava, Diana, Remington, R. L., and DeAngelo, Michael, (2008). “Rocks-physics
theory a help,” AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, V. 29, No. 1, p. 34.
Hardage, B. A., DeAngelo, Michael, and Remington, R. L., (2008). “Going super-deep with P-P, PSV data,” AAPG Explorer, Geophysical Corner, V. 29, No. 2, p. 32.
Hardage, B., (2007). “Gas hydrate and LNG tankers,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Explorer, Geophysical Corner, V. 28, n. 5, p. 27.
Hardage, B., and Murray, P., (2006). “Detailed imaging of deepwater hydrate geology withhorizontal arrays of seafloor sensors,” Proceedings of the Offshore Technology
Conference, paper 17929.
Hardage, B., and Murray, P., (2006). “High-resolution P-P imaging of deepwater near-seafloor
geology,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer, GeophysicalCorner, Volume 27, n. 7, p. 30.
Hardage, B., and Murray, P., (2006). “P-SV data most impressive image,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer, Geophysical Corner, Volume 27, n. 8, p. 30.
Hardage, B., Remington, R., and Roberts, H., (2006). “Gas hydrate--a source of shallow water
flow?,” The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 634–636.
Hardage, B., and Roberts, H., (2006). “Gas hydrate in the Gulf of Mexico: what and where is theseismic target,” The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 566-571.
Hardage, B., and Roberts, H., (2006). “Evaluation of deepwater gas-hydrate systems,” The
Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 572-577.
McGee, T., and Hardage, B., (2006). “Hydrate system to be monitored, The American Associationof Petroleum Geologists Explorer,” Geophysical Corner, Volume 27, n. 5, p. 24.
Roberts, H., Hardage, B., Shedd, W., and Hunt, J., Jr., (2006). “Seafloor reflectivity–an importantseismic property for interpreting fluid/gas expulsion geology and the presence of gas
hydrate,” The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 620–628.
Roberts, H., Hardage, B., Shedd, W., and Hunt, J., Jr., (2006). “Seafloor reflectivity: an importantseismic property for interpreting fluid/gas expulsion geology and the presence ofshallow gas hydrate (abs.),” Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions,V. 56, p. 725.
Sava, D., and Hardage, B., (2006). “Rock physics characterization of hydrate-bearing deepwater
sediments,” The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 616-619.
Sava, D. C., and Hardage, B. A., (2006). “Rock physics models of gas hydrates from deep water,
unconsolidated sediments (exp. abs.),” 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts Volume 25.
Sava, D. C., and Hardage, B. A., (2007). “Gas-hydrate concentration and uncertainty estimationfrom electrical-resistivity logs: Examples from Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico (exp. abs.),”Society of Exploration Geophysicists Expanded Abstracts, pp. 1579-1583, San Antonio,
TX, September 23-28.

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Sava, D., and Hardage, B., (2007). “Gas hydrate and seismic attributes,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer, Geophysical Corner, V. 28.
Sava, Diana, and Hardage, B. A., (2007). “Diving into gas hydrate systems,” AAPG Explorer,
Geophysical Corner, V. 28, No. 8, p. 44.
Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., and DeAngelo, M., (2008). “Rock-physics joint inversion ofresistivity log and seismic velocity for hydrate-characterization (exp. abs.),” Society of
Exploration Geophysicists Expanded Abstracts, Las Vegas, November 9–14.
Sava, D. C., and Hardage, B. A., (2008). “Estimating uncertainty associated with gas-hydratecharacterization from electrical resistivity logs (abs.),” SEG D&P Forum on Uncertainty
and Upscaling Issues in Reservoir Characterization, Austin, TX, July 27–31.
Sava, D. C., Hardage, B. A., Murray, P., and DeAngelo, M., (2008). “Quantitative integration ofelectrical resistivity logs and seismic velocities for reducing the uncertainty in evaluating
deep-water gas-hydrate systems (abs.),” SEG D&P Forum on Uncertainty and Upscaling
Issues in Reservoir Characterization, Austin, July 27–31.
Presentations
Alkan, E., and Hardage, B., (2007). “Randomness in 3D seismic design,” 77th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, San Antonio, TX.
Backus, M., Murray, P., Hardage, B., and Graebner, R., (2005). “Enhanced PS-wave images ofdeep-water, near-seafloor geology from 2-D 4-C OBC data in the Gulf of Mexico,” 75th
Annual International Meeting of the SEG, Houston, TX, November 6-11.
Backus, M., Murray, P., Graebner, R., and Hardage, B., (2007). “OBC sensor response andcalibrated reflectivity,” 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
San Antonio, TX.
Christianson, P., and Murray, P., (2007). “Investigating active deepwater sedimentation near agas hydrate system with high-resolution seismic data,” 77th Annual Meeting of theSociety of Exploration Geophysicists, San Antonio, TX.
Fomel, S. B., Backus, M. M., DeAngelo, Michael, Murray, Paul, and Hardage, B. A., (2003).
“Multicomponent seismic data registration for subsurface characterization in theshallow Gulf of Mexico,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, OTC Paper No.
15117.
Hardage, B., (2005). “P and S image registration: the challenge confronting all who use
multicomponent seismic technology,” Sercel Technical Forum, Houston, TX, April 21,(2005).
Hardage, R., (2006). “Methane Hydrates: Geoscience Challenges,” Hart Energy Publishing
Methane Hydrates Conference, Houston, T, Dec. 5-6.
Hardage, B., and D. Sava, (2006). “Seismic estimation of Gas Hydrate Concentrations in
Deepwater Environments: Assumptions and Limitations,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Hardage, B., (2005). “Assessing deep water gas hydrate systems and seafloor stability,,” AGU,
NABS, SEG, SPD/AAS Joint Assembly, New Orleans, LA, , May 23–27.

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Hardage, B., and P. Murray, (2006). “Detailed imaging of deepwater hydrate geology withhorizontal arrays of seafloor sensors," Proceedings of the 2006 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 1-4. OTC 17929-MS
Hardage, B. A., Roberts, H. H., Sava, D. C., Murray, P. E., DeAngelo, M. V., Backus, M. M.,
Graebner, R. J., (2008). “Assessing Fluid-Gas Expulsion Geology And Gas Hydrate
Deposits Across The Gulf of Mexico With Multicomponent And Multifrequency Seismic
Data,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Murray, P., M. DeAngelo, B. Hardage, M. Backus, R. Graebner, and S. Fomel, (2003).
“Interpreting multicomponent seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico for shallow
sedimentary properties: methodology and case history,” Proceedings of the Offshore
Technology Conference Houston, TX, 2003, May 5-8. OTC 15118-MS
Murray, P., M. Backus, M. DeAngelo, S. Fomel, R. Graebner, B. Hardage, and L. Wood, (2004).
“Evaluating marine gas hydrates with 4C OBC seismic data,” Dallas, TX, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 18-21.
Sava, D., and B. Hardage, (2006). “Rock physics models of gas hydrates from deep water,
unconsolidated sediments,” 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration
Geophysicists, New Orleans, LA, October 1-6.

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Sampling and Monitoring Hydrate Mounds in the Gulf of Mexico (DE-AF26-01NT00394)
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Peer-Reviewed Publications
De Beukelaer, S., MacDonald, I., Guinnasso, N., and Murray, J., (2003). “Distinct side-scan sonar,
RADARSAT SAR, and acoustic profiler signatures of gas and oil seeps on the Gulf of
Mexico slope,” Geo-Marine Letters 23(3-4), pp. 177-186.
Liefer, I., andMacDonald, I., (2003). “Dynamics of the gas flux from shallow gas hydrate deposits:
interaction between oily hydrate bubbles and the oceanic environment,” Earth andPlanetary Science Letters 21(3-4), pp. 411-424.
MacDonald, I., Bender, L., Vardaro, M., Bernard, B., and Brooks, J., (2005). “Thermal and Visual
Time-Series at a Seafloor Gas Hydrate Deposit on the Gulf of Mexico Slope,” Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, 233, pp. 45-59.
MacDonald, I., Bohrmann, G., Escobar, E., Abegg, F., Blanchon, P., Blinova, V., Brückmann, W.,
Drews, M., Eisenhauer, A., Han, X., Heeschen, K., Meier, F., Mortera, C., Naehr, T.,
Orcutt, B., Bernard, B., Brooks, J., and De Faragó, M., (2004). “Asphalt volcanism andchemosynthetic life, Campeche Knolls, Gulf of Mexico,” Science, Vol. 304, No. 5673, pp.
999-1002.
MacDonald, I., Leifer, I., Sassen, R., Stine, P., Mitchell, R., and Guinasso, N., (2002). “Transfer ofhydrocarbons from natural seeps to the water column and atmosphere,” Geofluids,
Volume 5, pp. 95-107.
MacDonald, I., Sager, W., and Peccini, M., (2003). “Association of Gas Hydrate andChemosynthetic Fauna in Mounded Bathymetry at Mid-Slope Hydrocarbon Seeps:
Northern Gulf of Mexico,” Marine Geology, Volume 198, p.133-158.
Theses/Dissertations
De Beaukelaer, S., (2003). “Remote sensing analysis of natural oil and gas seeps on thecontinental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2003,” Master’s Thesis, Department of
Oceanography, Texas A&M University, August.
Vardaro, M., (2004). “Deep-sea time-lapse camera observations: Temporal changes in gas
hydrate mound topography and ecology,” Master’s Thesis, Department of
Oceanography, Texas A&M University, May.
Other Publications
MacDonald, I., Vardaro, M., and Bender, L., (2003). “A Temperature and Photographic TimeSeries from a Seafloor Gas Hydrate Deposit on the Gulf of Mexico Slope,” GeophysicalResearch Abstracts, Volume 5, 12714.
Presentations

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Leifer, I., Rehder, G. J., Solomon, E. A., Kastner, M., Asper, V. L., Joye, S. B., (2011). “Methane
rising from the deep: Hydrates, bubbles, oil spills, and global warming,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA Dec. 5-9.
MacDonald, I., Kastner, M., and Leifer, I., (2005). “Estimates of natural hydrocarbon flux in the
Gulf of Mexico basin from remote sensing data,” European Union of Geosciences
Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 24-29.
MacDonald, I., Sobecky, P., Montoya, J., and Joye, S., (2003). “Research issues in the
Hydrocarbon Seep System in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 10-14.
MacDonald, I., and Leifer, I., (2002). “Constraining rates of carbon flux from natural seeps on
northern Gulf of Mexico slope,” NATO workshop on gas hydrates, Azerbaijan, October.
MacDonald, I., Power, D., Leifer, I., Lane, K., and Youden, J., (2002). “The remote sensing
signature of hydrocarbon seeps and implications for carbon flux,” American GeophysicalUnion Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 11-15.
MacDonald, I., Sobecky, P., Montoya, J., and Joye, S., (2001). “Deposits of gas hydrate on the
Gulf of Mexico slope: A natural laboratory for hydrate research,” Second International
Symposium for Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Biology, Brest, France, October 8-12.

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Investigation of 3D Structure and Physical Properties of Methane Hydrate Deposits at
Blake Ridge (DE-FC26-00NT40921)
University of Wyoming
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gorman, A., W. Holbrook, M. Hornbach, K. Hackwith, D. Lizarralde, and I. Pecher, (2002).
“Migration of methane gas through the hydrate stability zone in a low-flux hydrate
province,” Geology, Volume 30, pp. 327-330.
Holbrook, W., D. Lizarralde, Pecher, I., A. Gorman, K. Hackwith, M. Hornbach, and D. Saffer,(2002). “Escape of methane gas through sediment waves in a large methane hydrate
province,” Geology, Volume 30, pp. 467-470.
Hornbach, M., W. Holbrook, R. Gorman, K. Hackwith, D. Lizarralde, and I. Pecher, (2003). “Directseismic detection of methane hydrate and the Blake Ridge,” Geophysics, Volume 68, n.
1, pp. 92-100.
Hornbach, M., Ruppel, C.,D. Saffer, C. Dover, and W. Holbrook, (2005). “Coupled geophysicalconstraints on heat flow and fluid flux at a salt diaper,” Geophysical Research Letters, V.
32, L24617.
Hornbach, M., D. Saffer, and W. Holbrook, (2004). “Critically Pressured Free-Gas Reservoirs
Below Gas Hydrate Provinces,” Letters to Nature, Volume 427, pp. 142-144.
Other Publications
Holbrook, W., A. Gorman, M. Hornbach, K. Hackwith, J. Nealon, D. Lizarralde, and I. Pecher,(2002). “Seismic detection of marine methane hydrate,” The Leading Edge, Volume 21,
pp. 686-689.

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Rock-Physics Modeling of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments (DE-FC26-05NT42663)
Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bandyopadhyay, K., Jack Dvorkin, J., and Gary Mavko, G., (2007). “Anisotropy in gas hydrate,” (inpreparation for Geophysics, presented at the 2007 SRB meeting at Stanford).
Cordon, I., J. Dvorkin, and G. Mavko, (2006). “Seismic Reflections of Gas Hydrate Perturbational
Forward Modeling,” Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 6 (November-December 2006), P.F165F171, doi: 10.1190/1.2356909
Government Reports
Nur, A., (2008). “Seismic-scale Rock Physics of Methane Hydrate,” Final Report, Stanford
University, DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-05NT42663.
Other Publications
Dvorkin, J., and Uden, R., (2004). “Seismic wave attenuation in a methane hydrate reservoir,”
The Leading Edge, Volume 23, pp. 730-734.
Dvorkin, J., and R. Uden, (2006). “The challenge of scale in seismic mapping of hydrate andsolutions,” The Leading Edge, Volume 25, n. 5, pp. 637-642.
Dvorkin, J., Nur, A., (2007). “Seismic amplitudes from gas hydrates,” E&P, November, (2007). pp.
1-2
Dvorkin, J, (2008). “Seismic-scale Rock Physics of Methane Hydrates,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the
Ice Newsletter, Summer 2008, pp. 13-17.

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Investigation of Natural Gas Species Flows from Hydrate Dissociation (DE-FC2600NT40916)
Clarkson University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ahmadi, G., Ji, C. and D. Smith, (2000). “A Simple Model for Natural Gas Production from
Hydrate Decomposition,” in Holder, G., and P. Bishnoi, eds., Gas Hydrates: Challenges
for the Future, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 912, pp. 420-27.
Ahmadi, G., C. Ji, and D. Smith, (2004). “Numerical Simulation of Natural Gas Production from
Methane Hydrate Dissociation,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume
41, pp. 269-285.
Ji, C., G. Ahmadi, and D. Smith, (2003). “Constant Rate Natural Gas Production from a Well in a
Hydrate Reservoir,” Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, pp. 2403-2423.
Ji, C., G. Ahmadi, and D. Smith, (2001). “Natural Gas Production from Hydrate Decomposition by
Depressurization,” Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 56, pp. 5801-5814.
Presentations
Ji, C., G. Ahmadi, Zhang, W., and Smith, D., (2002). “Natural Gas Production from Hydrate
Dissociation: A Comparison of Axisymmetric Models,” Yokohama, Japan, FourthInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, May 19-23.
Ji, C., Ahmadi, G., and Smith, D., (2000). “Computational Simulation for Natural Gas Production
from Hydrate Decomposition,” Lake Placid, NY, Annual Technical Meeting of the Center
for Advanced Material Processing, May 23-25.
Nazridoust, K., White, T., Ji, C., Ahmadi, G., Smith, D., and Dean, M., (2002). “Natural Gas
Production from Hydrate Dissociation,” Saratoga Springs, NY, Annual Technical Meetingof the Center for Advanced Material Processing, May 13-15.

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Investigations into the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in
Offshore Environments (DE-FC26-05NT42664)
Texas Engineering Experiment Station of Texas A&M University, University ofCalifornia at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Government Reports
Holditch, S., Patzek, T., Moridis, G., and Plumb, R., (2005). “Geomechanical Performance of
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments,” U. S. DOE-NETL Semi-Annual
Report, October 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006, DE-FC26-05NT42664 CFDA Number:
81.089 (Fossil Energy Research and Development), July.
Presentations
Holtzman, R., Silin, D., Patzek, T., (2006). “The Strength of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: A GrainScale Approach,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15.
Rutqvist, J., and G. Moridis, (2007). “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, April 30- May 3.

Investigation of Gas Hydrate Instability in the Southeastern Bering Sea (DE-FC2605NT42665)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Presentations
Cook, M., (2006). “Gas Hydrate Instability in the Southeast Bering Sea,” Dalhousie University,
Halifax Nova Scotia, April 4.
Cook, M., and Keigwin, L., (2005). “Evidence of Methane Outgassing During MIS3 in the Bering
Sea,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.

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Evaluating the Controls on Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in the Gulf of
Mexico (DE-FC26-02NT41328)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Other Publications
Allen, E. E, and J. F. Banfield, (2005). “Community genomics in microbial ecology and evolution,”
Nat Rev Microbiol, 2005 Jun,3(6):489-98.
Allen, E. E, Tyson, G. W., Whitaker, R. J., Detter, J. C., Richardson, P. M., and Banfield, J. F.,(2007). “Genome dynamics in a natural archaeal population,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,
Feb, 104(6), pp. 1883-1888.
Baker, B. J, Tyson, G. W., Webb, R. I., Flanagan, J., Hugenholtz, P., Allen, E. E., and Banfield., J. F.,(2006). “Lineages of acidophilic archaea revealed by community genomic analysis,”
Science, Dec 22,314(5807):1933-1935.
Kastner, M., Bartlett, D., MacDonald, I., and Solomon, E., (2005). “CH4 fluxes across the seafloor
at three distinct gas hydrate fields: impacts on ocean and atmosphere chemistry,
Trondheim, Norway,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Volume 3, pp. 709-714.
Lo, I., Denef, V. J., Verberkmoes, N. C., Shah, M. B., Goltsman, D., DiBartolo, G., Tyson, G. W.,
Allen, E. E., Ram, R. J., Detter, J. C., Richardson, P., Thelen, M. P., Hettich, R. L., andBanfield, J. F., (2007). “Strain-resolved community proteomics reveals recombining
genomes of acidophilic bacteria,” Nature, Mar, 446(7135), pp. 537-541.
Solomon, E., Kastner, M., Jannasch, H., Weinstein, Y., and Robertson, G., (2005). “Insights into
the dynamics of in situ gas hydrate formation and dissociation at Bush Hill gas hydrate
field, Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Gas Hydrates,
Volume 3, pp. 947-953.
Stansfield, S. H., Allen, E. E., Dinnis, D. M., Racher, A. J., Birch, J. R., and James, D. C. (2007).
“Dynamic analysis of GS-NS0 cells producing a recombinant monoclonal antibody during
fed-batch culture,” Biotechnol Bioeng., Jun, 97(2), pp. 410-424.
Tyson, G.W, Lo, I., Baker, B. J., Allen, E. E., Hugenholtz, P., and Banfield, J. F., (2005). “Genomedirected isolation of the key nitrogen fixer Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum sp. nov.
from an acidophilic microbial community,” Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Oct, 71(10) pp.
6319-6324.
Tyson, G.W, Chapman, J., Hugenholtz, P., Allen, E. E., Ram, R. J., Richardson, P. M., Solovyev, V.
V., Rubin, E. M., Rokhsar, D. S., and Banfield, J. F., (2004). “Community structure andmetabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment,”
Nature, Mar, 428(6978), pp. 37-43.
Presentations
Kastner, M., Bartlett, D., MacDonald, I., and Solomon, E., (2005). “CH4 fluxes across the seafloor
at three distinct gas hydrate fields: impacts on ocean and atmosphere chemistry,” Fifth
International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16.

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Kastner, M., Solem, C., Bartlett, D., MacDonald, I., and Valentine, D., (2003). “The extent of CH4
emission and oxidation in thermogenic and biogenic gas hydrate environments,”
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 8-12.
Solomon, E., Kastner, M., Jannasch, H., Weinstein, Y., Robertson, G., and Aubrey, A., (2004).
“Long-term continuous monitoring of fluid chemistry and flux at the Bush Hill gas
hydrate field, Gulf of Mexico, using a new flowmeter, the MOSQUITO,” American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 13-17.
Solomon, E., Kastner, M., Jannasch, H., Weinstein, Y., and Robertson, G., (2005). “Insights into
the dynamics of in situ gas hydrate formation and dissociation at Bush Hill gas hydrate
field, Gulf of Mexico,” Fifth International Conference of Gas Hydrates, Trondheim,
Norway, June 13-16.
Weinstein, Y., Kastner, M., and Jannasch, H., (2003). “The MOSQUITO: a new sampler formonitoring fluid and solute fluxes between the sediment and the ocean,” EGS-AGU-EUG
Joint Assembly Meeting, Nice, France, April 6-11.

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In Situ Sampling and Characterization of Naturally Occurring Methane Hydrate During
IODP legs 204 and 311 (DE-FC26-01NT41329)
Joint Oceanographic Institution (the National Science Foundation was the primary U. S.
funder of these programs, but DOE contributed slightly more than $2 million to further
hydrate-related field analysis technologies).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Akiba, F., Inoue, Y., Saito-Kato, M., Pohlman, J., (2009). “Data Report: diatom and foraminferal
assemblages in Pleistocene turbidite sediments from the Cascadia margin (IODP
Expedition 311) northeast Pacific,” In Riedel, M., Collett, T. S., Malone, M. J. and theExpedition 311 Scientists (Eds.) Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program,
Volume 311. doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.311.211.2009.
Bangs, N., Musgrave, R., and Tréhu, A., (2005). “Upward shifts in the southern Hydrate Ridge gas
hydrate stability zone following postglacial warming, offshore Oregon,” Journal ofGeophysical Research, Vol. 110, B03102, doi:10.1029/2004JB003293.
Collett, T., Lee, M., Goldberg, D., Rack, F., and Williams, T., (2006). “Ocean Drilling Program Leg
204 nuclear magnetic resonance logging while-drilling,” in Trehu , A. M., Bohrmann, G.,
Torres, M. E., and Colwell, F. S. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program
Scientific Results, V. 204, 25 p.
Janik, A., Goldberg, D., Guerin, G., and Collett, T., (in review). “Estimation of gas hydrate
concentration and heterogeneity on Cascadia Margin from ODP 204 logging while
drilling (LWD) measurements,” in Collett, T., A .Johnson, C. Knapp and Boswell, R., eds.,
Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource and Associated Geologic Hazards, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Special Publication.
Johnson, J., Goldfinger, C., Bangs, N., Trehu, A., and Chevallier, J., (in review). “Structuralvergence variation and clockwise block rotation in the Cascadia accretionary wedge,
offshore Oregon, Tectonics.”
Kim, D., Uhm, T., Lee, H., Lee, Y., Ryu, B., and Kim, J., (in review). “Compositional and structural
identification of natural gas hydrates collected at Site 1249 on ODP Leg 204,” Korean
Journal of Chemical Engineering.
Liu, X., and Flemings, P., (2006). “Passing gas through the hydrate stability zone at southern
Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241, pp. 211-226.
Liu, X., and Flemings, P., (in review). “Dynamic multi-phase flow model of hydrate formation inmarine sediments,” Journal Geophysical Research.
Long, H., Flemings, P., and Germaine, J., (in review). “Interpreting In Situ pressure and hydraulicproperties with borehole penetrometers in ocean drilling: DVTPP and piezoprobe
deployments at southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon,” Journal GeophysicalResearch.

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Lorenson, T., Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., and Dougherty, J., (2006). “Data report: Acetate andhydrogen concentrations in pore fluids associated with a large gas hydrate reservoir,
southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, USA,” in Trehu, A., Torres, M., G. Bohrmann,and Colwell, F., eds., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX, Volume 204.
Milkov, A., Claypool, G., Lee, Y., and Sassen, R., (2005). “Gas hydrate systems at Hydrate Ridge
offshore Oregon inferred from molecular and isotopic properties of hydrate-bound andvoid gases,” Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Volume 69, pp. 1007-1026.
Milkov, A., Claypool, G., Lee, Y., Torres, M., Borowski, W., Tomaru, H., Sassen, R., Long, P., andthe ODP Leg 204 Scientific Party, (2004). “Subsurface gases indicate gas hydrate
occurrence in marine sediments at southern Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon, Org.”
Geochem., Volume 35, pp. 1067-1080.
Milkov, A., Claypool, G., Lee, Y., Xu, W., Dickens, G., Borowski, W., and the ODP Leg 204
Scientific Party, (2003). “In situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge offshore
Oregon: new constraints on the global gas hydrate inventory from an active margin,”
Geology, Volume 31, pp. 833-836.
Milkov, A., Dickens, G., Claypool, G., Lee, Y., Borowski, W., Torres, M., Xu, W., Tomaru, H., Tréhu,
A., and Schultheiss, P., (2004). “Co-existence of gas hydrate, free gas, and brine within
the regional gas hydrate stability zone at Hydrate Ridge (Oregon Margin): evidence fromprolonged degassing of a pressurized core,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume
222, pp. 829-843.
Musgrave, R., Bangs, N., Larrasoaña, J., Gràcia, E., Hollamby, J., and Vega, M., (2006). “Rise of
the base of the gas hydrate zone since the last glacial recorded by rock magnetism,”
Geology, 34, p.117-120.
Riedel, M., Long, P., and Collett, T., (2006). “Estimates of in situ gas hydrate concentration fromresistivity monitoring of gas hydrate bearing sediments during temperatureequilibration,” Marine Geology, Volume 227, pp. 215-225.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., and the IODP Expedition 311 Scientists, (2006). Proceedings
IODP, 311, Washington, DC (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management
International, Inc.), doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.311.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., and the IODP Expedition 311 Scientists, (2006). “Stages ofgas-hydrate evolution on the northern Cascadia margin,” Scientific Drilling Journal, Vol.
3, pp.18-24, doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.3.04.
Riedel, M., Long, P., Liu, C., Schultheiss, P., Collett, T., and ODP Leg 204 Shipboard ScientificParty, (2006). “Physical properties of near-surface sediments at southern Hydrate Ridge:
results from ODP Leg 204,” in Tréhu, A., Bohrmann, G., Torres, M., and Colwell, F. eds.,
Proceedings of ODP, Scientific Results, Vol. 204, pp.1-29,
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.204.104.
Riedel, M., Willoughby, E., Hyndman, R., Spence, G., Chapman, N., Edwards, R., Novosel, I., andSchwalenberg, K., (in review). “Gas hydrates at the Northern Cascadia Margin,” inCollett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp and Boswell, R., eds., Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy
Resource and Associated Geologic Hazards, The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Special Publication.

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Riedel, M., Willoughby, E., Chen, M., He, T., Novosel, I., Schwalenberg, K., Hyndman, R., Spence,G., (in review). “Gas hydrate on the Northern Cascadia Margin: regional geophysics andstructural framework,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp and Boswell, R., eds., NaturalGas Hydrates: Energy Resource and Associated Geologic Hazards, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Special Publication.
Teichert, B., Bohrmann, G., and Suess, E., (2005). “Chemoherms on Hydrate Ridge—Uniquemicrobially-mediated carbonate build-ups growing into the water column,”
Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclim, Palaeoecol., Volume 227, pp. 67-85.
Teichert, B., Torres, M., Bohrmann, G., and Eisenhauer, A., (2005). “Fluid sources, fluid pathways
and diagenetic reactions across an accretionary prism revealed by Sr and B
geochemistry,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 239, pp. 106-121.
Torres, M., Tréhu, A., Cespedes, N., Kastner, M., Wortmann, U. G., Kim, J.-H., Long, P.,
Malinverno, A., Pohlman, J. W., Riedel, M., Collett, T., (2008). “Methane hydrate
formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311,” Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, V. 271, pp. 170­180.
Torres, M., Teichert, B., Tréhu, A., Borowski, W., and Tomaru, H., (2004). “Relationship of porewater freshening to accretionary processes in the Cascadia margin: Fluid sources andgas hydrate abundance,” Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, L22305,
doi:10.1029/2004GL021219.
Torres, M., Wallmann, K., Tréhu, A., Bohrmann, G., Borowski, W., and Tomaru, H., (2004). “Gashydrate growth, methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern summit of
Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin off Oregon,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
Volume 226, pp. 225-241.
Tréhu, A., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F., Torres, M., and the ODP Leg 204 Scientific Party, (2003). “ODP
Leg 204: gas hydrate distribution and dynamics beneath southern Hydrate Ridge,”
JOIDES Journal, Volume 29(2), pp. 5-8.
Tréhu, A., Flemings, P., Bangs, N., Chevallier, J., Gràcia, E., Johnson, J., Liu, C., Liu, X., Riedel, M.,
and Torres, M., (2004). “Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south
Hydrate Ridge,” Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, L23310,
doi:10.1029/2004GL021286.
Tréhu, A., Long, P., Torres, M., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F., Collett, T., Goldberg, D., Milkov, A.,
Riedel, M., Schultheiss, P., Bangs, N., Barr, S., Borowski, W., Claypool, G., Delwiche, M.,
Dickens, G., Gràcia, E., Guerin, G., Holland, M., Johnson, J., Lee, Y., Liu, C., Su, X.,
Teichert, B., Tomaru, H., Vanneste, M., Watanabe, M., and Weinberger, J., (2004).
“Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge:
constraints from ODP Leg 204,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 222, p.845862.
Trehu, A., Ruppel, C., Holland, M., Dickens, G., Torres, M., Collett, T., Goldberg, D., Riedel, M.,
and Schultheiss, P., (2006). “Gas Hydrates in marine sediments - lessons from ocean
drilling,” Oceanography, V. 19, n. 4., pp. 124-142.
Weinberger, J., Brown, K., and Long, P., (2005). “Painting a picture of gas hydrate distribution
with thermal images,” Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L04609,
doi:10.1029/2004GL021437.

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Other Publications
Collett, T., Barr, S., Goldberg, D., and G. Guerin, (2003). “Downhole logging,” in Trehu, A., G.
Bormann, and R. Colwell, eds., Initial Reports—Gas hydrate beneath the seafloor of
Hydrate Ridge: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Ocean Drilling Program,Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Volume 204.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., and the IODP Expedition 311 Scientists, (2006). “Proceedingsof the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 311,” Cascadia Margin Gas
Hydrates, IODP Management International, Inc., Texas A&M University.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., Akiba, F., Blanc-Valleron, M., Ellis, M., Guerin, G., HashiMoto, Y., Heuer, V., Higashi, Y., Holland, M., Jackson, P., Kaneko, M., Kastner, M., Kim, J.,
Kitajima, H., Long, P., Malinverno, A., Myers, G., Palekar, L., Pohlman, J., Schultheiss, P.,
Teichert, B., Torres, M., Tréhu, A., Wang, J., Wortmann, U., and Yoshioka, H., (2006).
“Gas hydrate transect across northern Cascadia Margin,” Eos, Volume 87, N. 33, pp. 325332.
Shipboard Scientific Party, (2005). “Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Expedition 311
Preliminary Report,” Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrates.
Tréhu, A., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F.,Torres, M., et al., (2003). “Initial Reports—Gas hydratebeneath the seafloor of Hydrate Ridge,” Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program,
Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Volume 204.
Trehu, A., Torres, M., Bohrmann, G., and Colwell, F., (2006). “Leg 204 synthesis: Gas hydrate
distribution and dynamics in the central Cascadia accretionary complex,” in Trehu, A.,
M. Torres, G. Bohrmann, and Colwell, F., eds., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, Ocean Drilling
Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Volume 204.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Gilbert, L., (2006). “Physical properties of repressurized
sediment from Hydrate Ridge,” in Tréhu, A., G. Bohrmann, M. Torres, Colwell, F., eds.,
Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 204: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1–19,
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.204.119.2006, available online.
Presentations
Cespedes, N., Trehu, A., and Torres, M., (2006). “Grain size variation of sediments fromExpedition 311,” paper OS33B-1714American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, , San
Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Collett, T., Riedel, M., and Malone, M., (2006). “Gas Hydrate Research Coring and Downhole
Logging Operational Protocol,” paper OS11E-02, American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Collett, T., Goldberg, D., Janik, A., and Guerin, G., (2004). “Occurrence of Gas Hydrate andAssociated Free-Gas Accumulations on Hydrate Ridge, Offshore Oregon,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
Cook, A., and Goldberg, D., (2006). “Strength of Gas Hydrate-bearing Sediments from IODP
Expedition 311, Cascadia Margin,” paper OS33B-1700American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, , San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.

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Enkin, R., Baker, J., Esteban, L., Mullin, A., Paterson, B., Hamilton, T., and Riedel, M., (2006).
“Magnetic Properties of Sediments from IODP Expedition 311 - Cascadia Margin Gas
Hydrates: Records of Fossil Sulphate Methane Interface?,” paper OS33B-1692,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Francis, T., (2004). “The HYACINTH Project - Pressurized Samples from the Seabed forContinental Margin Research,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 18-21.
Goldberg, D., Guerin, G., Malinverno, A., Tagbor, K., and Alford, J., (2006). “Formation Vp
Derived From LWD Sonic Data at IODP Sites U1325-U1329, Cascadia Margin,” paper
OS33B-1713, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
11-15.
Guerin, G., and Goldberg, D., (2006). “Analysis of Multimode Acoustic Waveforms in Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediments, IODP Expedition 311, Cascadia Margin,” paper OS33B-1701,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, , December 11-15.
Holland, M., Schultheiss, P., Roberts, J., and Druce, M., (2006). “Gas Hydrate-SedimentMorphologies Revealed by Pressure Core Analysis,” paper OS33B-1689, American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Lu, H., Moudrakovski, I., Schicks, J., Ripmeester, J., and Zhang, M., (2006). “The characteristics ofgas hydrates recovered from Northern Cascadia margin by IODP Expedition 311,” paper
OS11E-08, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 1115.
Lu, Z., (2006). “Iodine and bromine concentrations in pore waters from two gas hydrate fields:
IODP 311 and ODP 204,” paper OS11E-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Malinverno, A., Kastner, M., Torres, M., and Wortmann, U., (2006). “Gas Hydrate Saturations
and Their Uncertainties From Chlorinity and Well Log Data at IODP Site U1325 (Exp. 311,
Cascadia Margin),” paper OS11E-04, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Pasteris, J., (2003). “Development of In Situ, Real-Time Raman Analysis of Clathrate Hydrates on
the Sea Floor,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 25.
Paulson, M., Merrill, J., Moran, K., Baxter, C., and Ressler, J., (2006). “Predicting Sediment
Strength in Accretionary Complexes Using Geophysical Logs,” paper T21A-0388,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Pinero, E., Martinez-Ruiz, F., Gracia, E., Larrasoana, J., and Danobeitia, J., (2006). “Gas Hydratesbearing Sediments from Southern Hydrate Ridge (ODP Leg 204): Geochemical andMineralogical Approach,” paper OS33B-1694, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Pohlman, J., Kaneko, M., Heuer, V., Plummer, R., and Coffin, R., (2006). “Molecular and Isotopic
Characterization of Gases from IODP Expedition 311: Source and Gas Hydrate Related
Controls,” paper OS11E-06, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
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Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., Hyndman, R., Willoughby, E., Spence, G., Chapman, R.,
Edwards, N., and Schwalenberg, K., (2006). “IODP Expedition 311 – A review of gas
hydrate research on the Northern Cascadia Margin,” paper OS11E-01, Americna
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., and Expedition 311 Scientific Party, (2005). “Integrated
Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 311— Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrates,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
Riedel, M., Collett, T., Malone, M., and Expedition 311 Scientific Party, (2006). “Integrated
Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 311—Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrates,” International
Conference on Sediment-hosted gas hydrates: new insights on natural and synthetic
systems, Geological Society of London, January 25-26.
Schicks, J., Ziemann, M., Naumann, R., and Erzinger, J., (2006). “Characterization of Gas Hydrate
Samples from IODP 311 using High Resolution Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction
and Differential Scanning Calorimetry,” paper OS33B-1698, American Geophysical Union
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2006). “Natural gas hydrate in sediments imaged by cryogenic SEM:
Insights from lab experiments on synthetic hydrates as interpretive guides,” paper
OS33B-1699, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
11-15.
Teichert, B., Bohrmann, G., Gràcia, E., Johnson, J., Su, X., Weinberger, J., and ODP Leg 204
Shipboard Scientific Party, (2003). “Authigenic carbonates from Hydrate Ridge (ODP Leg204), formation processes and evidence of fluid pathways,” EGS-AGU-EUG Joint
Assembly, Nice, France, April 6-11.
Teichert, B., Bohrmann, G., Gràcia, E., Johnson, J., Su, X., Weinberger, J., and ODP Leg 204
Shipboard Scientific Party, (2003). “Authigenic carbonates from Hydrate Ridge (ODP Leg204),” IODP-ICDP, Mainz, Germany, March 26-28.
Teichert, B., Bohrmann, G., Torres, M., and Eisenhauer, A., (2004). “Fluid pathways influencing
gas hydrate occurrence at Hydrate Ridge,” Euro-Forum for Scientific Earth Drilling,
Bremen, Germany, March 17-19.
Teichert, B., Torres, M., Bohrmann, G., and Eisenhauer, A., (2005). “Fluid sources, fluid pathways
and diagenetic reactions across an accretionary prism revealed by Sr and B
geochemistry,” ICDP-IODP meeting, Potsdam, Germany, March 14-16.
Trehu, A., (2006). “Heat flow in the outer Cascadia accretionary complex from boreholes andBSRs,” OS33B-1715, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 11-15.
Villinger, H., Heesemann, M., Fisher, A., Trehu, A., and Witte, S., (2006). “Deployment andTesting of the Third-generation Tool to Determine In Situ Temperatures While Piston
Coring During Scientific Ocean Drilling,” OS31D-1664, American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Wang, J., (2006). “The Lithological Constraint to Gas Hydrate Formation: Evidence of Grain Sizeof Sediments from IODP 311 on Cascadia Margin,” OS33B-1708, American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.

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Xu, W., (2006). “The Role of Natural Gas Hydrates in Shaping the Global Continental Slopes,”
OS12C-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 1115.

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Comparative Assessment of Advanced Gas Hydrate Production Methods (DE-FC2606NT42666)Battelle Pacific Northwest Division, University of Alaska – Fairbanks
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bhangale, A., Zhu, T., McGrail, B., and White, M., (2006). “A model to predict hydrate
equilibrium and hydrate saturation inside porous media including mixed CH4-CO2
hydrates,” paper SPE 99759, proceedings of the SPE-Improved Oil Recovery Symposium.
McGrail, B., Zhu, T., and Hunter, B., (2005). “New Method May Hold Promise for Gas Hydrate
Production and Carbon Sequestration,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter,
Winter.
McGrail B. P., Ahmed, S., Schaef, H. T., Owen, A. T., Martin, P. F., and Zhu, T., (2007). “Gas
Hydrate Property Measurements in Porous Sediments with Resonant UltrasoundSpectroscopy,” Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth 112(B05202).
Phale H., Zhu, T., White, M., and McGrail, B., (2006). “Simulation Study on Injection of CO2microemulsion for Methane Recovery from Gas-Hydrate Reservoirs,” paper SPE 100541,
proceedings of the SPE Gas Technology Symposium.
Zhu, T., McGrail, B., Kulkarni, A., White, M., Phale, H., Patil, S., and Ogbe, D., (2005).
“Development of a Thermodynamic Model and Reservoir Simulator for the CH4, CO2,
and CH4-CO2 Gas Hydrate System,” paper SPE 93976, proceedings of the AAPG/SPE
Western Regional.
Presentations
Bhangale, A., Zhu, T., McGrail, B., and White, M., (2006). “A model to predict hydrate
equilibrium and hydrate saturation inside porous media including mixed CH4-CO2
hydrates,” SPE-Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April 22-26.
McGrail, B., Schaef, H., White, M., Owen, A., Zhu, T., and Hunter, R., (2005). “Enhanced Gas
Hydrate Recovery with CO2 Sequestration,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Calgary, AB, June 20.
McGrail, B., Zhu, T., Hunter, R., White, M., Patil, S., and Kulkarni, A., (2004). “A New Method forEnhanced Production of Gas Hydrates with CO2,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
White, M. D, and McGrail, B. P., (2008). "Designing a Pilot-Scale Experiment for the Productionof Natural Gas Hydrates and Sequestration of CO2 in Class 1 Hydrate Accumulations." In
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control
Technologies, PNWD-SA-8374, Battelle - Pacific Northwest Division, Richland, WA.
Phale H., Zhu, T., White, M., and B. McGrail, (2006). “Simulation Study on Injection of CO2microemulsion for Methane Recovery from Gas-Hydrate Reservoirs,” SPE Gas
Technology Symposium, Calgary, AB, May 15-18.

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White, M., and McGrail, B., (2008). “Numerical Simulation of Methane Hydrate Production from
Geologic Formations via Carbon Dioxide Injection,” Special Session on Gas Production
From Hydrates, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Zhu, T., McGrail, B., Kulkarni, A., White, M., Phale, H., Patil, S., and Ogbe, D., (2005).
“Development of a Thermodynamic Model and Reservoir Simulator for the CH4, CO2,
and CH4-CO2 Gas Hydrate System,” AAPG/SPE Western Reg. Meeting, Irvine, CA, March
30-April 1.

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Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes (DE-FC26-06NT42961)
Rock Solid Images
Government Reports
Walls, J., (2007). “Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes, Quarterly
Progress Report – April – June 2007.DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42961, July 2007.
Walls, J., (2010). “Seismic Gas Hydrate Quantification by Cumulative Attributes, Final Project
Report. DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-06NT42961, June 2010.
Presentations
Walls, J., (2006). “Hydrate Resource Identification and Characterization from Well Logs and 3D
Seismic,” Hart Energy Publ. Methane Hydrates Conference, Houston, TX, Dec. 5-6.

Petrophysical Characterization and Reservoir Simulator for Methane Gas Production
from Gulf of Mexico Hydrates (DE-FC26-02NT41327)
Westport Technology Center International, University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Sun, X., and Mohanty, K., (2006)., “Kinetic Simulation of Methane Hydrate Formation andDissociation in Porous Media,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 61, 3476-3495.
Presentations
Sun, X., Mohanty, K., (2005). “Simulation of Methane Hydrate Reservoirs,” paper SPE 93015, SPE
Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Woodlands, TX, Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

Gas Hydrates Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel (DE-AI2606NT42938)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Presentations
Kroenlein, K., Löwner, R., Wang, W., Diky, V., Smith, T., Muzny, C. D., Chirico, R. D., Kazakov, A.,
Sloan, E. D., and Frenkel, M., (2008). “Standardization and Software Infrastructure for
Gas Hydrate Data Communications,” Proc. 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Vancouver, Canada.

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Characterization and Qualification of the Methane Hydrate Resource Potential
Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields (DE-FC26-06NT42962)
North Slope Borough, University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Other Publications
Walsh, T., and Stokes, P., (2007). “Characterization and Quantification of the Methane Hydrate
Resource Potential Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the
Ice Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2007.
Presentations
Walsh, T., MacRae, S., Stokes, P., Patil, S., and Singh, P., (2007). “Methane Hydrate Resource
Potential Associated with the Barrow Gas Fields,” Arctic Energy Summit, Anchorage, AK,
October 16.
Walsh, T., Stokes, P., Panda, M., Morahan, T., Greet, D., MacRae, S., Singh, P., Patil, S., (2008).
“Characterization and quantification of the methane hydrate resource potential
associated with the Barrow Gas Field,” International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Vancouver, July 7-10.

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955 (DE-FE0009904)
Oklahoma State University
Government Reports
Jaiswal, P., (2013). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress– Period Ending January 31, (2013). DOE Award No.: DEFE0009904. February 2013.
Jaiswal, P., (2013). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress– Period Ending April 30, (2013). DOE Award No.: DEFE0009904. May 2013.
Jaiswal, P., (2013). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress– Period Ending June 30, (2013). DOE Award No.: DEFE0009904. August 2013.
Jaiswal, P., (2013). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress– Period Ending September 30, (2013). DOE Award No.:
DE-FE0009904.

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Jaiswal, P., (2013). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress – Period Ending December 31, (2013). DOE Award No.:
DE-FE0009904.
Jaiswal, P., (2014). “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Methane Hydrate Occurrence andDistribution: Gulf of Mexico, Walker Ridge 313 and Green Canyon 955,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress – Period Ending September 30, (2014). DOE Award No.:
DE-FE0009904. August 2013.

Development of a Scientific Plan for a Hydrate-Focused Marine Drilling, Logging andCoring Program (DE-FE0010195)
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Government Reports
Myers, G., (2013). “Methane Hydrate Field Program,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress– Period Ending December 31, (2012).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010195. January
2013.
Myers, G., (2013). “Methane Hydrate Field Program,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress– Period Ending March 31, (2013).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010195. April 2013.
Myers, G., (2013). “Methane Hydrate Field Program,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress– Period Ending June 30, (2013).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010195. July 2013.
Myers, G., (2013). “Methane Hydrate Field Program,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress– Period Ending September 30, (2013).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010195. October 2013.
Myers, G., (2013). “Methane Hydrate Field Program,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress– Period Ending December 31, (2013).DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010195. January
2014.
Consortium for Ocean Leadership, (2013). “Methane Hydrate Community Workshop Report.”
Washington, D. C., June 4-6, http://oceanleadership.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/01/MH_Workshop_Rpt_Final.pdf.
Consortium for Ocean Leadership and the Methane Hydrate Project Science Team, (2013).
“Marine Methane Hydrate Field Research Plan: Topical Report.” DOE Award No.: DEFE0010195. Washington, D. C., December 2013, http://oceanleadership.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/01/MH_Science_Plan_Final.pdf

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A New Approach to Understanding the Occurence and Volume of Natural Gas Hydrate
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs (DE-FE0009949)
Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cook, A. E., and Tost, B. C., (2014). “Geophysical signatures for low porosity can mimic natural
gas hydrate: an example from Alaminos Canyon,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 119,7458-7472. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011342
Cook, A. E., Goldberg, D., and Malinverno, A., (2014). “Natural gas hydrates occupying fractures:
A focus on non-vent sites on the Indian continental margin and the northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, 58, 278-291. doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.04.013
Majumdar, U, Cook, A., Ismail, S., Frye, M., and Shedd, W., (2014). “A new approach todetermining the occurance of natural gas hydrate in the northern Gulf of Mexico using
petroleum industry well logs,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Beijing, China. July 28-Aug 1, 2014.
Majumdar, U, Cook, A., Shedd, W., and Frye, M., (2016). “The connection between natural gas
hydrate and bottom simulating reflectors,” Geophysical Research Letters.
Government Reports
Cook, A., (2013). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending December 31, 2012,” DOE Award
No.: DE-FE0009949. January 2013.
Cook, A. , (2013). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of NaturalGas Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,”
Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending March 31, 2013. DOE
Award No.: DE-FE0009949. April 2013.
Cook, A., (2013). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending June 30, 2013. DOE Award No.:
DE-FE0009949. July 2013.
Cook, A., (2013). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending September 30, 2013. DOE Award
No.: DE-FE0009949. October 2013.
Cook, A., (2014). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending December 31, 2013. DOE Award
No.: DE-FE0009949. January 2014.

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Cook, A., (2014). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report– Period Ending March 31, 2014,” DOE Award
No.: DE-FE0009949. April 2014.
Cook, A., (2014). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report—Period Ending June 30, 2014, Award No.: DEFE0009949. July 2014.
Cook, A., (2014). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report-Period Ending September 30, 2014. Award No.:
DE-FE0009949. November 2014.
Cook, A., (2016). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report-Period Ending December 31, 2015. Award No.:
DE-FE0009949. January, 2016.
Cook, A., (2016). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence and Volume of Natural Gas
Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry Well Logs,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report-Period Ending March 31, 2015. Award No.: DEFE0009949. April, 2016.
Cook, A. and Majumdar, U., (2016). “A New Approach to Understanding the Occurrence andVolume of Natural Gas Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Petroleum Industry
Well Logs,” Final Report for DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009949, prepared for United States
Department of Energy and National Energy Technology Laboratory, 24 p.
Other Publications
Tost, B. C. and Cook, A. E., (2013). Do gas hydrates occur in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico?
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, SPE-168887-MS, Denver Colorado,
August 12-14, 2013.
Tost, B. C., (2013). “Low porosity mistaken for natural gas hydrate at Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of
Mexico: Implications for gas hydrate exploration in marine sediment reservoirs,”
Masters Thesis. Ohio State University.
Presentations
Burchwell, A. and Cook, A., (2015). “Nuclear well log properties of natural gas hydrate
reservoirs,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 1419.
Cook A. and Tost, B, (2014). “Geophysical signatures for low porosity sand can mimic natural gas
hydrate,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19.

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Majumdar, U. and Cook, A., (2015). “A new approach to determine the occurrences anddistribution of natural gas hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico using existing
petroleum industry well logs,” Eighteenth Annual AAPG/SEG Student Expo., September
22-23.
Majumdar, U., Shedd, W., Cook, A., and Frye, M., (2015). “The role of bottom simulatingreflectors in gas hydrate assessment,” American Geophysical Meeting Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Tost, B. A., and Cook, A. E., (2013). “Do gas hydrates occur in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico?”
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, CO, August 12-14.

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Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope: Modeling and Field
Characterization (DE-FE0010180)
Southern Methodist University, Oregon State University, U. S. Geological Survey
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Phrampus, B., Hornbach, M., Ruppel, C., and Hart, P., (2014). Widespread gas hydrate instabilityon the upper U. S. Beaufort margin. J. Geophys. Res., v. 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB011290

Government Reports
Hornbach, M. J., (2013). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, October-December,(2012). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, January 2013.
Hornbach, M. J., (2013). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, January-March,(2013). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, May 2013.
Hornbach, M. J., (2013). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, April-June, (2013).
Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, August 2013.
Hornbach, M. J., (2013). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, July-September,(2013). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, November
2013.
Hornbach, M. J., (2016). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, October-December,(2015). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, January 2016.
Hornbach, M. J., (2016). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, January-March,(2016). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, May 2016.
Hornbach, M. J., (2016). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, April-June, (2016).
Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, July 2016.
Hornbach, M. J., (2016). “Gas Hydrate Dynamics on the Alaskan Beaufort Continental Slope:
Modeling and Field Characterization,” Quarterly Progress Report, July-September,(2016). Southern Methodist University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010180, October 2016.

Presentations

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Hornbach, M. J., (2016). “Methane Hydrates and Slope Failure on the U. S. East Coast: After 40
Years, What Have We Learned and What's Next?” Gordon Research Conference,
Galveston, TX, March 29th.
Hornbach, M. J., Phrampus, B. J., Ruppel, C. D., and Hart, P. E., (2012). “The role of ocean
circulation on methane hydrate stability and margin evolution,” American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Phrampus, J. and Hornbach, M., (2012). “Recent changes to the Gulf Stream causing widespreadgas hydrate destabilization,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, Dec. 3-7.
Ruppel, C. D., Hart, P. E., Moore, E., Worley, C., and Brothers, L., (2012). “Mapping subsea
permafrost, relict methane hydrate, and gas migration: New cross-shelf multichannel
seismic surveys on the central US Beaufort Shelf,” The American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Phrampus, J., Hornbach, M., Ruppel, C., and Hart, P., (2013). “Alaskan Beaufort Sea heat flow
and ocean temperature analysis: Stability of climate-sensitive continental slope gas
hydrates,” The American Geophysical Union Fall MeetingSan Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.

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Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon Fluxes at
Gas-Hydrate Bearing Sites (DE-FE0010496) and Assessing the Response of Methane
Hydrates to Environmental Change at the Svalbard Continental Margin (DEFE0013531)
Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hong, W. L., Torres, M. E., Kim, J.-H., Choi, J., and Bahk, J.-J., (2013). “Carbon cycling within thesulfate-methane-transition-zone in marine sediments from the Ulleung Basin,”
Biogeochemistry, pp. 1-20.
Hong, W. L., Torres, M. E., Kim, J.-H., Choi, J., and Bahk, J.-J., (2014). “Towards quantifying thereaction network around sulfate-methane-1 transition-zone in the Ulleung Basin, East
Sea, with a kinetic modeling approach,” Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, v. 140, pp. 127141.
Hong, W. L., Torres, M. E., Johnson, J., Verba, C., and Phillips, S., (2015). “Source and diagenetic
impact of methane at southern Hydrate Ridge over the past 120 ky,” Earth andPlanetary Science Letters.
Government Reports
Torres, M., (2016). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (Jan-March, 2016), April 2016.
Torres, M., (2016). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (Oct-Dec, 2015), January 2016.
Torres, M., (2015). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (July-Sept., 2015), October 2015.
Torres, M., (2015). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (January-March., 2015), April 2015.
Torres, M., (2015). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (Oct.-Dec., 2014), January 2015.
Torres, M., (2014). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (July.-Sept., 2014), October 2014.

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Torres, M., (2014). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (April.-June., 2014), July 2014.
Torres, M., (2014). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (Jan.-March., 2014), April 2014.
Torres, M., (2014). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (January., 2014), February 2014.
Torres, M., (2014). “Assessing the response of methane hydrates to environmental change at
the Svalbard continental margin,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013531, Quarterly Progress
Report (Oct.-Dec., 2013), January 2014.
Torres, M., (2013). “Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon
Fluxes at Gas-Hydrate Bearing Sites,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010496, Quarterly Progress
Report (October-December, 2012), February 2013.
Torres, M., (2013). “Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon
Fluxes at Gas-Hydrate Bearing Sites,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010496, Quarterly Progress
Report (January-March, 2013), March 2013.
Torres, M., (2013). “Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon
Fluxes at Gas-Hydrate Bearing Sites,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010496, Quarterly Progress
Report (April-June, 2013), June 2013.
Torres, M., (2013). “Application of Crunch-Flow Routines to Constrain Present and Past Carbon
Fluxes at Gas-Hydrate Bearing Sites,” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010496, Quarterly Progress
Report (July-September, 2013), October 2013.
Presentations
Torres, M. E., (2013). “Methane hydrate role in the global carbon cycle,” G. Bohrmann ResearchGroup Meetings, University of Bremen, May 2013.
Torres, M. E., Kim, J-H, and Bahk, J. J., (2013). “Methane sources, transport and sinks in the gas
hydrate bearing sediments of the Ulleung Basin, Korea. Invited lecture, Geomar, Kiel
Germany, June 2013.
Torres, M. E., Kim, J.-H., and Bahk, J. J., (2013). “Methane sources, transport and sinks in the gas
hydrate bearing sediments of the Ulleung Basin, Korea,” Eugene, OR, October 2013.
Hong, W., Torres, M., et al, (2016). “Methane discharges from Arctic gas hydrates: warming or
natural ventilation? (poster),” The Gordon Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX,
March 2016.
Klasek, S., Yu, T., Liang, L., Torres, M., et al, (2016). “Temporal dynamics of communities thatanaerobically oxidize methane in response to short-term changesin methane partialpressures (poster),” The Gordon Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX, March 2016.
Mau, S., Romer, M., Torres, M., et al, (2016). “Methane Seepage along the Continental Margin
off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden, (poster)” EGU General Assembly, Vienna,
Austria, April 17–22.

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Verification of Capillary Pressure Functions and Relative Permeability Equations for
Gas Production (DE-FE0009927)
Wayne State University
Peer Reviewed Publications
Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X., and Jang, J. (2016). “The effect of hydrate saturation on water
retention curves in hydrate-bearing sediments,” Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:
10.1002/2016GL068656.
Mahabadi, N. and Jang, J. (2014), “Relative water and gas permeability for gas production fromhydrate-bearing sediments,” Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 15, 2346-2353.

Government Reports
Jang, J., (2012). “Verification of Capillary Pressure Functions and Relative Permeability Equations
for Gas Production.” Quarterly Progress Report, October 2012 - December 2012, Wayne
State University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009927. January 2013.
Jang, J., (2013). “Verification of Capillary Pressure Functions and Relative Permeability Equations
for Gas Production.” Quarterly Progress Report, January 2013 - March 2013, Wayne
State University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009927. April 2013.
Jang, J., (2013). “Verification of Capillary Pressure Functions and Relative Permeability Equations
for Gas Production.” Quarterly Progress Report, March 2013 - June 2013, Wayne State
University, DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009927. July 2013.
Presentations
Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X., and Jang, J. (2016), “Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) in hydratebearing sediments,” US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship(UKC 2016), Dallas, TX, Aug. 10-13.
Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X. and Jang, J. (2016). “Water retention curve in THF hydrate-bearing
sediments,” Gordon Research Conference – Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX,
Feb. 28-Mar. 4.
Mahabadi, N., Zheng, X., Dai, S., Seol, Y., Zapata, C. E., Yun, T.-S., and Jang, J. (2015). “Water
retention curves in THF hydrate-bearing sediments – Experimental measurement andpore-scale simulation,” American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec.
14-18.
Mahabadi, N., Dai, S., Seol, Y. and Jang. J. (2014). “Water Retention Curve and Relative
Permeability for Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” American
Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 15-19.

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Mahabadi, N. and Jang, J. (2013). “Verification of relative permeability equations for gas
production from hydrate-bearing sediments,” American Geophysical Union meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.

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Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in HydrateBearing Sediments (DE-FE0009963)
Colorado School of Mines, Geophysics Department
Government Reports
Batzle, M., (2013). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 12/31/2012), January 2013.
Batzle, M., (2013). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 3/31/2013), April 2013.
Batzle, M., (2013). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 6/30/2013), July 2013.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 9/30/2013), July 2014.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 12/31/2013), July 2014.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 3/31/2014), July 2014.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 6/30/2014), August 2014.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 9/30/2014), August 2014.
Batzle, M., (2014). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuationsin Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 12/31/2014), January 2015.

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Prasad, M., (2016). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 12/31/2015), January 2016.
Prasad, M., (2016). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 3/31/2016), April 2016.
Prasad, M., (2016). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 6/30/2016), July 2016.
Prasad, M., (2016). “Measurement and Interpretation of Seismic Velocities and Attenuations in
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” DOE Award No.: DE-FE0009963, Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period ending 9/30/2016), October 2016.
Other Publications
Schindler, M., Batzle, M., Prasad, M., (2015). “Pore-Scale Imaging of Tetrahydrofuran-Hydrate
Bearing Porous Media,” Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Expanded Abstracts,
pp. 3140-3145.
Presentations
Pohl, Mathias, Rydzy, Marisa, and Batzle, Mike, Colorado School of Mines, (2013). “Investigating
the Influence of Clay Content on Ultrasonic Velocities in THF-bearing sediments” The
2nd International Workshop on Rock Physics, South Hampton, UK.
Rydzy, M, Batzle, M., Hester, K., Howard, J., and Stevens, J., (2013). “Effect of initial water
saturation on the elastic properties of hydrate-bearing sediment,” The Unconventional
Resources Technology Conference, Denver, CO, Aug. 12-14.
Schindler, M., Batzle, M., and Prasad, M., (2015). “Pore-scale imaging of tetrahydrofurn-hydrate
bearing porous media.” Presented at Annual SEG Conference, New Orleans, LA.

THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New
Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings) (DE-FE0013889)
Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Chong, S.H. and Santamarina, J.C., (2016). “Soil Compressibility Models for Wide Stress Range.”
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, v. 142, n. 6.

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Gai, X. and Sánchez, M., (2016). Mechanical Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments Using
an Elasto-Plastic Framework. In Wuttke, F., Bauer, S., and Sánchez, M., Editors:
Environmental Geotechnics, pp. 19-24.
McCartney, J., Sánchez, M., and Tomac, I., (2016). “Energy Geotechnics: Advances in Subsurface
Energy Recovery, Storage, Exchange, and Waste Management.” Computers andGeotechnics, v. 75, pp. 244–256, May 2016. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.01.002.
Sánchez, M., Flacao, F., Mack, M., Pereira, J-M., Narsilio, G., and Guimaraes, L., 2016. “Salient
Comments and Discussions from a Geo-Energy Panel.” Environmental Geotechnics. doi:
10.1680/jenge.16.00008.
Sánchez, M., Gai, X., and Santamarina, J.C., (2017). “A Constitutive Mechanical Model for Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediments Incorporating Inelastic Mechanisms.” Computers andGeotechnics, v. 84, pp. 28-46. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.11.012.
Shin, H. and Santamarina, J.C., (2016). “Sediment-well interaction during depressurization.” Acta
Geotechnica, doi:10.1007/s11440-016-0493.
Government Reports
Sánchez, M., and Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2013). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, July 2013.
Sánchez, M., and Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2014).
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, April 2014.
Sánchez, M., and Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/2014).
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, August 2014.
Sánchez, M., and Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/2014).
DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, November 2014.
Sánchez, M., and Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, February 2015.
Sánchez, M. ,and Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
03/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, May 2015.

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Sánchez, M., (2015). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis andDesign of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings),” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 06/30/2015). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013889, August 2015.
Sánchez, M., (2015). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis andDesign of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings),” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 09/30/2015). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013889, November 2015.
Sánchez, M., (2016). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis andDesign of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings),” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 01/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013889, February 2016.
Sánchez, M., (2016). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis andDesign of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings),” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 03/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013889, April 2016.
Sánchez, M., (2016). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis andDesign of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings),” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 06/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013889, July 2016.
Sánchez, M. and Santamarina, J.C., (2017). “THCM Coupled Model for Hydrate-Bearing
Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost
Settings),” Final Scientific and Technical Report (Project Period October 1, 2013September 30, 2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013889, February 2017.
Other Publications
Sánchez, M., Santamarina, J.C., Gai, X., Teymouri, M., and Shastri, A., (2016). “Coupled ThermoHydro-Chemo-Mechanical (THCM) Models for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments.” Fire in theIce, v. 16, n. 1, pp. 12-17.
Presentations
Gai, X. and Sánchez, M., (2015). “Mechanical Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments Using
an Elasto-Plastic Framework.” 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 15-18.
Gai, X. and Sánchez, M., (2015). “Geomechanical Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments.”
American Geophysical Union, 2015 Fall Meeting, December, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

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Sánchez, M., Santamarina, J.C., Shastri, A., and Gai, X., (2014). Numerical THCM Modeling of HBS
Using a Truly Coupled Approach. Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, March 2014, Galveston, TX.
Sánchez, M., Santamarina, J. C., Shastri, A., and Gai, X., (2014). “Coupled Modeling of Gas
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” 14th IACMAG (International Association for Computer
Methods & Advances in Geomechanics), Kyoto, Japan, September 22-25.
Sánchez, M., Gai, X., Shastri, A., and Santamarina, J.C., (2014). “Coupled THCM Modeling of Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediments. American Geophysical Union, 2014 Fall Meeting, December
2014, San Francisco, CA.
Sánchez, M., Santamarina, J. C., Shastri, A., and Gai, X., (2015). “Numerical Modeling of Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediments.” the 16th ECSMGE (European Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering), Edinburgh, UK, September 13-17.
Sánchez, M., Gai, X., Santamarina, J. C., and Teymouri, M., (2015). “Numerical and Constitutive
Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments.” First International Conference on GeoEnergy and Geo-Environment, Hong Kong, December 4-5.
Sánchez, M. and Gai, X., (2016). “Geomechanical and numerical modeling of gas hydrate
sediments,” 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2016), Kiel,
Germany, August 29-31.
Sánchez, M. and Gai, X., (2016). “Behavior of Hydrates Bearing Sediments,” 1st International
Conference on Energy Geotechnics, Kiel, Germany, Aug. 29-31.
Santamarina, J.C., (2014). “Pressure Core Technology,” American Geophysical Union, 2014 Fall
Meeting, December 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Santamarina, J.C., (2015). “Methane Hydrates,” International Symposium on Energy
Geotechnics, June 2015, Barcelona, Spain.
Santamarina, J.C., (2016). “The Energy Tera Problem: Needed Geo-centered Solutions,” Keynote
Lecture, 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, Kiel, Germany, Aug. 29-31.

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Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate Systems (DEFE0010406)
University of Texas at Austin
Government Reports
Flemings, P. B., (2013). “Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems: Topic Area 2,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2012). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010406, January 2013.
Flemings, P. B., (2014). “Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems: Topic Area 2,” Phase 1 Report. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010406, March 2014.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems: Topic Area 2,” Phase 2 Report. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010406, January 2016.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Controls on Methane Expulsion During Melting of Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems: Topic Area 2,” Final Scientific Report. DOE Award No.: DE-FE0010406, February
2016.
Presentations
Meyer, D., and Flemings, P. B., (2013). “In situ gas hydrate saturation and salinity of hydratebearing sediments through well log analysis (Poster),” Society of Petrophysicists andWell Log Analysts Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 22-26.

Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling, Laboratory,
and Field Constraints (DE-FE0013999)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Brothers, D. S., Ruppel, C., Kluesner, J. W., ten Brink, U. S., Chaytor, J. D., Hill, J. C., Andrews, B.
D. and Flores, C., (2014). “Seabed uid expulsion along upper slope and outer shelf of the
U. S. Atlantic continental margin,” Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2013GL058048.
Cueto-Felgueroso, L., and Juanes, R., (2014). “A phase-field model of two-phase Hele-Shaw
flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 758, pp. 522-552.
Pahlavan, A. A., Cueto-Felgueroso, L., McKinley, G. H., and Juanes, R., (2015). “Thin films inpartial wetting: internal selection of contact-line dynamics,” Physical Review Letters,
115, 034502 (2015), doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.034502.
Scandella, B. P., Pillsbury, L., Weber, T., Ruppel, C., Hemond, H. F., Juanes, R., (2016).
“Ephemerality of discrete methane vents in lake sediments,” Geophysical Research
Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068668 (2016).

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Skarke, A., Ruppel, C., Kodis, M., Brothers, D., and Lobecker, E., (2014). “Widespread methaneleakage from the seafloor on the northern US Atlantic margin,” Nature Geoscience, v. 7,
pp. 657-661, doi:10.1038/ngeo2232.
Weber, T., Mayer, L., Jerram, K., Beaudoin, J., Rzhanov, Y. and Lovalvo, D., (2014). “Acoustic
estimates of methane gas ux from the seabed in a 6000 km2 region in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico,” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 15(5): 1911-1925 (2014),
doi:10.1002/2014GC005271.
Government Reports
Juanes, R., (2014). “Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling,
Laboratory, and Field Constraints,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period Ending 12/31/2013). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013999. January 2014.
Juanes, R., (2014). “Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling,
Laboratory, and Field Constraints,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period Ending 3/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013999. May 2014.
Juanes, R., (2014). “Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling,
Laboratory, and Field Constraints,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period Ending 6/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013999. August 2014.
Juanes, R., (2014). “Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling,
Laboratory, and Field Constraints,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period Ending 9/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013999. November 2014.
Juanes, R., (2016). “Fate of Methane Emitted From Dissociating Marine Hydrates: Modeling,
Laboratory, and Field Constraints,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report(Period Ending 12/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013999. January 2016.
Presentations
Brothers, D. S., Ruppel, C. D., Kluesner, J. W., Chaytor, J. D., ten Brink, U. S., and Hill, J. C., (2013).
“Pervasive evidence for seabed fluid expulsion on the U. S. Atlantic continental margin,”
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.
Kodis, M., Skarke, A., Ruppel, C., Weber, T., Lobecker, E., and Malik, M., (2013). “U. S. Atlantic
margin methane plumes identified from water column backscatter data acquired by
NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA Dec. 9-13.
Ruppel, Weber, Kessler, Pohlman, and Skarke. “Methane hydrate dissociation and gas seepage
on global upper continental slopes driven by intermediate ocean warming,” EOS Trans.
AGU, OS11C-01, AGU Fall Meeting.
Ruppel, Skarke, Kodis, and D. Brothers, (2014). “Hundreds of seeps on the northern US Atlantic
margin: Evidence for warming-induced gas hydrate breakdown,” US Geological Survey,
Santa Cruz, June 2014.
Ruppel, Skarke, Kodis, D. Brothers, and Lobecker, (2014). “Methane seepage at 600 newlydiscovered sites between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank,” URI Graduate School of
Oceanography weekly seminar series, October 2014.

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Scandella, Urban, Delwiche, Greinert, Hemond, Ruppel, and Juanes, (2013) “Quantifying
methane ux from lake sediments using multibeam sonar,” EOS Trans AGU, B53B-0456,
Fall Meeting.
Scandella, B. P., Pillsbury, Liam, Weber, Thomas, Ruppel, Carolyn D., Hemond, Harry, Juanes,
Ruben, (2014). “Quantitative spatiotemporal characterization of methane venting fromlake sediments,” EOS Trans. AGU B13D-0208, AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.
Scandella, B. P., Pillsbury, Liam, Weber, Thomas, Ruppel, Carolyn D., Hemond, Harry, Juanes,
Ruben, (2015). “Spatiotemporal signature of methane venting from lake sediments:from lab to _eld scale,” EOS Trans. AGU B51F-0485, AGU Fall Meeting, 2015.
Skarke, A., Ruppel, Kodis, Lobecker, and Malik, (2013). “Geological signi_cance of newly
discovered methane seeps on the northern US Atlantic margin (poster),” EOS Trans.
AGU, OS21A-1613, AGU Fall Meeting.
Xiaojing Fu, Cueto-Felgueroso, Luis, Waite, William F., Ruppel, Carolyn D., Juanes., Ruben,(2014). “Phase-Field Approach to Modeling Hydrate Formation on Methane Gas Bubbles
in a Water Column,” EOS Trans. AGU OS21B-1119A, AGU Fall Meeting.
Xiaojing Fu, Cueto-Felgueroso, Luis, Ruben, Juanes (2015). “Viscous fingering with partially
miscible uids,” EOS Trans. AGU H41D-1356, AGU Fall Meeting.

Hydrate Evolution in Response to Ongoing Environmental Shifts (DE-FE0013565)
University of Oregon
Government Reports
Rempel, A., (2014). “Hydrate Evolution in Response to Ongoing Environmental Shifts,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2014). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013565. April 2014.
Rempel, A., (2014). “Hydrate Evolution in Response to Ongoing Environmental Shifts,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013565. July 2014.
Rempel, A., (2014). “Hydrate Evolution in Response to Ongoing Environmental Shifts,” Quarterly
Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013565. October 2014.

Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific Assessment (DEFE0023919)
University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publications

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Cook, A. and Sawyer, D., (2015). “The mud-sand crossover on marine seismic data,” Geophysics,
v. 80, no. 6, pp. A109-A114, 10.1190/geo2015-0291.1.
Cook. A.E., and Waite, W.F., (2018). Archie’s saturation exponent for natural gas hydrate incoarse-grained reservoirs. Journal of Geophysical Research. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB015138
Hillman, J., Cook, A. & Sawyer, D. (2016). Mapping and characterizing bottom-simulatingreflectors in 2D and 3D seismic data to investigate connections to lithology andfrequency dependence. Presented at Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX.
Hillman, J, Cook, A.E., Sawyer, D., Küçük, H.M., and Goldberg, D.S. (2017). The character andamplitude of bottom-simulating reflectors in marine seismic data. Earth & Planetary
Science Letters, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.058
Hillman, J.I.T., Cook, A.E., Daigle, H., Nole, M., Malinverno, A., Meazell, K. and Flemings, P.B.
(2017). Gas hydrate reservoirs and gas migration mechanisms in the Terrebonne Basin,
Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.07.029
Majumdar, U., Cook, A.E., Shedd, W., and Frye, M., (2016). “The connection between natural gas
hydrate and bottom-simulating reflectors,” Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:
10.1002/2016GL069443
Phillips, S.C., You, K., Flemings, P.B., Meyer, D.W., and Dong, T. (in review, as of 2018).
Dissociation of Laboratory- Synthesized Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Sediments
By Slow Depressurization. Marine and Petroleum Geology.
You, K., and Flemings, P.B. (2018). Methane Hydrate Formation In Thick Sand Reservoirs: 1.
Short-Range Methane Diffusion, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 89, part 2, pp. 428442.
Government Reports
Flemings, P. B., (2015). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. January 2015.
Flemings, P. B., (2015). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
03/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. April 2015.
Flemings, P. B., (2015). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
06/30/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. August 2015.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
09/30/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. February 2016.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. February 2016.

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Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
3/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. April 2016.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
6/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. July 2016.
Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
9/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. October 2016.
Flemings, P. B., (2017). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919. January 2017.
Flemings, P. B., (2017). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
03/30/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2017). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
06/30/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2017). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
09/30/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2018). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2018). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
03/31/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2018). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
06/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2018). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
09/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0023919.
Flemings, P. B., (2018). “Deepwater Methane Hydrate Characterization and Scientific
Assessment,” Phase 2 Report (Period Ending 1/15/2018). DOE Award No.: DEFE0023919. April 2018.
Phillips, S.C., You, K., Flemings, P.B., Meyer, D.W., and Dong, T. (under review). Dissociation ofLaboratorySynthesized Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Sediments By Slow
Depressurization. Marine and Petroleum Geology
Other Publications

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Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition
Scientists (2018). UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Summary. In
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1
Expedition Scientists, UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Report. Universityof Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX.
https://ig.utexas.edu/energy/genesis-of-methane-hydrate-in-coarse-grainedsystems/expedition-ut-gom2-1/reports/
Majumdar, U., Cook, A. E., Shedd, W., and Frye, M. (2016). The connection between natural gas
hydrate and bottom-simulating reflectors. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:
10.1002/2016GL069443
Phillips, S.C., Flemings, P.B., Holland, M.E., Schultheiss, P.J., Waite, W.F., Jang, J., Petrou, E.G.,
and Hammon, H. (2019). Extremely high concentration of methane hydrate in a
deepwater silt reservoir from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Green Canyon 955). AAPG
Bulletin.
Portnov, A., Cook, A., Heidari, M., Sawyer, D., Santra, M., Nikolinakou (2019). Salt-driven
evolution of a gas hydrate reservoir in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. AAPG Bulletin.
Sheik, C., Reese, B., Twing, K., Sylvan, J., Grim, S., Schrenk, M., Sogin, M., and Colwell, F. (2018).
Identification and removal of contaminant sequences from ribosomal gene databases:
lessons from the census of deep life. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2018.00840
Smart, K (2018) Modeling Well Log Responses in Hydrate Bearing Silts. Ohio State University.
Undergraduate Thesis.
Presentations
Cook, A., Hillman, J., and Sawyer, D., (2015). “Gas Migration in the Terrebonne Basin Gas
Hydrate System,” Abstract OS23D-05, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
Cook, A. E., and Waite, (2016). “Archie’s saturation exponent for natural gas hydrate in coarsegrained reservoir,” 2016 Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Cook, A.E., Hillman, J., Sawyer, D., Treiber, K., Yang, C., Frye, M., Shedd, W., and Palmes, (2016).
“Prospecting for Natural Gas Hydrate in the Orca & Choctaw Basins in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico,” 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
Cook. A., Waite, W. F., Spangenberg, E., and Heeschen, K.U. (2018). Petrophysics in the lab andthe field: how can we understand gas hydrate pore morphology and saturation? Invited
talk presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
Darnell, K., Flemings, P.B., and DiCarlo, D.A., (2016). Nitrogen-assisted Three-phase Equilibriumin Hydrate Systems Composed of Water, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, and Nitrogen, Fall
Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 12-16 Dec.
Fang, Y., Flemings, P.B., Daigle, H., O'Connell, J., Polito, P., (2018). Measure permeability ofnatural hydrate-bearing sediments using K0 permeameter. Presented at Gordon
Research Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX. Feb 24- Mar 02, 2018.

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Flemings, P., Phillips, S., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, (2018). Recent results ofpressure coring hydrate-bearing sands in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Implications forformation and production. Talk presented at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24-March 2, 2018.
Fortin, W. (2016). Properties from Seismic Data. Presented at IODP planning workshop, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D. S., Holbrook, W. S., and Küçük, H. M., (2016). “Velocity analysis of gas
hydrate systems using prestack waveform inversion,” Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D.S., Küçük, H.M, 2016, Methane Hydrate Concentrations at GC955 andWR313 Drilling Sites in the Gulf of Mexico Determined from Seismic Prestack Waveform
Inversion, AGU, Fall Meeting, Session 13837: Experiments, Modeling and Field Studies
on Gas Hydrate Formation, San Francisco, CA Dec 12-16, 2016.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D.S., Küçük, H. M. (2017). Prestack Waveform Inversion and Well Log
Examination at GC955 and WR313 in the Gulf of Mexico for Estimation of Methane
Hydrate Concentrations. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New
Orleans, LA.
Fortin, W. (2018). Waveform Inversion and Well Log Examination at GC955 and WR313 in the
Gulf of Mexico for Estimation of Methane Hydrate Concentrations. Presented at Gordon
Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Goldberg, D., Küçük, H. M., Haines, S., Guerin, G., (2016). “Reprocessing of high resolution
multichannel seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico: implications for BSR character in theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon areas,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Hammon, H., Phillips, S., Flemings, P., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, (2018). Drillinginduced disturbance within methane hydrate pressure cores in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24-March 2, 2018.
Heber, R., Kinash, N., Cook, A., Sawyer, D., Sheets, J., and Johnson, J.E. (2017). Mineralogy of Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediment in Green Canyon Block 955 Northern Gulf of Mexico. Abstract
OS53B-1206 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Hillman, H., Cook, A., and Sawyer, D., (2016). “Mapping and characterizing bottom-simulatingreflectors in 2D and3D seismic data to investigate connections to lithology andfrequency dependence,” 2016 Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28March 4.
Jiachao Liu et al. (2018). Pore-scale CH4-C2H6 hydrate formation and dissociation underrelevant pressuretemperature conditions of natural reservoirs. Poster presented at
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS23D-2824
Johnson, J. (2018). High Porosity and Permeability Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: A Sedimentary
Perspective. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Galveston, TX.

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Kinash, N. Cook, A., Sawyer, D. and Heber, R. (2017). Recovery and Lithologic Analysis of
Sediment from Hole UT-GOM2-1-H002, Green Canyon 955, Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Abstract OS53B-1207 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New
Orleans, LA.
Küçük, H. M., Goldberg, D.S, Haines, S., Dondurur, D., Guerin, G., and Çifçi, G., (2016). “Acoustic
investigation of shallow gas and gas hydrates: comparison between the Black Sea andGulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Malinverno, A., (2015). “Monte Carlo inversion applied to reaction-transport modeling of
methane hydrate in continental margin sediments, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
Abstract OS23B-2003.
Malinverno, A., (2016). “Modeling gas hydrate formation from microbial methane in the
Terrebonne basin, Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Malinverno, A., Cook, A. E., Daigle, H., Oryan, B. (2017). Methane Hydrate Formation from
Enhanced Organic Carbon Burial During Glacial Lowstands: Examples from the Gulf of
Mexico. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Meazell, K., (2015). “Methane Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern
Gulf of Mexico,” Abstract OS23B-2012, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
Meazell, K., and Flemings, P. B., (2016). “New insights into hydrate-bearing clastic sediments in
the Terrebonne basin, northern Gulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Meazell, K., and Flemings, P. B., (2016). “The depositional evolution of the Terrebonne basin,
northern Gulf of Mexico,” 5th Annual Jackson School Research Symposium, University ofTexas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Meazell, K., & Flemings, P.B. (2016). Heat Flux and Fluid Flow in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern
Gulf of Mexico. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco,CA.
Meazell, K., Flemings, P. B., Santra, M., and the UT-GOM2-01 Scientists (2018). Sedimentology of
the clastic hydrate reservoir at GC 955, Gulf of Mexico. Presented at Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Moore, M., Darrah, T., Cook, A., Sawyer, D., Phillips, S., Whyte, C., Lary, B., and UT-GOM2-01
Scientists (2017). The genetic source and timing of hydrocarbon formation in gas
hydrate reservoirs in Green Canyon, Block GC955. Abstract OS44A-03 presented at
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Morrison, J., Flemings, P., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists (2018). Hydrate Coring in
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, USA. Poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Murphy, Z., et al. (2018). Three phase relative permeability of hydrate bearing sediments. Poster
presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS23D-1647

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Oryan, B., Malinverno, A., Goldberg, D., Fortin, W. (2017). Do Pleistocene glacial-interglacial
cycles control methane hydrate formation? An example from Green Canyon, Gulf of
Mexico. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Oti, E., Cook, A. (2018). Non-Destructive X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) of Previous Gas
Hydrate Bearing Fractures in Marine Sediment. Presented at Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Oti, E., Cook, A., Buchwalter, E., and Crandall, D. (2017). Non-Destructive X-ray Computed
Tomography (XCT) of Gas Hydrate Bearing Fractures in Marine Sediment. Abstract
OS44A-05 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Oti, E., Cook. A., Phillips, S., Holland, M., Flemings, P., (2018). Using X-ray computed tomography
to estimate hydrate saturation in sediment cores from Green Canyon 955 Gulf of
Mexico. Talk presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington
D.C.
Phillips, S. C., Flemings, P. B., Meyer, D. W., You, K., Kneafsey, T. J., Germaine, J. T., Solomon, E.
A., and Kastner, M., (2016). “Extraction of Pore Fluids at In Situ Pressures from Methane
Hydrate Experimental Vessels,” Gordon Research Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Galveston, TX, Feb. 28-Mar. 4.
Phillips, S. C., Borgfedlt, T., You, K., Meyer, D., and Flemings, P., (2016). “Dissociation oflaboratory-synthesized methane hydrate by depressurization.” Gordon Research
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Galveston, TX, Feb. 28-March 4.
Phillips, S.C., Flemings, P.B., Holland, M.E., Schultheiss, P.J., Waite, W.F., Petrou, E.G., Jang, J.,
Polito, P.J., O’Connell, J., Dong, T., Meazell, K., and Expedition UT-GOM2-1 Scientists,(2018). Quantitative degassing of gas hydrate-bearing pressure cores from Green
Canyon 955. Gulf of Mexico. Talk and poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research
Conference and Seminar on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24March 2, 2018.
Phillips, S.C., *You, K., Borgfeldt, T., *Meyer, D.W., *Dong, T., Flemings, P.B. (2016). Dissociationof LaboratorySynthesized Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Sediments by Slow
Depressurization. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.
Phillips, S. et al. (2018). High saturation of methane hydrate in a coarse-grained reservoir in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico from quantitative depressurization of pressure cores. Poster
presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS23D-1654
Portnov, A., Cook, A., Heidari, M., Sawyer, D., Santra, M., Nikolinakou, M. (2018). Salt-driven
Evolution of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs in the Deep-sea Gulf of Mexico. Presented at
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Portnov, A., et al. (2018). Underexplored gas hydrate reservoirs associated with salt diapirism
and turbidite deposition in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Poster presented at American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS51F-1326

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Santra, M., Flemings, P., Scott, E., Meazell, K. (2018). Evolution of Gas Hydrate Bearing
Deepwater Channel- Levee System in Green Canyon Area in Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Presented at Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on NaturalGas Hydrates, Galveston, TX.

Santra, M., et al, (2018). Channel-levee hosted hydrate accumulation controlled by a faulted
anticline: Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Poster presented at American GeophysicalUnion, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS51F-1324
Santra, M., Flemings, P., Scott, E., Meazell, K. (2018). Evolution of Gas Hydrate Bearing
Deepwater ChannelLevee System in Green Canyon Area in Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Presented at Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on NaturalGas Hydrates, Galveston, TX
Treiber, K, Sawyer, D., and Cook, A., (2016). “Dissociation of laboratory-synthesized methane
hydrate by depressurization (Poster)” 2016 Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX,
Feb 28-March 4.
Treiber, K, Sawyer, D., and Cook, A., (2016). “Geophysical interpretation of gas hydrates inGreen Canyon Block 955, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA (Poster)” 2016 Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Worman, S. and, Flemings, P. B., (2016). “Genesis of Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained
Systems: Northern Gulf of Mexico Slope (GOM^2) (poster),” UT GeoFluids Consortia
Meeting, Austin, TX, March 2nd-March 4th.
Yang, C., Cook, A., and Sawyer, D., (2016). “Geophysical interpretation of the gas hydrate
reservoir system at the Perdido Site, northern Gulf of Mexico,” 2016 Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
You, K. Y., DiCarlo, D., and Flemings, P. B., (2015). “Quantifying methane hydrate formation in
gas-rich environments using the method of characteristics,” Abstract OS23B-2005,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18.
You, K.Y., Flemings, P.B., and DiCarlo, D., (2016). “Quantifying methane hydrate formation in
gas-rich environments using the method of characteristics,” 2016 Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
You, K., Flemings, P.B. (2016). Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Sand Reservoirs: Long-range
Gas Transport or Short-range Methane Diffusion?. Presented at American GeophysicalUnion, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
You, K., and Flemings, P. B. (2018). Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Marine Sands by Free
Gas Flow. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX. Feb
24- Mar 02, 2018.
You, K., et al. (2018). Formation of lithology-dependent hydrate distribution by capillarycontrolled gas flow sourced from faults. Poster presented at American GeophysicalUnion, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. OS31F-1864

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Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in Coarse-Grained
Reservoirs (DE-FE0013919)
University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cook, A.E. and Sawyer, D., (2015). The mud-sand crossover on marine seismic data. Geophysics,
v. 80, no. 6, A109-A114. 10.1190/geo2015-0291.1.
Daigle, H., Cook, A., and Malinverno, A., (2015). “Permeability and porosity of hydrate-bearing
sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 68 partA, pp. 561-564, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.10.004.
Hillman, J. I. T., Cook, A. E., Sawyer, D., Küçük, H. M., and Goldberg, D. S., (2017). “The character
and amplitude of bottom-simulating reflectors in marine seismic data,” Earth & Plan Sci
Lett., doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.058
Hillman, J.I.T., Cook, A.E., Daigle, H., Nole, M., Malinverno, A., Meazell, K. and Flemings, P.B.
(2017). Gas hydrate reservoirs and gas migration mechanisms in the Terrebonne Basin,
Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.07.029
Majumdar, U., Cook, A. E., Shedd, W., and Frye, M. (2016). The connection between natural gas
hydrate and bottom-simulating reflectors. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:
10.1002/2016GL069443
Nole, M., Daigle, H., Cook, A., and Malinverno, A., (2016). “Short-range, overpressure-driven
methane migration in coarse-grained gas hydrate reservoirs,” Geophysical Research
Letters, vol. 43, no. 18, pp. 9500-9508.
Sheik, C., Reese, B., Twing, K., Sylvan, J., Grim, S., Schrenk, M., Sogin, M., and Colwell, F. (2018).
Identification and removal of contaminant sequences from ribosomal gene databases:
lessons from the census of deep life. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2018.00840
Kehua You, Peter B. Flemings, Methane hydrate formation in thick sand reservoirs: 1. Shortrange methane diffusion, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 89, Part 2, 2018,
Pages 428-442, ISSN 0264-8172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.10.011.
Government Reports
Daigle, H., (2016). “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in CoarseGrained Reservoirs,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013919. January 2016.
Daigle, H., (2016). “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in CoarseGrained Reservoirs,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
3/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013919. April 2016.
Daigle, H., (2016). “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in CoarseGrained Reservoirs,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
6/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013919. July 2016.

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Daigle, H., (2016). “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in CoarseGrained Reservoirs,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
9/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013919. October 2016.
Daigle, H., (2017). “Mechanisms for Methane Transport and Hydrate Accumulation in CoarseGrained Reservoirs,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013919. January 2017.

Other Publications
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition
Scientists (2018). UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Summary. In
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1
Expedition Scientists, UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Report. Universityof Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX.
https://ig.utexas.edu/energy/genesis-of-methane-hydrate-in-coarse-grainedsystems/expedition-utgom2-1/reports/
Presentations
Andris, R., (2016). “The effect of restrictive diffusion on hydrate growth,” Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Bihani, A., Daigle, H., Cook, A., Glosser, D., Shushtarian, A., (2015). “Pore size distribution andmethane equilibrium conditions at Walker Ridge Block 313, northern Gulf of Mexico,”
Abstract OS23B-1999, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 14-18.
Cook, A., Hillman, J., and Sawyer, D., (2015). “Methane migration in the Terrebonne Basin gas
hydrate system, Gulf of Mexico,” Abstract OS23D-05, American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Cook, A.E., Hillman, J., Sawyer, D., Treiber, K., Yang, C., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Palmes, S. (2016).
Prospecting for Natural Gas Hydrate in the Orca & Choctaw Basins in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2016, San
Francisco, CA.
Cook, A.E., Hillman, J., & Sawyer, D. (2015). Gas migration in the Terrebonne Basin gas hydrate
system. Abstract OS23D-05 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.
Cook, A.E. and Waite, W. (2016). Archie’s saturation exponent for natural gas hydrate in coarsegrained reservoirs. Presented at Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX, Feb 28March 4.
Daigle, H., and Rice, M. A., (2015). “Relative permeability of hydrate-bearing sediments frompercolation theory and critical path analysis: theoretical and experimental results,”
Abstract B12B-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 1418.

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Darnell, K., Flemings, P.B., DiCarlo, D.A. (2016). Nitrogen-assisted Three-phase Equilibrium in
Hydrate Systems Composed of Water, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, and Nitrogen.
Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Erica Ewton et al. (2018). The effects of X-ray CT scanning on microbial communities in sedimentcores. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.
OS23D-1657
Fang, Y., Flemings, P.B., Daigle, H., O'Connell, J., Polito, P., (2018). Measure permeability ofnatural hydratebearing sediments using K0 permeameter. Presented at Gordon
Research Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX. Feb 24- Mar 02, 2018.
Flemings, P., Phillips, S., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, (2018). Recent results ofpressure coring hydrate-bearing sands in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Implications forformation and production. Presented at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24-March 2, 2018.
Fortin, W. (2016). Properties from Seismic Data. Presented at IODP planning workshop,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Fortin, W. (2018). Waveform Inversion and Well Log Examination at GC955 and WR313 in the
Gulf of Mexico for Estimation of Methane Hydrate Concentrations. Presented at Gordon
Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D. S., Holbrook, W. S., and Küçük, H. M., (2016). “Velocity analysis of gas
hydrate systems using prestack waveform inversion,” Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D.S., Küçük, H.M. (2016). Methane Hydrate Concentrations at GC955 andWR313 Drilling Sites in the Gulf of Mexico Determined from Seismic Prestack Waveform
Inversion. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Fortin, W., Goldberg, D.S., Küçük, H. M. (2017). Prestack Waveform Inversion and Well Log
Examination at GC955 and WR313 in the Gulf of Mexico for Estimation of Methane
Hydrate Concentrations. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New
Orleans, LA.
Goldberg, D., Küçük, H. M., Haines, S., Guerin, G., (2016). “Reprocessing of high resolution
multichannel seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico: implications for BSR character in theWalker Ridge and Green Canyon areas,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Hammon, H., Phillips, S., Flemings, P., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, (2018). Drillinginduced disturbance within methane hydrate pressure cores in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24-March 2, 2018.
Heber, R., Kinash, N., Cook, A., Sawyer, D., Sheets, J., and Johnson, J.E. (2017). Mineralogy of Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediment in Green Canyon Block 955 Northern Gulf of Mexico. Abstract
OS53B-1206 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

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Hillman, J., Cook, A., and Sawyer, D., (2016). “Mapping and characterising bottom-simulatingreflectors in 2D and 3D seismic data to investigate connections to lithology andfrequency dependence,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Hillman, J., Cook, A.E., Daigle, H., Nole, M., and Malinverno, A., (2016). “Determining gas
hydrate distribution in sands using integrated analysis of well log and seismic data in the
Terrebonne Basin, Gulf of Mexico,” presented at Gas in Marine Sediments Conference,
Tromsø, Norway, 19-22 September 2016.
Johnson, J. (2018). High Porosity and Permeability Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: A Sedimentary
Perspective. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Galveston, TX.
Kinash, N. Cook, A., Sawyer, D. and Heber, R. (2017). Recovery and Lithologic Analysis of
Sediment from Hole UTGOM2-1-H002, Green Canyon 955, Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Abstract OS53B-1207 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New
Orleans, LA.
Küçük, H. M., Goldberg, D., Haines, S., Dondurur, D., Guerin G., and Çifçi, G., (2016). “Acoustic
investigation of shallow gas and gas hydrates: comparison between the Black Sea andGulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Malinverno, A., (2015). “Monte Carlo inversion applied to reaction-transport modeling of
methane hydrate in continental margin sediments,” Abstract OS23B-2003, American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18 .
Malinverno, A., (2016). “Modeling gas hydrate formation from microbial methane in the
Terrebonne basin, Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico,” Gordon Research Conference on
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Malinverno, A., Cook, A., and Daigle, H., (2016). “Modeling the formation of methane hydratebearing intervals in fine-grained sediments,” presented at Gas in Marine Sediments
Conference, Tromsø, Norway, 19-22 September 2016.
Malinverno, A., Cook, A., and Daigle, H., (2016). “Modeling the formation of hydrate-filled veinsin fine-grained sediments from in situ microbial methane,” presented at American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 12-16.
Malinverno, A., Cook, A. E., Daigle, H., Oryan, B. (2017). Methane Hydrate Formation from
Enhanced Organic Carbon Burial During Glacial Lowstands: Examples from the Gulf of
Mexico. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Meazell, K., Flemings, P. B., Santra, M., and the UT-GOM2-01 Scientists (2018). Sedimentology of
the clastic hydrate reservoir at GC 955, Gulf of Mexico. Presented at Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Meazell, K., & Flemings, P.B. (2016). Heat Flux and Fluid Flow in the Terrebonne Basin, Northern
Gulf of Mexico. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA.

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Meazell, K., & Flemings, P.B. (2016). New insights into hydrate-bearing clastic sediments in the
Terrebonne basin, northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at Gordon Research Conference
on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Meazell, K., & Flemings, P.B. (2016). The depositional evolution of the Terrebonne basin,
northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at 5th Annual Jackson School Research Symposium,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Meazell, K. (2015), Methane hydrate-bearing sediments in the Terrebonne basin, northern Gulf
of Mexico. Abstract OS23B-2012 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moore, M., Darrah, T., Cook, A., Sawyer, D., Phillips, S., Whyte, C., Lary, B., and UT-GOM2-01
Scientists (2017). The genetic source and timing of hydrocarbon formation in gas
hydrate reservoirs in Green Canyon, Block GC955. Abstract OS44A-03 presented at
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Morrison, J., Flemings, P., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists (2018). Hydrate Coring in
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, USA. Poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Nole, M., Daigle, H., Mohanty, K., Hillman, J., and Cook, A., (2015). “Assessing methane
migration mechanisms at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, via 3D methane hydrate
reservoir modeling,” Abstract OS23D-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 14-18 .
Nole, M., (2016). “Implications of pore-scale heterogeneities on biogenic methane hydrate
distributions in marine sediments,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Nole, M., Daigle, H., Cook, A., and Malinverno, A., (2016). “The impact of flow focusing on gas
hydrate accumulations in overpressured marine sediments,” presented at Gas in Marine
Sediments Conference, Tromsø, Norway, 19-22 September 2016.
Nole, M., Daigle, H., Cook, A., Malinverno, A., and Hillman, J.I.T., (2016). “Linking pore-scale andbasin-scale effects on diffusive methane transport in hydrate bearing environments
through multi-scale reservoir simulations,” presented at American Geophysical Union
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 12-16.
Oryan, B., Malinverno, A., Goldberg, D., Fortin, W. (2017). Do Pleistocene glacial-interglacial
cycles control methane hydrate formation? An example from Green Canyon, Gulf of
Mexico. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Oti, E., Cook, A. (2018). Non-Destructive X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) of Previous Gas
Hydrate Bearing Fractures in Marine Sediment. Presented at Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Oti, E., Cook, A., Buchwalter, E., and Crandall, D. (2017). Non-Destructive X-ray Computed
Tomography (XCT) of Gas Hydrate Bearing Fractures in Marine Sediment. Abstract
OS44A-05 presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

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Phillips, S.C., Flemings, P.B., Holland, M.E., Schultheiss, P.J., Waite, W.F., Petrou, E.G., Jang, J.,
Polito, P.J., O’Connell, J., Dong, T., Meazell, K., and Expedition UT-GOM2-1 Scientists,(2017). Quantitative degassing of gas hydrate-bearing pressure cores from Green
Canyon 955. Gulf of Mexico. Talk and poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research
Conference and Seminar on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, February 24March 2, 2018.
Phillips, S.C., Borgfedlt, T., You, K., Meyer, D., and Flemings, P. (2016). Dissociation of laboratorysynthesized methane hydrate by depressurization. Poster presented at Gordon Research
Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Natural Gas Hydrates, Galveston, TX.
Phillips, S.C., *You, K., Borgfeldt, T., *Meyer, D.W., *Dong, T., Flemings, P.B. (2016). Dissociationof Laboratory-Synthesized Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Sediments by Slow
Depressurization. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.
Portnov, A., Cook, A., Heidari, M., Sawyer, D., Santra, M., Nikolinakou, M. (2018). Salt-driven
Evolution of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs in the Deep-sea Gulf of Mexico. Presented at
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX.
Santra, M., Flemings, P., Scott, E., Meazell, K. (2018). Evolution of Gas Hydrate Bearing
Deepwater Channel-Levee System in Green Canyon Area in Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Presented at Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on NaturalGas Hydrates, Galveston, TX.
Treiber, K, Sawyer, D., & Cook, A. (2016). Geophysical interpretation of gas hydrates in Green
Canyon Block 955, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. Poster presented at Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX.
Wei, L., (2016). “A 1D mass balance model for the formation of gas hydrate in marine
sequences,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston,
TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Worman, S. and, Flemings, P.B. (2016). Genesis of Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Systems:
Northern Gulf of Mexico Slope (GOM^2). Poster presented at The University of Texas atAustin, GeoFluids Consortia Meeting, Austin, TX.
Yang, C., Cook, A., & Sawyer, D. (2016). Geophysical interpretation of the gas hydrate reservoir
system at the Perdido Site, northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at Gordon Research
Conference, Galveston, TX, United States.
Yi Fang, et al. (2018). Permeability, compression behavior, and lateral stress ration of hydratebearing siltstone from UT-GOM2-1 pressure core (GC-955 – northern Gulf of Mexico):
Initial Results. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting,Washington, D.C. OS23D-1650
You, K.Y., DiCarlo, D. & Flemings, P.B. (2015), Quantifying methane hydrate formation in gas-richenvironments using the method of characteristics. Abstract OS23B-2005 presented at2015, Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
You, K., Flemings, P.B. (2016). Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Sand Reservoirs: Long-range
Gas Transport or Short-range Methane Diffusion? Presented at American GeophysicalUnion, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

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You, K., and Flemings, P. B. (2018). Methane Hydrate Formation in Thick Marine Sands by Free
Gas Flow. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Gas Hydrate, Galveston, TX. Feb
24- Mar 02, 2018.

Theses/Dissertations
Andris, R., (2016). “The effect of restrictive diffusion on hydrate growth,” M.S. thesis, Universityof Texas at Austin.
Bihani, A., (2016). “Pore size distribution and methane equilibrium conditions at Walker Ridge
Block 313, northern Gulf of Mexico,” M.S. thesis, University of Texas at Austin.
Shushtarian, A., (2016). “Effect of a discrete three-phase methane equilibrium zone on thebottom-simulating reflection,” M.S. thesis, University of Texas at Austin.
Smart, K (2018) Modeling Well Log Responses in Hydrate Bearing Silts. Ohio State University.
Undergraduate Thesis.

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Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin gas Hydrate Reservoir to Bottom
Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope (DE-FE0013998)
University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Johnson, H. P., Miller, U. K., Salmi, M. S., and Solomon, E. A., (2015). “Analysis of bubble plume
distributions to evaluate methane hydrate decomposition on the upper continental
slope,” Geophys. Geochem. Geosyst., v. 16, pp. 3825-3839, doi:10.1002/2015GC005955.
Philip, B. T., Denny, A. R., Solomon, E. A., Kelley, D. S., (2016). “Time-series measurements of
bubble plume variability and water column methane distributions above Southern
Hydrate Ridge, Oregon,” Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, pp. 1182-1196.
Government Reports
Solomon, E., (2016). “Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir
to Bottom Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 12/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013998. February 2016.
Solomon, E., (2016). “Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir
to Bottom Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013998. May 2016.
Solomon, E., (2016). “Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir
to Bottom Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013998. July 2016.
Solomon, E., (2016). “Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir
to Bottom Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013998. November 2016.
Solomon, E., (2017). “Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir
to Bottom Water Warming Along the Upper Continental Slope,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 12/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DEFE0013998. February 2017.
Presentations
Embley, R.W., Merle, S.G., Raineault, N., Baumberger, T., Seabrook, S.A., Johnson, H.P., Trehu,
A.M., Lupton, J.E., Thurber, A.R., Hammond, S.R., Solomon, E.A., and Salmi, M., (2016).
“Numerous bubble plumes mapped and new seeps characterized on the Cascadia
margin,” Abstract OS41A-1939, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 12-16.

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Graw, M. F., Solomon, E. A., Treude, T., Pohlman, J., Colwell, F. S., (2015). “Towards
biogeochemical modeling of anaerobic oxidation of methane: Characterization of
microbial communities in methane-bearing North American continental margin
sediments,” Abstract OS33A-1993, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December14-18.
Johnson, H. P., Miller, U. K., Salmi M. S., Solomon, E. A., (2015). “Analysis of bubble plume
distributions to evaluate methane hydrate decomposition on the Cascadia margin,”
Abstract OS23B-1990, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 14-18.
Salmi, M. S., Harris, R. N., Johnson, H. P., Solomon, E. A., (2015). “High resolution thermal modelof the Washington margin of the Cascadia subduction zone,” Abstract T21D-2870,
Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
14-18 .
Solomon, E.A., Kowalski, L., and Whorley, T.L., (2017). “Chronic downward flow of seawater inbacterial mats at Hydrate Ridge—Mechanisms and biogeochemical significance.” Ninth
International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Denver, CO.
Whorley, T. L., Solomon, E. A., Torres, M. E., Johnson, H. P., Berg, R. D., Philip, B. T., (2015).
“Evaluating active methane hydrate dissociation along the Washington margin in
response to bottom water warming,” Abstract OS23B-2015, American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Whorley, T. L., Solomon, E. A., Torres, M. E., Johnson, H. P., Berg, R. D., Philip, B. T., (2016).
“Evaluating water and methane sources at the upslope limit of methane hydratestability along the Washington margin.” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX, Feb 28-March 4.
Whorley, T.L., Solomon, E.A., Philip, B.T., Torres, M.E., and Johnson, H.P., (2017). “Investigating
the response of methane hydrates to modern bottom water warming along the upper
continental slope of the Cascadia margin,” Ninth International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Denver, CO.

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Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterizationof Hydrate-Bearing Sediments(DE-FE0013961)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Government Reports
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2013). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. January 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
3/31/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. April 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
6/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. July 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2014). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
9/30/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. October 2014.
Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2014). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. January 2015.
Santamarina, J. C., (2015). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
9/30/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. November 2015.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
12/31/2015). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. February 2016.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
3/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. April 2016.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
6/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. July 2016.
Santamarina, J. C., (2016). “Borehole Tool for the Comprehensive Characterization of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report (Period Ending
9/30/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0013961. October 2016.

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Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During Methane
Extraction from Gas Hydrate (DE-FE0028966)
Louisiana State University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cao, S.C., Jang, J., Jung, J., Waite, W.F., Collett, T.S., Kumar, P., 2018. 2D micromodel study ofclogging behavior of fine-grained particles associated with gas hydrate production in
NGHP-02 gas hydrate reservoir sediments. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.marpetgeo.2018.09.010.
Jang, J., Cao, S., Stern, L.A., Jung, J., Waite, W.F., 2018. Impact of pore-fluid chemistry on finegrained sediment fabric and compressibility. .Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid
Earth: Solid Earth, 123, 5495–5514. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018JB015872.
Jang, J., Dai, S., Yoneda, J., Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Boze, L.-G., Collett, T.S., Kumar, P., 2018.
Pressure core analysis of geomechanical and fluid flow properties of seals associatedwith gas hydrate-bearing reservoirs in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India,
Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.08.015.
Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Collett, T.S., Kumar, P., Impact of fine-grained sediment on thenature and development of a gas hydrate reservoir system investigated during NGHP-02
in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore eastern India(in review), Journal of Marine andPetroleum Geology.
Government Reports
Jung, J., (2016). “Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During
Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrate,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress
Report (Period Ending 12/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028966. December 2016.
Jung, J., (2017). “Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During
Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrate,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress
Report (Period Ending 03/31/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028966. March 2017.
Jung, J., (2018). “Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During
Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrate,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress
Report (Period Ending 03/31/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028966. March 2018.
Jung, J., (2018). “Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During
Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrate,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress
Report (Period Ending 06/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028966. June 2018.
Jung, J., (2018). “Impact of Clays on the Compressibility and Permeability of Sands During
Methane Extraction from Gas Hydrate,” Quarterly Research Performance Progress
Report (Period Ending 09/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028966. September 2018.
Other Publications
Cao, S.C., Jang, J., Jung, J., Waite, W.F., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2018b. 2D Micromodelstudies of pore-throat clogging by pure fine-grained sediments and natural sediments

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from NGHP-02, offshore India: U.S. Geological Survey data release,https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PZ5M7E.
Jang, J., Cao, S. C., Stern, L. A., Waite, W. F., and Jung, J., 2018. Effect of pore fluid chemistry on
the sedimentation and compression behavior of pure, endmember fines: U.S Geological
Survey Data Release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F77M076K. 13
Jang, J., Cao, S., Stern, L.A., Jung, J., Waite, W.F., Impact of pore-fluid chemistry on fine-grained
sediment fabric and compressibility, 2018. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth:
Solid Earth, 123, 5495–5514. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018JB015872.
Jang, J., Dai, S., Yoneda, J., Waite, F. W., Collett, T. S. and Kumar, P. (2018-b). Pressure Core
Characterization Tool Measurements of Compressibility, Permeability, and Shear
Strength of Fine-Grained Sediment Collected from Area C, Krishna-Godavari Basin,
during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition NGHP-02: U. S. Geological
Survey data release,https://doi.org/10.5066/P91XJ7DP
Jang, J., Waite, F. W., Stern, L. A., Collett, T. S. and Kumar, P., 2018b. Dependence of
sedimentation behavior on pore-fluid chemistry for sediment collected from Area B,
Krishna-Godavari Basin during India's National Gas Hydrate Program, NGHP-02: U. S.
Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FXJ1VX.
Presentations
Cao, S.C., Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Jafari, M., Jung, J., 2017. A 2D micromodel study of fines
migration and clogging behavior in porous media: Implications of fines on methane
extraction from hydrate-bearing sediments [Abstract]. Talk presented at the 2017 Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union Conference, New Orleans, LA. December
11-15, 2017.
Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Jung, J., (2017). “Pore-fluid sensitivity of clays and its impacts on gas
production from hydrate-bearing sediments.” Ninth International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, June 25-30, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
Jang, J., Cao, S., Boze, L.G., Jung, J., Waite, W.F, 2018. Volume change in fine-grained sediments
due to pore water salinity changes: gas hydrate-bearing sediments and pore water
freshening during gas hydrate dissociation, presented poster at: Fall American
Geophysical Conference, December 9-14, 2018, Washington D.C.
Jang, J., Cao, S., Waite, W.F., Jung, J., (2017). Impact of pore-water freshening on clays and thecompressibility of hydrate-bearing reservoirs during production. Ninth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, June 25-30, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Jung, J., (2017). Pore-fluid sensitivity of clays and its impacts on gas
production from hydrate-bearing sediments [Abstract]. Poster presented at the
9thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, June 25-30, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
Jung, J., Cao, S., Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Lee, J.Y., 2018. Clogging behavior of fines associated withgas hydrate production, from pure fines to NGHP-02 and UBGH-02 reservoir fines,
presented talk at: Fall American Geophysical Conference, December 9-14, 2018,
Washington D.C.

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A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarse-grained Hydrate
Reservoirs during Production (DE-FE0028967)
University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Chen, X. and Espinoza, D. N., (2018). Ostwald ripening changes the pore habit and spatial
variability of clathrate hydrate. Fuel, 214, 614–622.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.11.065
Chen, X., Verma, R., Nicolas Espinoza, D., and Prodanović, M. (2018). Pore-Scale Determinationof Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed
Micro- Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method. Water Resources Research, 54(1),600-608. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021851
Chen, X. and Espinoza, DN (2018), Surface area controls gas hydrate dissociation kinetics inporous media, Fuel, 234, 358-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.07.030
Meyer, D.W., Flemings, P.B., DiCarlo, D., You, K., Phillips, S.C., and Kneafsey, T.J. (2018),
Experimental investigation of gas flow and hydrate formation within the hydratestability zone. Journal of Geophysical Research- Solid Earth
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015748
Government Reports
Flemings, P.B., (2017). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 12/31/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. January
2017.
Flemings, P.B., (2017). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. May 2017.
Flemings, P.B., (2017). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. July 2017.
Flemings, P.B., (2017). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/17). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. October 2017.

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Flemings, P.B., (2018). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 12/31/17). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. January
2018.
Flemings, P.B., (2018). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. April 2018.
Flemings, P.B., (2018). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/18). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. July 2017.
Flemings, P.B., (2018). “A Multi-scale Experimental Investigation of Flow Properties in Coarsegrained Hydrate Reservoirs during Production,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/18). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028967. October 2018.
Presentations
Chen, X., Espinoza, N., Verma, R., and Prodanovic, M., 2017. X-Ray Micro-CT Observations of
Hydrate Pore Habit and Lattice Boltzmann Simulations on Permeability Evolution in
Hydrate Bearing Sediments (HBS). Presented at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, December
11-15, 2017, New Orleans, LA.
Chen, X., D. Nicolas Espinoza, Nicola Tisato, Peter B. Flemings (2018). X-ray Computed MicroTomography Study of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sand: Enhancing Contrast for Improved
Segmentation, Gordon Research Conference – Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston,
TX
Chen, X., D. Nicolas Espinoza, Nicola Tisato, Rahul Verma, Masa Prodanovic, Peter B. Flemings,(2018). New Insights Into Pore Habit of Gas Hydrate in Sandy Sediments: Impact on
Petrophysical and Transport Properties, Gordon Research Conference – Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX
Dong, T., Lin, J. F., Flemings, P. B., Polito, P. J., 2016. Pore-scale study on methane hydratedissociation in brine using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Presented at the 2016 Extreme
Physics and Chemistry workshop, Deep Carbon Observatory, Palo Alto, Calif., 10-11 Dec.
Dong, T., Lin, J.-F., Flemings, P.B., Gu, J.T., Liu, J., Polito, P.J., O'Connell, J. (2017) Pore-scale study
on gas hydrate formation and dissociation under relevant reservoir conditions of the
Gulf of Mexico, presented at the 2017 Extreme Physics and Chemistry workshop, Deep
Carbon Observatory, November 4-5, Tempe, AZ.
Dong, T., Lin, J.-F., Gu, J.T., Polito, P.J., O'Connell, J., Flemings, P.B. (2017), Spatial and temporaldependencies of structure II to structure I methane hydrate transformation in porous
media under moderate pressure and temperature conditions, Abstract OS53B-1188
Presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, December 11-15, New Orleans, LA.
Dong, T., Lin, J.-F., Gu, J.T., Polito, P.J., O'Connell, J., Flemings, P.B. (2018), Transformation ofmetastable structure-II to stable structure-I methane hydrate in porous media during
hydrate formation, poster presented at 2018 Jackson School of Geosciences Symposium,
Feb. 3, 2018, Austin, TX.

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Dong, T., Lin, J.-F., Flemings, P.B., Gu, J.T., Polito, P.J., O'Connell, J. (2018), Pore-scale methane
hydrate dissociation in porous media using Raman spectroscopy and optical imaging,poster presented at Gordon Research Conferences on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Feb. 25-March 2, 2018, Galveston, TX.
Lin, J. F., Dong, T., Flemings, P. B., Polito, P. J., 2017. Characterization of methane hydrate
reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, presented at the Third Deep Carbon Observatory
International Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland, 23-25, March.
Murphy, Z., Fukuyama, D., Daigle, H., DiCarlo, D. (2018), Relative permeability of hydratebearing sediment, poster presented at Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas
Hydrate Systems, Feb. 25-Mar. 2, 2018, Galveston, TX.
Phillips, S.C., You, K., Flemings, P.B., Meyer, D.W., and Dong, T., 2017. Dissociation of laboratorysynthesized methane hydrate in coarse-grained sediments by slow depressurization.
Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, June 25-30,
2017, Denver, CO.
Xiongyu Chen, D. Nicolas Espinoza, Nicola Tisato, Peter B. Flemings (2018). X-ray Computed
Micro-Tomography Study of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sand: Enhancing Contrast for
Improved Segmentation, Gordon Research Conference – Natural Gas Hydrate Systems,
Galveston, TX
Xiongyu Chen, D. Nicolas Espinoza, Nicola Tisato, Rahul Verma, Masa Prodanovic, Peter B.
Flemings, (2018). New Insights Into Pore Habit of Gas Hydrate in Sandy Sediments:
Impact on Petrophysical and Transport Properties, Gordon Research Conference –Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX

Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin (DE-FE0028980)
University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Government Reports
Kessler, J.D., 2017. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 12/2016). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. March
2017.
Kessler, J.D., 2017. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 03/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2017.
Kessler, J.D., 2017. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 06/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2017.

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Kessler, J.D., 2017. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 09/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2017.
Kessler, J.D., 2018. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 12/2017). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2018.
Kessler, J.D., 2018. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 03/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2018.
Kessler, J.D., 2018. “Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane
Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin,” Quarterly Research
Performance Progress Report (Period Ending 06/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028980. 2018.

Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for
Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application (DE-FE0028973)
Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Kim J., 2018, Unconditionally Stable Sequential Schemes for All-way Coupled Thermoporomechanics:
Undrained-Adiabatic and Extended Fixed-Stress Splits, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics
and Engineering, 341:93-112.
Kim, J., 2018, A new numerically stable sequential algorithm for coupled finite-strain elastoplastic
geomechanics and flow, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 335(15): pp.
538-562.
Government Reports
Kim, J., 2017. “Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for
Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 12/31/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028973. December 2017.
Kim, J., 2018. “Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for
Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 3/31/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028973. March 2018.
Kim, J., 2018. “Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for
Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 6/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028973. June 2018.
Kim, J., 2018. “Advanced Simulation and Experiments of Strongly Coupled Geomechanics and Flow for
Gas Hydrate Deposits: Validation and Field Application,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report (Period Ending 9/30/2018). DOE Award No.: DE-FE0028973. September 2018.

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Presentations
Yoon, H.C., Kim, J., Lee, J.Y., Field-wide Simulation and Analyses of the Geomechanical Responses
Different Depressurizations for the Gas Hydrate Deposit Located in Ulleung Basin, South Korea,
AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting 2018, December 10-14 2018, Washington D.C.,

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Section IV: Publications Resulting from Work with the Dept. of Energy’s
National Labs
Additional publications produced by the National Labs in association with the Program’s major fieldprojects are included within Section II.

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Eaton, M., K. Jones, and Mahajan, D., (in review). “Methane hydrate formation/decomposition
in depleted Sediments,” Proceedings of the Geological Society, London, England.
Eaton, M., Mahajan, D., and Flood, R., (2007). “A novel high-pressure apparatus to study
hydrate–sediment interactions,” in D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori, eds.
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate(Elsevier), Volume 56, Issues 1-3, pp. 101-107.
Jones, K., Kerkar, P., Mahajan, D., Lindquist, W., and Feng, H., (in review). “Microstructure of
Natural Hydrate Host Sediments,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics
Research: Section B.
Jones, K., Feng, H., Tomov, S., Winters, W., Prodanović M., and Mahajan, D., (2007).
“Characterization of methane hydrate host sediments using synchrotron-computed
microtomography (CMT),” D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori eds. Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate (Elsevier), Volume
56, Issues 1-3, pp. 136-145.
Jones, K., Feng, H., Lanzirooti, A., and Mahajan, D., (2005). “Synchrotron X-ray Microprobe andComputed Microtomography for Characterization of Nanocatalysts,” Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B., Volume 241, pp. 331-334.
Mahajan, D., Servio, P., Jones, K., Feng, H., and Winters, W., (2004). “Methane Hydrate Studies,
Delineating Properties of Host Sediments to Establish Reproducible Decomposition
Kinetics,” in Taylor, C., and J. Kwan, eds., Recent Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates,
NY, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
p. 239-250.
Servio, P., Eaton, M., Mahajan, D., and Winters, W., (2005). “Fundamental Challenges toMethane Recovery from Gas Hydrates,” Topics in Catalysis, Volume 32, n. 3-4, pp. 101104.
Zheng, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, M., Kerkar, P., and Mahajan, D., (in review). “Modeling methane
hydrate formation in marine sediments,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp andBoswell, R., eds., Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource and Associated Geologic
Hazards, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Special Publication.

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Other Publications
Mahajan, D., Kotzle, T., Klooster, W., Brammer, L., McMullan, R., and Goland, A., (2000). “Crystal
Growth, Structure Characterization, and Schemes for Economical Transport: An
Integrated Approach to the Study of Natural Gas Hydrates,” Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences, Volume 912, pp. 940-949.
Presentations
Eaton, M. and Mahajan, D., (2006). “Methane Hydrate Kinetics in Depleted Host Sediments
using the FISH unit, ,” International Workshop on Science & Technology Issues in
Methane Hydrates R&D, Engineering Conference International, Kauai, HIMarch 5-9.
Eaton, M., Mahajan, D., Flood, R., Koga, T., and Rafailovich, M., (2005). “Hydrate-SedimentInteractions in a Novel High-Pressure Apparatus,” Symposium on Gas Hydrates andClathrates, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March
13-17.
Jones, K., Feng, H., Tomov, S., Winters, W., Eaton, M., and Mahajan, D., (2005). “Morphology ofmethane hydrate host sediments,” Symposium on Gas Hydrates and Clathrates, 229th
American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17.
Kerkar, P., Jones, K., Feng, H., and Mahajan, D., (2006). “Spectroscopic Characterization of Host
Sediments,” International Workshop on Science & Technology Issues in Methane
Hydrates R&D, Engineering Conference International, Kauai, HI, March 5-9.
Mahajan, D., (2006). “Mimicking natural systems in the FISH unit: Methane hydrate formation/
decomposition in depleted Sediments,” New Insights on Natural and Synthetic Systems,
Sediment-Hosted Gas Hydrates, The Geological Society, London, UK, January 25-26.
Mahajan, D., (2004). “Technical Challenges to Mining Methane Hydrates: The next Energy
Frontier,” Marine Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences Colloquium Series, New York, NY,
February 6.
Mahajan, D., Jones, K., Feng, H., and Winters, W., (2003). “Methane Hydrate Studies:
Delineating Properties of Sediments Using Synchrotron Computed Microtomography(CMT),” Symposium on Gas Hydrates, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Spring
National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 3.
Mahajan, D., Koetzle, T., Brammer, L., Klooster, W., McGraw, R., McMullan, R., and Senum, G.,(2002). “Structure Characterization and Sono-Stimulated Kinetic Study with Tracers in
Pressure Vessels: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Gas Hydrates,” Symposium on
the Fundamentals of Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion, Session on Gas
Clathrate Hydrates, TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 17-21.
Mahajan, D., (2001). “Update of results from National Laboratories,” Methane Hydrate Advisory
Committee Meeting, Office of Fossil Energy, U. S. Department of Energy, Woods Hole,MA, May 17-18.
Servio, P., and Mahajan, D., (2003). “Kinetic Reproducibility of Methane Production from
Methane Hydrates,” Symposium on Synthetic Clean Fuels from Natural Gas and Coal-bed
Methane: 30 Years Since the First Oil Crisis, 226th American Chemical Society National
Meeting, New York, NY, September 7-11.

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Yoon, S., Jones, K., Feng, H., Winters, W., and Mahajan, D., (2003) “Methane hydrate studies:delineating properties of sediments by computed microtomography (CMT),” AICHE
Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 3.
Theses/Dissertations
Eaton, M., (2007). “Mimicking Marine-based Natural Systems: A Study of Sediment-Hydrate
Interactions Under In Situ Conditions,” Ph. D. Disseratation, Stony Brook University.

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Anderson B., Kurihara, M., White, M. D., Moridis, G. J., Wilson, S. J., Pooladi-Darvish, M.,
Gaddipati, M., Masuda, Y., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., Narita, H., Rose, K. K., andBoswell, R., (2011). "Regional long-term production modeling from a single well test,
Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope." Marine andPetroleum Geology 28(2):493-501 . doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.015
Briggs, B. R., Inagaki, F., Morono, Y., Futagami, T., Huguet, C., Rosell-Mele, A., Lorenson, T. D.,
and Colwell, F. S., (2012). “Bacterial dominance in subseafloor sediments characterized
by methane hydrates,” FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 81, no.1, pp. 88-98, doi:
10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01311.x
Long, P. E., Holland, M., Schultheiss, P., Riedel, M., Weinberger, J. L., Trehu, A. M., and Schaef,
H. T., (2010). "Infrared (IR) Imaging of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Cores: State-of-the-Art andFuture Prospect," Michael Riedel, Ele Willoughby, and Satinder Chopra eds., GeophysicalCharacterization of Gas Hydrates, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Special
Publication.
Long, P. E., Rose, K. K., Schaef, H. T., Torres, M. E., Solomon, E. S., Kastner, M., Johnson, J. E.,
Giosan, L., Winters, W. J., Dewri, S., and Kumar, P., (2009). “Gas hydrate occurrence inmarine sediments and volcanic ash of the Andaman Arc: Results from NGHP Expedition
01, Site 17,” Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. 2009, 54 (1), pp. 135-136
McGrail, B. P., Ahmed, S., Schaef, H. T., Owen, A. T., Martin, P. F., and Zhu, T., (2007). "Gas
Hydrate Property Measurements in Porous Sediments with Resonant UltrasoundSpectroscopy," J. Geophys. Res. 112 (B05202), doi:10.1029/2005JB004084.
McGrail, B., Ahmed, S., Owen, A., Martin, P., and Zhu, T., (in press). “Gas Hydrate Property
Measurements in Porous Sediments With Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy,” Journalof Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 112(B05202):, doi:10.1029/2005JB004084
McGrail, B., Young, J., Martin, P., and Alexander, M., (2005). “Scientific Results from Mallik 2000
Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest
Territories,” in Dallimore, S., and Collett, T., eds., Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin
585, p.110.
Milkov, A. V., Claypool, G. E., Lee, Y. J., Torres, M. E., Borowski, W. S., Tomaru, H., Sassen, R., andLong, P. E., (2004). "Ethane Enrichment and Propane Depletion in Subsurface Gases
Indicate Gas Hydrate Occurrence in Marine Sediments at Southern Hydrate Ridge
Offshore Oregon." Org. Geochem. 35(9):1067-1080,
10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.04.003.
Riedel, M., Long, P. E., and Collett, T. S., (2006). "Estimates of in Situ Gas Hydrate Concentrationfrom Resistivity Monitoring of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments During Temperature
Equilibration." Marine Geology 227(3-4):215-225, 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.10.007.
Schaef, H. T., McGrail, B. P., Owen, A. T., and Long, P. E., (2009). “Characterization of NGHP-01
Hydrate Samples by In Situ High-Pressure X-Ray Diffraction Coupled with Residual Gas
Analysis,” Marine Geology (In Review).

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Torres, M. E., Tréhu, A. M., Cespedes, N., Kastner, M., Wortmann, U. G., Kim, J.-H., Long, P. E., A.
Malinverno, A., Pohlman, J. W., Riedel, M., Collett, T., (2008). “Methane hydrate
formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311,” Earth andPlanetary Science Letters 271, pp. 170–180.
Trehu, A. M., Long, P. E., Torres, M. E., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F. R., Collett, T. S., Goldberg, D. S.,
Milkov, A. V., Riedel, M., Schultheiss, P., Bangs, N. L., Barr, S. R., Borowski, W. S.,
Claypool, G. E., Delwiche, M. E., Dickens, G. R., Gracia, E., Guerin, G., Holland, M.,
Johnson, J. E., Lee, Y. J., Liu, C. S., Su, X., Teichert, B., Tomaru, H., Vanneste, M.,
Watanabe, M., and Weinberger, J. L., (2004). "Three-Dimensional Distribution of Gas
Hydrate beneath Southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204," Earth Planet.
Sci. Lett. 222(3-4):845-862, 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.035.
Trehu, A. M., Long, P. E., Torres, M. E., Bohrmann, G., Rack, F. R., Collett, T. S., Goldberg, D. S.,
Milkov, A. V., Riedel, M., Schultheiss, P., Bangs, N. L., Barr, S. R., Borowski, W. S.,
Claypool, G. E., Delwiche, M. E., Dickens, G. R., Gracia, E., Guerin, G., Holland, M.,
Johnson, J. E., Lee, Y. J., Liu, C. S., Su, X., Teichert, B., Tomaru, H., Vanneste, M.,
Watanabe, M., and Weinberger, J. L., 2004. "Three-Dimensional Distribution of Gas
Hydrate beneath Southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204 (Vol 222, Pg
845, 2004)," Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 227(3-4):557-558, 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.016.
Weinberger, J., Brown, K., and Long, P., (2005). “Painting a Picture of Gas Hydrate Distribution
with Thermal Images,” Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32.
White, M. D., Wurstner, S. K., and McGrail, B. P., (2011). “"Numerical studies of methane
production from Class 1 gas hydrate accumulations enhanced with carbon dioxide
injection," Marine and Petroleum Geology 28(2):546-560.
doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.06.008
Yoo S., and Xantheas, S. S., (2012). "Enhancement of Hydrogen Storage Capacity in Hydrate
Lattices," Chemical Physics Letters 525-526:13-18. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2011.12.036
Government Reports
McGrail B. P., Schaef, H. T., White, M. D., Zhu, T., Kulkarni, A. S., Hunter, R. B., Patil, S. L., Owen,
A. T., and Martin, P. F., (2007). “Using Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Recovery of Methanefrom Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: Final Summary Report,” PNNL-17035, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
White M. D., Wurstner, S. K., and McGrail, B. P., (2009). “Comparative Assessment of Advanced
Gas Hydrate Production Methods: Final Report,” PNWD-4081, Battelle—PacificNorthwest Division, Richland, WA.
White, M., (2018). “Kinetic Parameters for the Exchange of Hydrate Formers,” Quarterly
Research Performance Report for the Period Ending 12/31/2017, for Pacific Northwest
National Laboratories FWP 65213. January 2018.
White, M., (2018). “Kinetic Parameters for the Exchange of Hydrate Formers,” Quarterly
Research Performance Report for the Period Ending 03/31/2018, for Pacific Northwest
National Laboratories FWP 65213. March 2018.

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White, M., (2018). “Kinetic Parameters for the Exchange of Hydrate Formers,” Quarterly
Research Performance Report for the Period Ending 6/30/2018, for Pacific Northwest
National Laboratories FWP 65213. July 2018.
White, M., (2018). “Kinetic Parameters for the Exchange of Hydrate Formers,” Quarterly
Research Performance Report for the Period Ending 9/30/2018, for Pacific Northwest
National Laboratories FWP 65213. September 2018.
Other Publications
Ahmed, S., (2005). "Theoretical Considerations in the Application of RUS to Determine theAmont of Gas Hydrate/Ice in Berea Sandstone," PNNL-SA-46362, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Ahmed, S., and McGrail, B. P., (2005). "Theoretical Considerations in the Application of Resonant
Ultrasound to Determine Amount of Gas Hydrate/Ice in Berea Sandstone," PNNL-SA44620, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Ahmed, S., and McGrail, B. P., (2005). "Theoretical Considerations in the Application of RUS to
Determine the Amount of Gas Hydrate/Ice in Berea Sandstone," PNNL-SA-45737, PacificNorthwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Alexander, M. L., Young, J. S., and Martin, P. F., (2004). "Gas Hydrate Formation andDissociation in the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope," PNNL-SA-41422,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Briggs, B., Hangsterfer, A., Brodie, E. L., Daly, R., Holland, M., Carini, P., Torres, M. E., Kastner,
M., Long, P. E., Schaef, H. T., Delwiche, M. E., Winters, W. J., Riedel, M., and Colwell, F.
S., (2008). "Distribution of the dominant microbial communities in marine sediments
containing high concentrations of gas hydrates," PNNL-SA-59562, 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, Canada.
Long, P. E., Schaef, H. T., McGrail, B. P., Torres, M. E., Trehu, A. M., Cespedes, N., Kastner, M.,
Wortmann, U., and Riedel, M., (2007). "IODP Expedition 311 IR Imaging correlation topore water chemistry and post-cruise high-pressure X-ray diffraction (HXRD) and
residual gas analyses (RGA)," PNNL-SA-54922, IODP Expedition 311 2nd Post Cruise
Meeting, Paris, France.
Long, P. E., Schaef, H. T., Torres, M. E., Holland, M., Schultheiss, P. J., Kastner, M., Solomon, E.,
and Winters, W. J., (2007). "Infrared (IR) Imaging results from Indian National Gas
Hydrate Program, Expedition 01: Implications for gas hydrate abundance and correlation
to physical properties and pore water chemistry," PNNL-SA-58141, India National Gas
Hydrate Program, Expedition 01, Delhi, India.
Long, P. E., Holland, M., Schultheiss, P., Riedel, M., Weinberger, J., Trehu, A. M., and Schaef, H.
T., (2010). "Infrared (IR) Imaging of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Cores: State-of-the-Art andFuture Prospects," Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates.
McGrail, B. P., and White, M. D., (2005). "Numerical simulation of CO2 injection andsequestration in saline and hydrate bearing aquifers," PNNL-SA-44745, PacificNorthwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

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McGrail, B. P., Zhu, T., Hunter, R. B., White, M. D., and Patil, S. L., (2004). "A New Method forEnhanced Production of Gas Hydrates with CO2," PNNL-SA-41275, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
McGrail, B. P., Ahmed, S., Owen, A. T., Phale, H. A., and Newburn, M. K., (2004). "A New
Method for Gas Hydrate Equilibrium Measurements in Porous Media Using Resonant
Ultrasound Spectroscopy," PNNL-SA-43580, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA.
Schaef, H. T., Long, P. E., McGrail, B. P., and Owen, A. T., (2007). "High-pressure X-ray diffraction(HXRD) coupled with residual gas analyses (RGA) of gas hydrate-bearing sediment
samples from the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program, Expedition 01," PNNL-SA58146, NGHP Expedition 01 Symposium, Delhi, India.
Schaef, H. T., McGrail, B. P., Owen, A. T., Zhu, T., and Hunter, R. B., (2005). "Enhanced Gas
Hydrate Recovery with CO2 Sequestration," PNNL-SA-44412, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, WA.
White, M. D., (2004). "STOMP Website," PNNL-SA-43651 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2006). “Numerical Simulation of Methane Hydrate Production
from Geologic Formations via CO2 Injection," PNWD-SA-7506, 2nd International
Symposium on Gas Hydrate Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2008). "Using Numerical Simulation to Interpret Experimental
Flow and Recovery Test Results from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Well," PNNL-SA60012, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
White, M. D., (2011). "Role of Guest Molecule Exchange Kinetics on the Injectivity of Liquid CO2
into Gas Hydrate Bearing Formations," PNWD-SA-9322, 2011 SIAM Conference onMathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Long Beach, CA.
Young, J. S., McGrail, B. P., and Martin P. F., (2003). "Examination of Gas Hydrates in Sedimentswith Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy," PNNL-SA-38738, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Presentations
Ahmed, S. (2005). "Theoretical Considerations in the Application of RUS to Determine theAmont of Gas Hydrate/Ice in Berea Sandstone," PNNL-SA-46362, World Congress
Ultrasonics/Ultrasonics International 05, Beijing, China, August 30.
Ahmed, S., and McGrail, B. P., (2007). "Application of Acoustic Waves to Determine the Amountof Gas Hydrate in Core Samples," PNNL-SA-54318, National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, March 13.
Alexander, M. L., Young, J. S., and Martin, P. F., (2004). "Gas Hydrate Formation and Dissociationin the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope," PNNL-SA-41422, Goldschmidt
Geochemistry Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 8.

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Anderson, B. J., Wilder, J. W., Kurihara, M., White, M. D., Moridis, G. J., Wilson, S. J., PooladiDarvish, M., Masuda, Y., Collett, T., and Hunter, R., (2008). “Analysis of modular dynamic
formation test results from the ‘Mount Elbert’ stratigraphic test well, Milne Point,
Alaska,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Anderson, B., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Farrell, H., Ohtsuka, S., and White, M., (2014). “Review ofthe findings of the Ignik Sikumi CO2-CH4 gas hydrate exchange field trial,” Proceedingsof the 8th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH8-2014), Beijing, China, July
28-August 1.
Long, P. E., Schaef, H. T., Torres, M. E., Holland, M., Schultheiss, P. J., Kastner, M., Solomon, E.,
and Winters, W. J., (2008). "Infrared Imaging results from Indian National Gas Hydrate
Program Expedition 1: Implications for gas hydrate abundance and correlation tophysical properties and pore water chemistry," PNNL-SA-58983, NGHP-01 Gas
Conference 2008, Delhi, India,February 7.
Long, P. E., (2007). "Quantification of Gas Hydrate Abundance Using IR Images of Core From
Expedition 311," Second Post-cruise meeting for Expediton 311, Paris, France, April 23.
McGrail, B. P., Ahmed, S., Owen, A. T., and Martin, P. F., (2006). "Resonant UltrasoundSpectroscopy: A New Technique for Measurement of Gas Hydrate Properties in Porous
Sediments," 11th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice,
Bremerhaven, Germany, July 25.
McGrail, B., Martin, P., White, M., Ahmed, A., Owen, A., Schaef, T., Young, S., and Alexander, M.,(2006). “Gas Hydrate Science at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,” U. S. DOE-NETL
Gas Hydrates Program Review, Denver, CO, January 18.
McGrail, B., Schaef, T., White, M., Owen, A., Martin, P., and Long, P., (2006). “PNNL Gas Hydrate
Research Capabilities,” Inter-Laboratory Hydrate Workshop, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden, CO.
McGrail B. P., Ahmed, S., Owen, A. T., Phale, H. A., and Newburn, M. K., (2005). "A New Method
for Gas Hydrate Equilibrium Measurements in Porous Media Using Resonant UltrasoundSpectroscopy," PNNL-SA-43580, American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 14.
McGrail B. P., and M. D. White. 2005. "Numerical simulation of CO2 injection and sequestrationin saline and hydrate bearing aquifers." Presented by Mark D. White at Fourth Annual
Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Alexandria, VA on May 2, (2005). PNNL-SA-44745.
McGrail, B., (2005). Gas Hydrate Equilibria Measurements in Porous Sediments With Resonant
Ultrasound Spectroscopy, San Diego, CA, 229th American Chemical Society National
Meeting, March 13-17.
McGrail, B. P., M. L. Alexander, J. S. Young, and P. F. Martin. 2004. "Gas Hydrate Formation andDissociation in the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope." Presented atGoldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark on June 9, (2004).
McGrail B. P., Zhu, T., R. B. Hunter, M. D. White, and S. L. Patil. 2004. "A New Method forEnhanced Production of Gas Hydrates with CO2." Presented by B. Peter McGrail (Invited
Speaker) at AAPG HEDBERG CONFERENCE, Vancouver, BC, Canada on September 14,(2004). PNNL-SA-41275.

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McGrail, B., J. Young, and P. Martin, 2003, Preliminary Results of X-ray Microtomography,
Resonant Ultrasound, and Environmental Electron Microscopy Analyses of Mallik 5L-38
Core Samples, Whistler, BC, Workshop on the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well,
January 23.
McGrail, B., Martin, P., Young, J., Owen, A., and Alexander, M., (2003). “Analyses of Mallik 5L-38
Core Samples with Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy and Resonant
Ultrasound Spectroscopy,” Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well
Symposium, Makuhari, Japan, December 9.
Schaef H. T., McGrail, B. P., Owen, A. T., Zhu, T., and Hunter, R. B., (2005). "Enhanced Gas
Hydrate Recovery with CO2 Sequestration," 4th Annual Conference on Carbon Caputre
and Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 2. PNNL-SA-44412.
Schaef, T., (2008). “High pressure X-ray diffraction (HXRD) coupled with residual gas analyses(RGA) of gas hydrate bearing sediment samples from the Indian National Gas Hydrate
Program, Expedition 01” NGHP Gas Hydrate Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb. 6-8.
Schaef, H. T., McGrail, B. P., White, M. D., and Long, P.E., (2008). "Characterization of Natural
Hydrate Bearing Core Samples." Presented by Herbert T. Schaef (Invited Speaker) at
DOE-NETL Methane Hydrate Program Peer Review of funded National Lab and InterAgency Efforts, Pittsburgh, PA on August 26, (2008). PNNL-SA-62123.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2003). "Numerical Investigations of Multifluid Hydrodynamics
During Injection of Supercritical CO2 into Porous Media," in J. Gale and Y. Kaya, eds. 6th
International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-6), Pergamon,
Oxford, United Kingdom, 30th September-4th October, vol. I, pp. 449-456.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2006). "STOMP-HYD: A New Numerical Simulator for Analysis
of Methane Hydrate Production from Geologic Formations," in A. Reedman, Y. S. Park, J.
J. Bahk and N. Chaimanee, eds., Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Gas
Hydrate Technology at the 43rd Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in
East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) Annual Session, October 29 - November 3, 2006,
Daejeon, Republic of Korea, pp. 77-86.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2008). "Designing a Pilot-Scale Experiment for the Productionof Natural Gas Hydrates and Sequestration of CO2 in Class 1 Hydrate Accumulations,"
GHGT-9, Washington, DC, November 17. PNWD-SA-8404.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2008). “Numerical Simulation of Methane Hydrate Production
from Geologic Formations via Carbon Dioxide Injection,” Special Session on Gas
Production from Hydrates for the 2008 Offshore Technololgy Conference, Houston, TX,
May 5-8.
White, M. D., and McGrail, B. P., (2008). "Numerical Simulation of Methane Hydrate Production
From Geologic Formations via Carbon Dioxide Injection," Waves of Change: Proceedingsof the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.Paper No. OCT 19458.
White, M. D., (2010). "Impact of Kinetics on the Injectivity of Liquid CO2 into Arctic
Hydrates." Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX, February, 7-9. PNWD-SA-9217.

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White, M. D., and Lee, W. S., (2014). “Guest molecule exchange kinetics for the 2012 Ignik
Sikumi Gas Hydrate Field Trial,” Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 5-8. OTC, 25374-MS.
Wilder, J. W., Moridis, G. J., Wilson, S. J., Kurihara, M., White, M. D., Masuda, Y., and Anderson,
B. J., (2008). “An international effort to compare gas hydrate reservoir simulators,”
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Young J. S., McGrail, B. P., and Martin, P. F., (2003). "Examination of Gas Hydrates in Sedimentswith Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy," Pacific Northwest Microscopy
Society Meeting, Richland, WA, May 29. PNNL-SA-38738.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Cameron-Smith, P. J., (2011). “Marine
Methane Cycle Simulations for the Period of Early Global Warming,” J. Geophysical Res.
Biogeo., 116, G01010, doi: 10.1029/2010JG001300.
Elliott, S. M., Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Cameron-Smith, P. J., (2010). “Geochemistry ofClathrate-Derived Methane in Arctic Ocean Waters,” LBNL-3389E, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
37, L12607, doi:10.1029/2010GL043369.
Presentations
Elliott, S., (2011). “Arctic Marine Biogeochemistry Modeling,” 2011 Summer School, Program inInterdisciplinary Biological and Biomedical Sciences, U. of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM.
Elliott, S., (2011). “Arctic Marine Biogeochemistry Modeling,” 2011 IARC Summer School, U. of
Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, May 23-June 4.
Elliott, S., (2011). “Arctic marine methane cycle simulations for the period of global warming,”
USGS/DOE Climate-Hydrates Research Workshop, Boston, MA, March 15-16.
Elliott, S., (2011). “Trace Greenhouse Gases and Sea Ice,” NCAR Polar Climate Working Group
Meeting, Boulder, CO, Feb 28–March 1.
Elliott, S., (2010). “Arctic marine methane cycle simulations for the period of global warming,”
AGU Fall Meeting 2010, Dec 13-17.
Elliott, S., (2009). "Arctic Marine Methane Cycle Simulations for the Period of Global Warming,”
AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Maltrud, M., (2012). “Global ocean methane cycle simulations in the Community Earth System
Model,” NCAR Biogeochemistry Working Group Meeting, Boulder CO.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Alp, D., Parlaktuna, M., Moridis, G., (2007). “Geologic Carbon Sequestration and Methane
Hydrates Research from the TOUGH Symposium 2006: Gas production bydepressurization from hypothetical Class 1G and Class 1W hydrate reservoirs,” in J. C.
Denton, C. M. Oldenburg, T. J. Kneafsey and Rutqvist, J., eds., Energy Conversion andManagement, Vol. 48, Issue 6, pp. 1864-1879.
Boswell, R., Myshakin, E., Moridis, G.J., Konno, Y., Collett, T.S., Reagan, M.T., Ajayi, T., Seol, Y.,“Scientific Results of Numerical Simulation of Gas Hydrate Reservoirs in the Offshore ofIndia: National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition-02,” J. Marine and Petroleum Geology,
in press. doi: 10.1016/marpetgeo.2018.09.026, 2018.
Boswell, R., Shelander, D., Lee, M., Latham, T., Collett, T., Geurin, G., Moridis, G., Reagan, M.,
and Goldberg, D., (2009). "Occurrence of gas hydrate in Oligocence Frio sand: Alaminos
Canyon Block 818: northern Gulf of Mexico," Marine and Petroleum Geology.
Dai, S., Santamarina, J. C., Waite, W. F. and Kneafsey, T. J., (2012). “Hydrate morphology:
Physical properties of sands with patchy hydrate saturation,” Journal of GeophysicalResearch: Solid Earth, 117(B11): B11205.
Freifeld, B., Kneafsey, T., and Rack, F., (2006). “On-site geologic core analysis using a portable Xray computed tomographic system,” in R. Rothwell, ed., New Techniques in SedimentCore Analysis, Special Publication, 267, pp.165-178.
Freifeld, B. M., and Kneafsey, T. J., (2004.) "Investigating methane hydrate in sediments using Xray computed tomography," Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates, pp. 227-238.
Gupta, A., Kneafsey, T., Moridis, G., Seol, Y., Kowalsky, M., and Sloan, E., Jr., (2006). “Methane
hydrate thermal conductivity in a large heterogeneous porous sample,” Journal of
Physical Chemistry B. DOI: 10.1021/jp0619639LBNL-59088.
Gupta, A., Moridis, G., Kneafsey, T., and Sloan, E. D., (2009). “Modeling Pure Methane Hydrate
Dissociation Using a Numerical Simulator from a Novel Combination of X-ray Computed
Tomography and Macroscopic Data,” Energy & Fuels. DOI: 10.1021/ef9006565.
Kim, J., Moridis, G. J., and Rutqvist, J., (2012). "Coupled flow and geomechanical analysis for gas
production in the Prudhoe Bay Unit L-106 Well Unit C Gas hydrate deposit in Alaska."
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 92-93, pp. 143-157.
Kim, J., Moridis, G. J., Yang, D., and Rutqvist, J., (2012). “Numerical Studies on Coupled Flow andGeomechanics in Hydrate Deposits,” SPE Journal, 17(2), 485-501, doi: 10.2118/141304PA.
Kneafsey, T. J., Seol, Y., Gupta, A., Tomutsa, L., (2010). “Permeability of Laboratory-Formed
Methane-Hydrate-Bearing Sand,” SPE Journal, 10.2118/139525-pa.
Kneafsey, T. J., Liu, H., Winters, W., Boswell, R., Hunter, R., and Collett, T. S., (2009). “Analysis ofcore samples from the BPXA-DOE-USGS Mount Elbert gas hydrate stratigraphic test well:
Insights into core disturbance and handling,” Marine and Petroleum Geology,
doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.009.

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Kneafsey, T. J., Seol, Y., Moridis, G. J., Tomutsa, L., Freifeld, B. M., (2009). “Laboratory
measurements on core-scale sediment and hydrate samples to predict reservoir
behavior,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas
hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89,
pp. 705–713.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Moridis, G., Seol, Y., Freifeld, B., Taylor, C., and Gupta, A., (2007).
“Methane hydrate formation and dissociation in a partially saturated core-scale sandsample,” in D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori, eds., Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate, Volume 56, Issues 1-3, pp.
108-126.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Taylor, C., Gupta, A., Moridis, G., Freifeld, B., and Seol, Y., (2004).
“Methane hydrate formation and dissociation in a partially-saturated sand,” Papers of
the American Chemical Society, Volume. 49.
Kneafsey, T. and Moridis, G.J., (2014). “X-Ray Computed Tomography Examination Of NGHP
Cores And Comparison Of Hydrate Dissociation In NGHP-01 And Mount Elbert Cores:
Experimental Observations And Numerical Modeling,” Journal of Marine and Petroleum
Geology, v. 58, pp. 526-539.
Kowalsky, M. B., Nakagawa, S., and Moridis, G. J., (2010). “Feasibility of monitoring gas hydrate
production with time-lapse vertical seismic profiling,” SPE Journal, SPE-132508-PA, doi:
10.2118/132508-PA.
Kowalsky, M., and Moridis, G., (2007). “Comparison of Kinetic and Equilibrium Reaction Models
in the Simulation of the Behavior of Gas Hydrates in Porous Media,” Journal of Energy
Conversion and Management, 48(6), pp. 1850-1863.
Kwon, T. H., Kneafsey, T. J., and Rees, E.V. L. (2011) "Thermal dissociation behavior anddissociation enthalpies of methane-carbon dioxide mixed hydrates,” Journal of Physical
Chemistry B, Vol. 115, pp. 8169-8175, doi: 10.1021/jp111490w.
Kwon, T.-H., K.-R. Lee, G.-C. Cho and J. Y. Lee (2011). "Geotechnical properties of deep oceanic
sediments recovered from the hydrate occurrence regions in the Ulleung Basin, East
Sea, offshore Korea." Marine and Petroleum Geology 28(10): 1870-1883.
Li, G., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., Li, X. S., (2010). “Evaluation of Gas Production Potential from
Marine Gas Hydrte Deposits in Shenhu Area of South China Sea,” Energy Fuels 2010, 24,
pp. 6018-6033. DOI: 10.1021/ef100930m
Moridis, G. J., Kim, J., Reagan, M. T., and Kim, S-J., (2013). “Feasibility of gas production from agas hydrate accumulation at the UBGH2-6 site of the Ulleung basin in the Korean East
Sea,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 108, pp. 180-210. doi:
10.1016/j.cageo.2013.04.001.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Hancock, S., Rutqvist, J., Santamarina, C., Kneafsey, T.,
Reagan, M. T., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Kowalsky, M., Sloan, E. D., and Coh, C., (2012). “Gas
Hydrates as a Potential Energy Source: State of Knowledge and Challenges,” in J. W. Leeed., Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, pp. 977-1035, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3348-4.

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Moridis, G. J., and Reagan, M. T., (2011). “Estimating the Upper Limit of Gas Production FromClass 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost: 1. Concepts, System Description, and
the Production Base Case,” LBNL-01615E, JPSE, 76, pp. 194-204.
Moridis, G. J., and Reagan, M. T., (2011). “Estimating the Upper Limit of Gas Production FromClass 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost: 2. Alternative Well Designs andSensitivity Analysis,” LBNL-04272E, JPSE, 76, pp. 124-137.
Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T., Boyle, K. L., and Zhang, K., (2011). “Evaluation of the Gas
Production Potential of Some Particularly Challenging Types of Hydrate Deposits,”
Transport in Porous Media, doi: 10.1007/s11242-011-9762-5.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Pooladi-Darwish, M., Hancock, S., Santamarina, C., Boswell, R.,
Kneafsey, T., Rutqvist, J., Kowalsky, M. J., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., Sum, A. K., andKoh, C., “Challenges, Uncertainties and Issues Facing Gas Production From Hydrate
Deposits in Geologic Systems,” LBNL-04254E, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering,14(1), pp. 76-112.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Santamarina, C., Boswell,R., Kneafsey, T. J., Rutqvist, J., Kowalsky, M. B., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., Sum, A., andKoh, C., (2011). “Challenges, Uncertainties, and Issues Facing Gas Production From GasHydrate Deposits,” SPE Res Eval & Eng 14 (1), pp. 76-112. SPE-131792-PA. doi:
10.2118/131792-PA.
Moridis, G. J., Silpngarmlert, S., Reagan, M. T., Collett, T., and Zhang, K., (2010). “Gas Production
From a Cold, Stratigraphically Bounded Hydrate Deposit at the Mount Elbert Site, North
Slope, Alaska,” LBNL-3005E, Marine & Petroleum Geology, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.005
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Kurihara, M., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., and Koh, C.,“Toward Production From Gas Hydrates: Assessment of Resources, Technology, andPotential” LBNL-00161E, SPE 114163, SPE Journal, SPE Journal, 12(5), pp. 745-771.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Hancock, S., Rutqvist, J., Santamarina, C., Kneafsey, T.,
Reagan, M. T., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Kowalsky, M., Sloan, E. D., and Coh, C., (2012). “Gas
Hydrates as a Potential Energy Source: State of Knowledge and Challenges,” In J. W. Leeed., Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, pp. 977-1035, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3348-4.
Moridis, G. J., and Reagan, M. T., (2009). “Gas Production From Class 2 Hydrate Accumulationsin the Permafrost,” LBNL-01615E, SPE 110858, SPE Journal.
Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., Kim, S.-J. “System Response to Gas Production froma Heterogeneous Hydrate Accumulation at the UBGH2-6 Site in the Ulleung Basin of the
Korean East Sea,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., in press.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., Kim, S., Seol Y., and Zhang, K., (2009). “Evaluation of the Gas Production
Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea,”
LBNL-63812, SPE 110859, SPE Journal, SPE Journal, 14(4), pp. 759-781,
doi:10.2118/110859-PA.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M. T., Boyle, K. L., and Zhang, K., (2011). “Evaluation of the Gas Production
Potential of Challenging Hydrate Deposits,” Transport in Porous Media, v. 90, pp. 269299, doi: 10.1007/s11242-011-9762-5.

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Moridis, G., Kowalsky, M. B., (2007). “Response of Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments to
Thermal Stresses,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Volume 12, Number 2, pp.
253-268.
Moridis, G. and Sloan, E. Dendy, (2007). “Geologic Carbon Sequestration and Methane Hydrates
Research from the TOUGH Symposium 2006: Gas production potential of disperse lowsaturation hydrate accumulations in oceanic sediments,” in J. C. Denton, C. M.
Oldenburg, T. J. Kneafsey and Rutqvist, J., eds., Energy Conversion and Management,
Vol. 48, Issue 6, pp. 1834-1849.
Moridis, G., Kowalsky, M., Pruess, K., (2007). “Depressurization-Induced Gas Production fromClass 1 Hydrate Deposits,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5,
p.458-481.
Moridis, G., and Kowalsky, M., (2005). “Gas Production from Unconfined Class 2 Hydrate
Accumulations in the Oceanic Subsurface (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Report No. 57299),” in Max, M., A. Johnson, W. Dillon and Collett, T., eds., Economic
Geology of Natural Gas Hydrates.
Moridis, G., (2004). “Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate
Accumulations at the Mallik Site, Mackenzie Delta,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation andEngineering, Volume 7, n.3, pp. 175-183.
Moridis, G., (2003). “Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Methane Hydrates,” Society ofPetroleum Engineers Journal, Volume 32, n. 8, pp. 359-370.
Moridis, G., and Reagan, M., (in review). “Similarity Solution for Gas Production from
Dissociating Hydrates in Geologic Media, Transport in Porous Media.”Moridis, G., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Satoh, T., Hancock, S., and Weatherhill, B., (2004).
“Numerical Studies Of Gas Production From Several Methane Hydrate Zones at the
Mallik Site, Mackenzie Delta,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume
43, pp. 219-239.
Moridis, G., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Inoue, T., and Mroz, T., (2005). “Analysis and Interpretationof the Thermal Test of Gas Hydrate Dissociation in the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 5L-38
Gas Hydrate Production Research Well (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Report
No.57296),” in Dallimore, S. and Collett, T., eds., Scientific results from the Mallik 2002
gas hydrate production well program, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585.
Moridis, G. and Collett, T., (2004). Gas Production from Class 1 Hydrate Accumulations, in Taylor,C., and J. Qwan, eds., Recent Advances in the Study of Gas Hydrates, American Instituteof Chemical Engineers and Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 75-88.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., Kim, S.-J. “System Response to Gas Production from a
Heterogeneous Hydrate Accumulation at the UBGH2-6 Site in the Ulleung Basin of the
Korean East Sea,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., in press. 8.
Moridis, G., Queiruga, A.F., Reagan, M.T., “The TOUGH+Millstone Code for the Analysis of
Coupled Flow, Thermal, Chemical and Geomechanical Processes in Hydrate-Bearing
Geologic Media, Part I: The Hydrate Simulator,” in revision for Transport in PorousMedia.

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Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., Collett, T.S., Boswell, R., “Evaluation of the
Performance of the Oceanic Hydrate Accumulation at the NGHP-02-9 Site of the
KrishnaGodawari Basin During a Single and Multi-Well Production,” J. Marine andPetroleum Geology, in press.
Queiruga, A.F., Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., “The TOUGH+Millstone Code for the Analysis of
Coupled Flow, Thermal, Chemical and Geomechanical Processes in Hydrate-Bearing
Geologic Media, Part II: Numerical Algorithms and the Stone Geomechanical Simulator,”in revision for Transport in Porous Media.
Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Freeman, C.M., Pan, L., Boyle, K.L., Keen, N., Husebo, J.A., “FieldScale Simulation of Production from Oceanic Gas Hydrate Deposits,” Transport in PorousMedia, 108(1), 151-169, 2015.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., “Dissociation of Oceanic Hydrates in
Response to Climate Change and the Biogeochemical Consequences,” Fire in the Ice,
DOE Methane Hydrates Program.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation Under
Climate Change Scenarios,” LBNL-62999, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22709, doi:
10.1029/2007GL031671.
Reagan, M. T., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “The dynamic response of oceanic hydrate deposits toocean temperature change,” LBNL-01026E, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 113, C12023,
doi:10.1029/2008JC004938.
Reagan, M. T. and Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Large-Scale Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate
Dissociation in Response to Climate Change,” LBNL-2908E, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36,
L23612, doi:10.1029/2009GL041332.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., and Maltrud, M., (2011). “Contributions of Oceanic
Gas Hydrate Dissociation to the Formation of Arctic Ocean Methane Plumes,” J.
Geophys. Res. Oceans, 116, C09014, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007189.
Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Seim, K.S., (2017). “Fast Parametric Relationships for the Large-Scale
Reservoir Simulation of Mixed CH4-CO2 Gas Hydrate Systems,” Computers andGeosciences, 103, pp. 191-203.
Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., Moridis, G.J., “The TOUGH+Millstone Code for the Analysis of
Coupled Flow, Thermal, Chemical and Geomechanical Processes in Hydrate-Bearing
Geologic Media, Part III: Application to Production Simulation,” in revision for Transport
in Porous Media.
Rees E. V. L., Kneafsey, T. J., and Seol, Y., (2011). “Methane Hydrate Distribution from Prolonged
and Repeated Formation in Natural and Compacted Sand Samples: X-Ray CT
Observations,” Journal of Geological Research, vol. 2011, Article ID 791815,
doi:10.1155/2011/791815 LBNL-5029E
Rees, E.V. L., Kneafsey, T. J., and Seol, Y., (2011). “X-Ray CT observations of methane hydrate
distribution from prolonged and repeated formation in natural and synthetic compacted
sand samples,” J. of Geological Research, article 791815, doi:10.1155/2011/791815.

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Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Numerical studies on the geomechanical stability of
hydrate-bearing sediments,” SPE Journal, 14(2): 267-282, 2009, SPE-126129-PA, doi:
10.2118/126129-PA.
Rutqvist J., Moridis, G. J., Grover T., and Collett T, (2009). “Geomechanical response ofpermafrost-associated hydrate deposits to depressurization-induced gas production,”
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 67, pp. 1–12.
Rutqvist, J. and G. J. Moridis, (2012). “Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow and Wellbore Stability
Analysis Associated with Gas Production from Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,”
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, pp. 92-93, 65-81, doi:
10.1016/j.petrol.2012.06.004.
Seol, Y., and Kneafsey, T. J., (2009). “X-ray computed-tomography observations of water flow
through anisotropic methane hydrate-bearing sand,” Journal of Petroleum Science andEngineering 66, pp. 121–132, doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2009.01.008.
Seol, Y., and Kneafsey, T. J., (2011) “Methane hydrate induced permeability modification for
multiphase flow in unsaturated porous media,” J. Geophys. Res., 116(B8), B08102.
Shi, H., Holmes, J.A., Durlofsky, L.J., Aziz, K., Diaz, L., Alkaya, B., Oddie, G., (2005) "Drift-Flux
Modeling of Two-Phase Flow in Wellbores." SPE J. 10(1): 24-33.
Waite, W., C. Santamarina, D. Cortes, Dugan, B., N. Espinoza, J. Germaine, Jang, J., J. Jung, T. J.
Kneafsey, H. Shin, K. Soga, Winters, W., T-S. Yun, (2009). “Physical Properties of HydrateBearing Sediments,” Rev. Geophys., 47, RG4003, doi:10.1029/2008RG000279.
Waite, W. F., Kneafsey, T. J., Winters, W. J., and Mason D. H., (2008). “Physical property changes
in hydrate-bearing sediment due to depressurization and subsequent repressurization,”
J. Geophys. Res., 113, B07102, LBNL-664E doi:10.1029/2007JB005351.
Yun, T. S., C. Lee, J.-S. Lee, J. J. Bahk and J. C. Santamarina (2011). "A pressure core based
characterization of hydrate-bearing sediments in the Ulleung Basin, Sea of Japan (East
Sea)." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116(B2): n/a-n/a.
Government Reports
Freifeld, B, Kneafsey, T., Pruess, J., Reiter, P., and Tomutsa, L., (2002). “X-ray Scanner for ODP
Leg 204: Drilling Gas Hydrates on Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin,” LBNL51327.
Kneafsey, T. J., Rees, E.V. L., Nakagawa, S., and Kwon, T-H., (2010). “Examination of Hydrate
Formation Methods: Trying to Create Representative Sample,” LBNL Report Number:
LBNL-4845E.
Kneafsey, T. J. and Rees, E.V. L., (2010). “X-ray CT observations of methane hydrate distributionchanges over time in a natural sediment core from the BPX-DOE-USGS Mount Elbert Gas
Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, March 31, 2010,” LBNL-4852E.
Kneafsey, T., Nakagawa, S., and Moridis, G., (2007). “Approach to Forming Hydrate Bearing
Samples in Fine-Grained Material,” Topical Report, FWP ESD05-036, DOE No. DE-FC2605NT42664.
Kneafsey, T. J., (2013). “Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Subjected to Changing Gas
Compositions,” Topical Report, ESD12-011.

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Kneafsey, T. J., (2013). “Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Subjected to Changing Gas
Compositions,” Quarterly Report for work performed under ESD12-011, for period
covering July 1-September 30, 2013.
Kneafsey, T. J., (2014). “Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Subjected to Changing Gas
Compositions,” Progress Report for work performed under ESD12-011, for period
covering July 1, 2013-April 30, 2014.
Kneafsey, T. J., (2014). “Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Subjected to Changing Gas
Compositions,” Quarterly Report for work performed under ESD12-011, for period
covering October 1-December 31, 2014.
Kneafsey, T. J., (2016). “Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Subjected to Changing Gas
Compositions,” Quarterly Report for work performed under ESD12-011, for period
covering February 1-April 30, 2016.
Kneafsey, T.J., (2018). “Properties of Sediments Containing Methane Hydrate, Water, and Gas
Subjected to Changing Gas Compositions,” Quarterly Research Performance Report forwork performed under ESD12-011, for period ending December 31, 2017. January, 2018.
Kneafsey, T.J., (2018). “Properties of Sediments Containing Methane Hydrate, Water, and Gas
Subjected to Changing Gas Compositions,” Quarterly Research Performance Report forwork performed under ESD12-011, for period ending March 31, 2018. May, 2018.
Kneafsey, T.J., (2018). “Properties of Sediments Containing Methane Hydrate, Water, and Gas
Subjected to Changing Gas Compositions,” Quarterly Research Performance Report forwork performed under ESD12-011, for period ending June 30, 2018. September, 2018.
Kneafsey, T.J., 2018. “LBNL-KIGAM Collaboration in the Investigation of the Gas Production
Potential of Hydrate Deposits in the Korean East Sea,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, FP00003995 (Period Ending 12/31/2017), January 2018.
Kneafsey, T.J., 2018. “LBNL-KIGAM Collaboration in the Investigation of the Gas Production
Potential of Hydrate Deposits in the Korean East Sea,” Quarterly Research Performance
Progress Report, FP00003995 (Period Ending 03/31/2018), March 2018.
Moridis, G., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Satoh, T., Hancock, S., Weatherill, B., (2002). “Numerical
Studies of Gas Production from Several CH4-Hydrate Zones at the Mallik Site, Mackenzie
Delta,” Topical Report, LBNL-50257.
Moridis, G. and Sloan, D., (2006). “Gas Production Potential of Disperse Low-Saturation Hydrate
Accumulations in Oceanic Sediments,” LBNL-61446.
Moridis, G. J., Kneafsey, T., Kowalsky, M., and Reagan, M. T., (2007). “Numerical, Laboratory And
Field Studies of Gas Production From Natural Hydrate Accumulations in Geologic
Media,” OSTI Report 918665 (Dec. 2007).
Moridis, G., (2009). “Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate
Accumulations.” U. S. DOE Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2009.
Moridis, G., (2009). “Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate
Deposits: Year End Report.” U. S. DOE Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2009.
Moridis, G., (2009). “Laboratory Studies in Support of Characterization of Recoverable Resourcesfrom Methane Hydrate Deposits” U. S. DOE Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2009. ESD05-048.

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Moridis, G., (2013). “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from
Methane Hydrate Deposits” 2012 Annual Research Progress Report. ESD12-011.
Nakagawa, S. and Kneafsey, T. J., (2011). “Application of the Split Hopkinson Resonant Bar test
for seismic property characterization of hydrate-bearing sand undergoing water
saturation,” LBNL number pending.
Reagan, M.T., (2018). “NUMERICAL STUDIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOVERABLERESOURCES FROM METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS,” Quarterly Research Performance
Report, DOE Award Number ESD12-010, Period Ending 03/31/2018. March, 2018.
Reagan, M.T., (2018). “NUMERICAL STUDIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOVERABLERESOURCES FROM METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS,” Quarterly Research Performance
Report, DOE Award Number ESD12-010, Period Ending 06/30/2018. June, 2018.
Reagan, M.T., (2018). “NUMERICAL STUDIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOVERABLERESOURCES FROM METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS,” Quarterly Research Performance
Report, DOE Award Number ESD12-010, Period Ending 09/30/2018. September, 2018.
Reagan, M.T., (2018). “NUMERICAL STUDIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOVERABLERESOURCES FROM METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS,” Final Project Report, DOE Award
Number ESD12-010, Period Ending 09/30/2018. December, 2018.
Rutqvist J., and Moridis, J. T., (2008). “A Numerical Model for Analysis of the Geomechanical
Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” Earth Sciences Division Research
Summaries 2006-2007, LBNL-771E, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley,CA.
Other Publications
Freifeld, B. M., Kneafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Stern, L. A., and Kirby, S. H., (2002). “Use of X-Ray
Computed Tomographic Data for Analyzing the Thermodynamics of a Dissociating
Porous Sand/Hydrate Mixture,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, May 19-23, (2002). pp. 750-755, LBNL-49859.
Ghezzehei, T. A. and Kneafsey, T. J., (2010). “Measurements of the Capillary Pressure-Saturation
Relationship of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” OTC-20550, 2010 Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3-6.
Grover, T., Moridis, G. J., and Holditch, S., (2008). “Analysis of Reservoir Performance of the
Messoyakha Hydrate Reservoir,” Paper SPE 114375, 2008 SPE Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, September 21-24.
Gullapalli, I., Moridis, G. J., Silpngarmlert, S., Reik, B., Kamal, M., Jones, E., and Collett, T.,(2008). “Designing a Reservoir Flow Rate Experiment for the GOM Hydrate JIP Leg II
LWD Drilling,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Gupta, A., Kneafsey, T., Moridis, G. J., Seol, Y., Kowalsky, M., Sloan, E. Jr., (2006). “Estimation ofComposite Thermal Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Methane Hydrate Sample Using
ITOUGH2,” TOUGH Symposium, Berkeley, CA, May 15-17.
Gupta, A., Sloan, E. D., Keafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Moridis, G. J., (2005). ”Modeling methane
hydratedissociation x-ray CT data using a heat transfer model,” Fifth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, June

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Kim, J., Yang, D., Moridis, G. J., and Rutqvist, J., (2011). “Numerical Studies on Coupled Flow andGeomechanics in Hydrate Deposits,” Paper SPE 141304, 2011 Reservoir Simulation
Symposium, The Woodlands, TX, Feb 21-23.
Kneafsey, T. J., and Nakagawa, S., (2011). “Repeated Methane Hydrate Formation andDissociation in a Partially Water Saturated Sand: Impact on Hydrate Heterogeneity and
Sonic-Frequency Seismic Properties,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Kneafsey, T. J. and Moridis, G. J., “Methane Hydrate Dissociation by Depressurization in a
Mount Elbert Sandstone Sample: Experimental Observations and Numerical
Simulations” OTC Paper Number 944097, LBNL-4936E, the Arctic Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, February, 7–9.
Kneafsey, T. J., Seol, Y., Gupta, A., and Tomutsa, L., (2008). “Permeability of Laboratory-Formed
Methane-Hydrate-Bearing Sand,” 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
May 5–8, OTC 19536-PP.
Kneafsey, T., Seol, Y., Gupta, A., Tomutsa, L., and Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Relative Permeability ofGas Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” Eos Trans. AGU, /88/(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract
NS51B-02.
Kneafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Moridis, G. J., Taylor, C. E., and Gupta, A., “Methane Hydrate
Formation and Dissociation in a Partially Saturated Sand – Measurements andObservations,” LBNL 56379 Abs, Fifth International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Trondheim, Norway, June.
Kneafsey, T. J., Moridis, G., Freifeld, B., Tomutsa, L., Seol, Y. and Taylor, C. E., (2005).
“Understanding Methane Hydrate Behavior Using X-ray Computed Tomography,” U. S.
DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter.
Kneafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Taylor, C. E., Gupta, A., Moridis, G., Freifeld, B. and Seol, Y., (2005).
“Methane hydrate formation and dissociation in a partially saturated sand,” The 229th
ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Kowalsky, M., Nakagawa, S., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Feasibility of Monitoring Gas Hydrate
Production with Geophysical Methods,” OTC 19489, 2008 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Kowalsky, M. and Moridis, G. J., (2007). ” Comparison of kinetic and equilibrium reaction models
in simulating gas hydrate behavior in porous media,” Proceedings of the TOUGH
Symposium 2006, May 15-17, (2006).
Li, G., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., Li, X., (2010). “Evaluation of Gas Production Potential from
Marine Gas Hydrate Deposits in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea:
Depressurization and Thermal Stimulation Methods,” 2010 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May.
Moridis, G.J. and N. Keen, MeshMaker V2.0S And V2.0P: New Grid Generators For Complex
Heterogeneous Domains in TOUGH2/TOUGH+ Simulations, Proc. TOUGH Symposium
2015, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, September 28-30,
2015.

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Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T., Kuzma, H. A., Zhao, Y., Boyle, K., Rector, J. W., (2011). “Evaluationof the Hydrate Deposit at the PBU L-106 Site, North Slope, Alaska, for a Long-Term Testof Gas Production,” Proc. 2011 Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX, February 7–
9.
Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Kim, J., Kim, S.-J. “System Response During Short- and LongTerm Gas
Production from a Gas Hydrate Deposit at the Site of a Planned Field Test in the Ulleung
Basin of the Korean East Sea,” OTC 25384, Proc. 2014 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, 5-8 May 2014.
Moridis, G. J., and Reagan, M. T., (2010). “Evaluation of Two North Slope, Alaska, Deposits for a
Potential Long-Term Test of Gas Production From Hydrates,” SPE 133601, 2010 SPE
Western North American Regional Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May 27-29.
Moridis, G. J., Collett, T. S., Pooladi-Darwish, M., Hancock, S., Santamarina, C., Boswell, R.,
Kneafsey, T., Rutqvist, J., Kowalsky, M. J., Reagan, M. T., Sloan, E. D., Sum, A. K., andKoh, C., (2010). “Challenges, Uncertainties and Issues Facing Gas Production From
Hydrate Deposits in Geologic Systems,” SPE-131792A, Proc. SPE Unconventional Gas
Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, February 23–25.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., Boyle, K., and Zhang, K., (2009). “Evaluation of the gas production
potential of challenging hydrate deposits, Proceedings of the TOUGH Symposium 2009,
September 14-16, (2009).
Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T, Zhang, K., (2008). “The Use of Horizontal Wells in Gas Production
from Hydrate Accumulations,” Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and Zhang, K., (2008). “On the Performance of Class 2 and Class 3
Hydrate Deposits During Co-Production With Conventional Gas (OTC 19435),” 2008
Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T., and Zhang, K., (2008). “Field-Scale Studies on the Enhanced
Performance of Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits Through Co-Production With
Conventional Gas” OTC 19435, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May
5-8.
Moridis, G. J. and Reagan, M. T., (2007). “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3
Hydrate Accumulations,” LBNL-62758, OTC 18865, 2007 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, April 30–May 3.
Moridis, G., and Rutqvist, J., (2007). “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of HydrateBearing Sediments,” paper 18860, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, April
30-May 3.
Moridis, G., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Kurihara, M., Reagan, M., Koh, C., and Sloan, E. Dendy,(2008). “Toward Production from Gas Hydrates: Current Status, Assessment of
Resources, and Simulation-Based Evaluation of Technology and Potential,” SPE
Unconventional Reservoirs Conference, Keystone, CO, February 11-12.
Moridis, G. J. and Reagan, M. T., (2007). “Gas Production from Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate
Accumulations,” LBNL-62757, OTC 18866, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, April 30 - May 3.

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Moridis, G., and Kowalsky, M., (2006). “Geomechanical implications of thermal stresses on
hydrate-bearing sediments,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter.
Moridis, G., and Kowalsky, M., (2006). “Response of Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments to
Thermal Stresses,” Proceedings of the SPE Offshore Technology Conference, paper
18193, May.
Moridis G., (2006). “Hydrates — Technology at the Moment,” Society of Petroleum Engineers
Advanced Technology Workshop on Unconventional Gas Resources, Keystone, CO, April
20.
Moridis, G., Seol, Y., and Kneafsey, T., (2005). “Studies of Reaction Kinetics of Methane Hydrate
Dissociation in Porous Media,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, pp. 21-30, Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16.
Moridis, G., Kowalsky, M., and Pruess, K., (2005). “Depressurization-Induced Gas Production
From Class-1 Hydrate Deposits,” Society of Petroleum Engineering Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, October 9-12.
Moridis, G., (2002). “Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Methane Hydrates,” Society
Petroleum Engineers Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, AB, April 29-May 2.
Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., and Queiruga, A.F., 2017. “Long-Term System Behavior Following
Cessation of Gas Production from Hydrate Deposits,” Proc. 9th Int. Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Denver, CO, 1-3 June 2017.
Moridis, G.J., Queiruga, A.F., and Reagan, M.T., 2017. “The T+H+M Code for the Analysis of
Coupled Flow, Thermal, Chemical and Geomechanical Processes in Hydrate-Bearing
Geologic Media,” Proc. 9th Int. Conference on Gas Hydrates, Denver, CO, 1-3 June 2017.
Moridis, G.M., Reagan, M.T., and Queiruga, A.F., 2018. Geomechanical Stability and Overall
System Behavior of Sloping Oceanic Accumulations of Hydrates Responding toDissociation Stimuli, OTC-24896-MS, Proc. Offshore Technology Conference-Asia, 20
March 2018.
Moridis, G.J., User’s Manual of the MeshMaker V2.0 Code: A Mesh Generator for Domain
Discretization in Simulations of the TOUGH+ and TOUGH2 Families of Codes, Report
LBNL-1005134, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2016.
Moridis, G.J., “User’s Manual for the HYDRATE v1.5 Option of TOUGH+ v1.5: A Code for the
Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media,” Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory report LBNL-6869E, February 2016.
Nakagawa, S., Keafsey, T. J., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Mechanical strength and seismic
property measurements of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) during hydrate formationand loading tests,” OTC 19559, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May
5–8.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., and Maltrud, M., (2011). “Simulation of Arctic Gas
Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate Change: Basin-Scale Assessment,” OTC
22153, Proc. 2011 Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 7–9 February 2011.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., and Cameron-Smith, P. J., (2011). “BasinScale Assessment of Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate Change,” Proc. 7thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 17-21.

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Reagan, M., (2010). “The Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Gas Production From Hydrate
Accumulations in the Permafrost,” SPE 132649, 2010 SPE Western North American
Regional Meeting, Anaheim, California, May 27-29.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., (2009). “Regional Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate
Dissociation in Response to Climate Change (poster),” TOUGH Symposium 2009,
Berkeley, CA, September 14.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., (2008). “Modeling of Gas Hydrate Instability andMethane Release in Response to Climate Change,” LBNL-00712E, Proc. of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Reactive transport modeling of oceanic gas hydrateinstability and dissociation in response to climate change,” 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, BC, July 9-12.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., and Zhang, K., (2008). “Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Production fromClass 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits,” LBNL-01657E, OTC 19554, 2008 Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., and Zhang, K., (2009). “Large-scale simulation of oceanic gas hydratedissociation in response to climate change,” Proceedings of the TOUGH Symposium
2009, September 14-16.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Boyle, K. L., Freeman, C. M., Pan, L., Keen, N., and Husebo, J. A.,(2012). “Massively parallel simulation of field-scale oceanic gas hydrate deposits,”
Proceedings of the 2012 TOUGH Symposium, Berkeley, CA, September 17-19.
Reagan, M. T., Kowalsky, M. B., Moridis, G. J., Silpngarmlert, S., (2010). “The Effect of Reservoir
Heterogeneity on Gas Production From Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost,” SPE132649, 2010 SPE Western North American Regional Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May 27-29.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., and Cameron-Smith, P. J., (2011). “BasinScale Assessment of Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate Change,” Proc. 6th
International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 17-21.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., “Dissociation of Oceanic Hydrates in
Response to Climate Change and the Biogeochemical Consequences,” Fire in the Ice,
DOE Methane Hydrates Program.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3 Hydrate
Accumulations,” OTC 18665, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 13.
Rees, E. V.L, Nakagawa, S., and Keafsey, T. J., (2011). “The Geomechanical Properties ofSynthetic Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Rutqvist, J., Moridis, G. J., Kim, J., and Reagan, M. T., (2011). “Geomechanical Performance
Analysis of Potential Long-Term Tests of Gas Production from Hydrate Deposits in the
North Slope, Alaska,” Paper OTC 22154, 2011 Arctic Technology Conference, Houston,
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Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G. J., (2010). “A modeling study of geomechanical performance ofsloping oceanic hydrate deposits subjected to production activities,” OTC-21048 2010
Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3–6.
Rutqvist J., Moridis, G., Grover, T., and Collet, T., (2008). “Geomechanical response of known
permafrost hydrate deposits to depressurization-induced production,” 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G., (2008). “Development of a Numerical Simulator for Analyzing theGeomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” Paper No. 139, 42th U. S.
Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 29-July 2.
Rutqvist, J., Grover, T., and Moridis, G., (2008). “Coupled Hydrologic, Thermal andGeomechanical Analysis of Wellbore Stability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” OTC19572. 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 4–8.
Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G., (2007). “Numerical Studies on the Geomechanical Stability ofHydrate-Bearing Sediments,” OTC-18860. 2007 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, April 30 –May 3.
Rutqvist, J., Moridis, G. J., Grover, T., Silpngarmlert, S., Collett, T. S., and Holditch, S. A., (2012).
“Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow and Wellbore Stability Analysis Associated with Gas
Production from Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” Journal of Petroleum Science andEngineering, v. 92-93, pp. 65-81.
Seol, Y., Keafsey, T. J., Myshakin, E., (2011). “Quantitative Applications of X-ray CT Observations
for Core-Scale Hydrate Studies,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Seol, Y., and Keafsey, T. J., (2008). “Fluid flow through heterogeneous methane hydrate bearing
sand: observations using x-ray CT scanning,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Seol, Y., Keafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., and G. J. Moridis, (2006). "Preliminary relative permeability
estimates of methane hydrate-bearing sand," LBNL-60368, TOUGH Symposium 2006,
Berkeley, CA, May 15-17.
Su, Z., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., Wu, N., (2010). “Numerical Investigation of Gas Production
Strategies for the Hydrate Deposits in the Shenhu Area,” 2010 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May.
Tomutsa, L., B. Freifeld, Kneafsey, T., and Stern, L., (2002). “X-ray Computed Tomographyobservation of methane hydrate dissociation,” paper SPE 75533, Proceedings, Society ofPetroleum Engineers Gas Technology Symposium.
Zhang, K., Moridis, G. J., N. Wu, and X. Li, (2010). “Evaluation of Alternative Horizontal Well
Designs for Gas Production From Hydrate Deposits in the Shenhu Area, South China
Sea,” Paper SPE 131151, 2010 CPS/SPE International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition
Beijing, China, June 8–10.
Zhang K., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “A Domain Decomposition Approach for Large-Scale
Simulations of Coupled Processes in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media,” 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
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to a 23% carbon dioxide 77% nitrogen gas under conditions similar to the ConocoPhillips
2012 Ignik Sikumi Gas Hydrate Field Trial,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
CA, December 13.
Chiaramonte L., Kowalsky, M. B., Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Design of a potential
long-term test of gas production from a hydrate deposit at the PBU-L106 site in North
Slope, Alaska: Geomechanical system response and seismic monitoring.” AGU Fall
Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Freifeld, B., Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., and J. Pruess, (2003). “Development of a Portable X-ray
Computed Tomographic Imaging System for Drill-Site Investigation of Recovered Core,
Pau, France,” 2003 International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, September
21–24.
Freifeld, B., Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2002). “Use of X-Ray Computed
Tomographic Data for Analyzing the Thermodynamics of a Dissociating Porous
Sand/Hydrate Mixture,” 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama,Japan, May 19-23.
Freifeld, B., Kneafsey, T., J. Pruess, and Tomutsa, L., (2003). “Field Characterization of HydrateBearing Core Using X-Ray Computed Tomography: Gas Hydrate in the Natural
Environment and Implications for Energy Resources, Seafloor Stability, Climate, and the
Biology of the Deep Sea,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA,
November 5.
Ghezzehei, T. A., and Keafsey, T. J., (2010). “Measurements of the Capillary Pressure-Saturation
Relationship of Methane Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” OTC-20550, 2010 Offshore
Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 3–6.
Grover, T., Moridis, G. J., and Holditch, S., (2008). “Analysis of Reservoir Performance ofMessoyakha Gas Hydrate Field,” Paper ISOPE-2008-TPC-622, 18th International Offshore
and Polar Engineering, Vancouver, BC, July 6-11.
Grover, T., Moridis, G. J., and Holditch, S., (in press). “Analysis of Reservoir Performance of the
Messoyakha Hydrate Reservoir,” Paper SPE 114375, 2008 SPE Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Denver, CO, September 21-24.
Gullapalli, I., Moridis, G. J., Silpngarmlert, S., Reik, B., Kamal, M., Jones E., and Collett, T.,(2008). “Designing a Reservoir Flow Rate Experiment for the GOM Hydrate JIP Leg II
LWD Drilling,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Gupta, A., Kneafsey, T., Moridis, G. J., Seol, Y., Kowalsky, M., Sloan, E. Jr., (2006). “Estimation ofComposite Thermal Conductivity of a Heterogeneous Methane Hydrate Sample Using
ITOUGH2,” TOUGH Symposium, Berkeley, CA, May 15-17.
Gupta, A., Sloan, E., Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., and Moridis, G. J., (2005). “Modeling Methane
Hydrate Dissociation X-Ray CT Data Using a Heat Transfer Model,” Fifth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16.

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Hancock, S., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Satoh, T., Inoue, T., Weatherill, B., Moridis, G. J., Huenges,
E., Henninges, J., and Carle, D., (2004). “Overview of Production Test Results from the
Japex/JNOC/GSC Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well,” The American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Hancock, S., Collett, T., Pooladi-Darvish, M., Gerami, S., Moridis, G. J., Okazawa, T., Osadetz, K.,
Dallimore, S., and Weatherill, B., (2004). “A Preliminary Investigation on the Economics
of Onshore Gas Hydrate Production Based on the Mallik Field Discovery,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC,
September 12-16.
Kim, J., and Moridis, G. J., (2012). “Modeling and Numerical Simulation for Coupled Flow andGeomechanics in Composite Gas Hydrate Deposits,” 46th U. S. RockMechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, IL, June 24-27.
Kim, J., Moridis, G. J., Yang, D., and Rutqvist, J., (2011). “Numerical studies on two-way coupled
fluid flow and geomechanics in hydrate deposits,” SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium,
The Woodlands, TX, February 21-23.
Kneafsey, T. J., Flemings, P. B., Bryant, S. L., You, K., and Polito, P. J., (2013). “Preliminary
experimental examination of controls on methane expulsion during melting of natural
gas hydrate systems,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11.
Kneafsey, T. J., and Seol, Y., (2010). “Macroscale X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging of
Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Seeing Hydrate-Related Process,” Gordon Research
Conference, Natural Gas Hydrate Systems - Hydrate-Sediment-Fluid Interactions At Pore
To Regional Scale, Colby College, Waterville ME, June 6-11.
Kneafsey, T. J., Lu, H., Winters, W. J., Hunte, R. B., (2009). “Effects of core retrieval, handling,
and preservation on hydrate-bearing samples,” AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco,
CA, December 14-18.
Kneafsey, T. J., H. Lu, Winters, W., Boswell, Ray, Hunter, R., Collett, T., Moridis, G. J., Waite, W.,
and Walker, M., (2009). “Hydrate-Bearing Sample Alteration from Core Retrieval,
Handling, and Preservation,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual
Convention & Exhibition, Colorado, June 7-10.
Kneafsey, T. J., Gupta, A., Seol, Y., and Tomutsa, L., (2008). “Permeability of Laboratory-Formed
Methane Hydrate-Bearing Sand,” OTC-19536-PP, SPE Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 7.
Kneafsey, T. J., and Tomutsa, L., (2008). “CT Scanning, Analysis, and Production Test - Mt ElbertCore Samples,” BP-DOE Mount Elbert-01 Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Data
Analyses/Interpretation & Production Test Design Workshop, March 2008.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., (2008). “X-ray Computed Tomography Scanning of NGHP Core
Samples,” National Gas Hydrate Program Gas Hydrate Conference 2008, New Delhi,
India, February 6-8.
Kneafsey, T., (2006). “Gas Production from Hydrates: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” Hart
Energy Publishing Methane Hydrates Conference, Houston, TX, Dec. 5-6.

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Kneafsey, T., Freifeld, B., Tomutsa, L., Seol, Y., and Elsen, H., (2004). “Measurements on
Laboratory Core-Scale Sediment/Hydrate Samples to Predict Reservoir Behavior,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference,
Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Kneafsey, T., Seol, Y., Gupta, A., Tomutsa, L., and Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Relative Permeability ofGas Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” Eos Trans. AGU, /88/(23), Joint Assembly Supplement,
Abstract NS51B-02, AGU Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25.
Kneafsey, T. J., Moridis, G. J., and M. B. Kowalsky, (2005). “Engineering Models: The TOUGHFx/Hydrate Simulator,” Integration of Modeling and USGS Hydrate Laboratory Research,
Denver CO, August 2-3.
Kneafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Taylor, C. E., Gupta, A., Moridis, G. J., Freifeld, B. M., Seol, Y.
“Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in a Partially Saturated Sand,” CSM
Hydrate Consortium Meeting, Golden CO, March 24-25.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Seol, Y., and Moridis, G. J., (2006). “Relative Permeability
Measurements of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” ECI Science and Technology Issues in
Methane Hydrate R&D, Kauai, HI, March 5-9.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Seol, Y., Moridis, G. J., (2005). “On relative permeability of hydratebearing sediments,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 5-9.
Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., Taylor, C., Gupta, A., Moridis, G. J., Freifeld, B., and Seol, Y., (2005).
“Methane hydrate formation and dissociation in a partially saturated sand,” LBNL-56933
Ext. Abs., The 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17.
Kneafsey, T. J., Tomutsa, L., Moridis, G. J., Taylor, C. E., and Gupta, A., (2005). “Methane Hydrate
Formation and Dissociation in a Partially Saturated Sand – Measurements andObservations,” LBNL 56379 Abs, Fifth International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Trondheim, Norway, June.
Kowalsky, M., Nakagawa, S., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Feasibility of Monitoring Gas Hydrate
Production with Geophysical Methods,” OTC 19489, 2008 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Kowalsky, M., and Moridis, G. J., (2006). “Comparison of Kinetic and Equilibrium Reaction
Models in the Simulation of Gas Hydrates in Porous Media,” American Association ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, The April 9-12.
Kwon, T.,Kneafsey, T. J., E. V. Rees, “Dissociation Heat of Methane-Carbon Dioxide Hydrate
Mixtures,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA, Dec. 13-17,
2010.
Li, G., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., Li, X., (2010). “Evaluation of Gas Production Potential from
Marine Gas Hydrate Deposits in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea:
Depressurization and Thermal Stimulation Methods,” 2010 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May.
Moridis G., (2006). “Hydrates — Technology at the Moment,” Society of Petroleum Engineers
Advanced Technology Workshop on Unconventional Gas Resources, Keystone, CO, April
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Moridis, G., (2006). “Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources,” Society of Petroleum Engineers
International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China (IOGCEC), Beijing, China,
December 5-7.
Moridis, G., (2006). “Depressurization-induced Gas Production from Class 1 and Class 2 Hydrate
Deposits,” ECI Science and Technology Issues in Methane Hydrate R&D, Kauai, HI, March
5-9.
Moridis, G., (2004). “Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Oceanic Hydrate
Accumulations,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research
Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Moridis, G., (2002). “Numerical Studies of Gas Production from Methane Hydrates,” Society
Petroleum Engineers Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, AB, April 29-May 2.
Moridis, G., (2002). “Numerical Simulation Studies of Thermally-Induced Gas Production From
Hydrate Accumulations With No Free Gas Zones at the Mallik Site, Mackenzie Delta,”
Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, October 8-10.
Moridis, G. J., (2011). “Promise, issues and limitations facing gas production from hydrate
deposits, including geomechanical concerns,” Institute for Advanced Sustainability,
Potzdam, Germany, November 8-9.
Moridis, G. J., (2012). “Recent modeling studies of gas production from hydrate deposits and of
the corresponding geomechanical system response,” 34th International Geological
Congress, Brisbane, Australia, August 5-10.
Moridis, G. J., (2012). “Evaluation of CO2 substitution for CH4 in hydrate-bearing media. Invited
speaker,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA,
March 18-23.
Moridis, G., and Kowalsky, M., (2006). “Sensitivity Analysis of Depressurization-induced Longterm Production from Class 1 Hydrate Deposits,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 9-12.
Moridis, G., Kowalsky, M., and Pruess, K., (2005). “Depressurization-Induced Gas Production
From Class-1 Hydrate Deposits,” Society of Petroleum Engineering Annual TechnicalConference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, October 9-12.
Moridis, G., Seol, Y., and Kneafsey, T., (2005). “Numerical Study of Hydrate Preservation during
Core Recovery,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
5-9.
Moridis, G., Seol, Y., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Inoue, T., Mroz, T., and Henninges, J., (2003).
“Thermal Properties of Hydrates from Temperature Data Analysis of an Isolated
Formation Interval in the 5L-28 Mallik Research Well,”, Mallik Consortium Scientific
Meeting, Chiba, Japan December 8-10.
Moridis, G., Seol, Y., and Kneafsey, T., (2005). “Studies of reaction kinetics of methane hydratedissociation in porous media,” LBNL-57298, Fifth International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 5), Trondheim, Norway,

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Moridis, G., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Satoh, T., Hancock, S., and Weatherhill, B., (2002).
“Numerical Studies Of Gas Production Scenarios Hydrate Accumulations at the Mallik
Site, Mackenzie Delta,” Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama,Japan, May 19-23.
Moridis, G., and Reagan, M., (2007). “Gas Production From Oceanic Class-2 Hydrate
Accumulations,” paper 18866 (LBNL-62757), Offshore Technology Conference, Houston,
TX, April 30-May 3.
Moridis, G., and Reagan, M., (2007). “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class-3
Hydrate Accumulations,” paper 18865 (LBNL-62758), Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, April 30-May 3.
Moridis, G., and Rutqvist, J., (2007). “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of HydrateBearing Sediments,” paper 18860, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, April
30-May 3.
Moridis, G., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Kurihara, M., Reagan, M., Koh, C., and Sloan, E. Dendy,(2008). “Toward Production from Gas Hydrates: Current Status, Assessment of
Resources, and Simulation-Based Evaluation of Technology and Potential,” SPE
Unconventional Reservoirs Conference, Keystone, Colorado, February 11-12.
Moridis, G., (2008). “Modeling Studies of Gas Production From Hydrate Deposits and of theCorresponding Geomechanical System Response,” National Gas Hydrate Program Gas
Hydrate Conference 2008, New Delhi, India, February 6-8.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and Zhang, K., (2008). “The Use of Horizontal Wells in Gas Production
from Hydrate Accumulations,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008,
Vancouver, BC, July 9-12.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and Zhang, K., (2008). “On the Performance of Class 2 and Class 3
Hydrate Deposits During Co-Production With Conventional Gas (OTC 19435),” 2008
Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Moridis, G. J., and Reagan, M. T., Silpngarmlert, S., Zhang, K., (2008). “Gas Production of Class 3
Hydrate Deposit at the Mount Elbert Site, North Slope, Alaska,” AGU Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 15-19.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Differences between gas production from oceanic and permafrostassociated hydrates,” Research Center of Statoil (the national oil company of Norway),
Oslo, Norway, March.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Numerical, laboratory and field studies of gas production from hydrates,”
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, March.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Promises and challenges of gas production from hydrates,” Guangzhou
Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Guangzhou Institute for Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, March.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Promises and challenges of gas production from hydrates,” 2009 SPE
Western Regional Meeting, San Jose, CA, March 24-26.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Limitations and special challenges of gas production from oceanic
hydrate deposits,” National Research Center of the Chinese National Offshore Oil
Company, Beijing, China, March.

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Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Numerical, laboratory and field studies of gas production from hydrates,”
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, April.
Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Promises and challenges of gas production from hydrates,” Sacramento
Petroleum Association, Sacramento, CA, May.
Moridis, G. (2009). “Interrelationship of dissociating oceanic hydrates and global climate:
Methane hydrate response to rising water temperatures,” 2009 Goldschmidt
Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009.
Moridis, G., Reagan, M., Kim, S., Seol, Y., and Zhang, K., (2007). “Evaluation of the Gas
Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East
Sea,” 2007 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia,
October 30–November 1.
Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., 2017. “Long-Term System Behavior Following
Cessation of Gas Production from Hydrate Deposits,” Ninth Int. Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Denver, CO, 1-3 June 2017.
Moridis, G.J., Queiruga, A.F., Reagan, M.T., 2017. “The T+H+M Code for the Analysis of Coupled
Flow, Thermal, Chemical and Geomechanical Processes in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic
Media,” Ninth Int. Conference on Gas Hydrates, Denver, CO, 1-3 June 2017.
Moridis, G.M., Reagan, M.T., Queiruga, A.F., 2018. Geomechanical Stability and Overall System
Behavior of Sloping Oceanic Accumulations of Hydrates Responding to Dissociation
Stimuli, OTC-24896-MS, Offshore Technology Conference-Asia, 20 March 2018.
Nakagawa, S., Keafsey, T. J., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Mechanical strength and seismic property
measurements of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) during hydrate formation andloading tests,” OTC 19559, SPE Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, May 8.
Reagan, M. T., (2012). “Consequences of hydrate dissociation in response to climate change,(poster),” 2nd Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Ventura, CA,
March 18-23.
Reagan, M. T., (2012). “Massively parallel simulation of field-scale oceanic gas hydrate deposits,”
AIChE Spring Meeting, Houston, TX, April 1-5,
Reagan, M. T., (2012). “The response of marine clathrates to climate change: beyond the"clathrate gun,"” Climate Sensitivity on Decadal to Century Timescales, Aspen Global
Change Institute, May 24, Aspen, CO.
Reagan, M., (2011). “Basin-Scale Assessment of Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate
Change,” 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, UK, July 18-22.
Reagan, M., (2011). “Simulation of Arctic Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate
Change: Basin-Scale Assessments,” USGS/DOE Climate-Hydrates Research Workshop,
Boston, MA, March 15-16.
Reagan, M., (2011). “Advanced Computation in Energy Science (Hydrates & Climate),” LBNL
Advisory Board Meeting—Early Career Panel, March 29.
Reagan, M., (2011). “Simulation of Arctic Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to Climate
Change: Basin-Scale Assessment,” OTC 22153, 2011 Arctic Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, February 7–9.

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Reagan, M., (2010). “Basin-Scale Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate Dissociation in Response to
Climate Change,” AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
Reagan, M., (2010). “Oceanic Hydrates, Methane, Ocean Chemistry, and Climate,” Gordon
Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Colby College, Waterville, ME, June 6-10.
Reagan, M., (2010). “Climate Change and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations,”
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 7.
Reagan, M., (2010). “The Effect of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Gas Production From Hydrate
Accumulations in the Permafrost,” SPE 132649, 2010 SPE Western North American
Regional Meeting, Anaheim, California, May 27-29.
Reagan, M., (2010). “Arctic Methane, Hydrates, and Global Climate,” LBNL Environmental andEnergy Technology Division Seminar, 17 March 2010.Reagan, M., 2010,“Arctic Methane,
Hydrates, and Global Climate,” DOE Laboratory Energy R&D Working Group (LERDWG)
Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb 17.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., Elliott, S. M., Maltrud, M., Jones, P., (2010). “LBNL Research Programon Gas Production from Hydrates: Numerical Simulation Studies,” NETL Methane
Hydrates Program Symposium, Atlanta, GA, January 25-29.
Reagan, M., Elliott, S., Moridis, G. J., Maltrud, M., Jones, P., (2010). “Interrelation of Global
Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations,” NETL Methane Hydrates
Program Symposium, Atlanta, GA, January 25-29.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., (2009). “Large-Scale Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate
Dissociation in Response to Climate Change,” AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA,
December 14-18.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., (2009). “Regional Simulation of Oceanic Gas Hydrate
Dissociation in Response to Climate Change (poster),” TOUGH Symposium 2009,
Berkeley, CA, September 14.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Dynamic Response Of Oceanic Hydrate Deposits To Ocean
Temperature Change,” USGS Methane and Climate Symposium, MIT, Cambridge, MA,
February 25-26.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., and Zhang, K., (2008). “Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Production fromClass 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits (OTC 19554),” 2008 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Reagan, M., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Reactive transport modeling of oceanic gas hydrateinstability and dissociation in response to climate change,” 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, BC, July 9-12.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Oceanic gas hydrate dissociation in response to climatechange and the fate of hydrate-derived methane,” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 15-19.
Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability And Dissociation In
Response To Climate Change,” AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, December 914.

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Reagan, M. T., Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3
Hydrate Accumulations,” OTC 18665, 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston,
TX, May 1-3.
Reagan, M.T., 2018. “Modeling at the Reservoir and Field Scales,” (invited) Keynote Session,
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Galveston, TX, 25 February-2
March 2018.
Reagan, M.T., 2018. “Current Advances in Laboratory and Simulation Studies at LBNL,” National
University of Singapore, 27 March 2018.
Rees E. V., Nakagawa, S., T. J., Kneafsey, (2011). “Seismic Property changes in Methane Gas
Hydrate Bearing Sediments During Geomechanical Testing,” GC41B-0804, American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA, Dec. 5-9.
Rees, E. V. L., Nakagawa, S., and Keafsey, T. J., (2011). “The Geomechanical Properties ofSynthetic Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Rees, E. V., Kneafsey, T. J., Kwon, T., (2010). “Synthesising Uniform Gas Hydrate in Natural
Porous Media under Partially Saturated and Fully Water Saturated
Conditions,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 13-17.
Rutqvist, J., Moridis, G. J., (2008). “Development of a Numerical Simulator for Analyzing theGeomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” 42nd U. S. Rock Mechanics
Symposium and 2nd U. S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June
29-July 2.
Rutqvist, J., Grover, T., and Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stabilityof Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” OTC-18860, LBNL-62759, Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, April 30 -May 3.
Rutqvist, J., and Moridis, G. J., (submitted). “Coupled Hydrologic, Thermal and GeomechanicalAnalysis of Well Bore Stability in Known Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” OTC19572, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX.
Rutqvist, J., Moridis, G. J., Collett, T., (2008). “Geomechanical Response of Known Permafrost
Hydrate Deposits to Depressurization and Thermal Loading,” 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 9-12.
Seol, Y., Keafsey, T. J., and E. V. Rees (2009). “X-ray CT observations of methane hydrate
distribution in natural sediment and laboratory formed compacted sand samples,” EosTrans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-1193.
Seol, Y., and Keafsey, T. J., (2009). “Relative Permeability Parameter Estimation for LaboratoryFormed Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Annual Convention & Exhibition, Colorado June, 7-10.
Seol, Y, Keafsey, T. J., and Moridis, G. J., (2007), “Numerical simulation of hydrate formation
morphology in cylindrical experimental sand columns,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS23A-1037.
Seol, Y., Kneafsey, T., Tomutsa, L., and Moridis, G. J., (2006). “Preliminary Relative Permeability
Estimates of Methane Hydrate-Bearing Sand,” LBNL-60368, TOUGH Symposium,
Berkeley, CA, May 15-17.

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Seol, Y, Keafsey, T. J., and Moridis, G. J., (2007). “Numerical simulation of hydrate formation
morphology in cylindrical experimental sand columns,” Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS23A-1037.
Seol, Y. and Keafsey, T. J., (2008). “Fluid flow through heterogeneous methane-hydrate bearing
sand: observations using x-ray CT scanning,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Su, Z., Moridis, G. J., Zhang, K., Wu, N., (2010). “Numerical Investigation of Gas Production
Strategies for the Hydrate Deposits in the Shenhu Area,” 2010 Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, TX, May.
Tomutsa, L., Stern, L., Kneafsey, T., and Freifeld, B., (2002). “Use of computed X-ray tomography
in measurement of synthetic hydrates and hydrate/sand mixtures during dissociation,”
Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-24.
Tomutsa, L., Freifeld, B., Kneafsey, T., and Stern, L., (2002). “X-ray Computed Tomography
Observation of Methane Hydrate Dissociation,” SPE 75533, LBNL 49580, SPE Gas
Technology Symposium, Calgary, AB, April 30-May 2.
Waite, W. F., Keafsey, T. J., Santamarina, J. C., Winters, W. J., Yun, T-S., Mason, D. H., Ruppel, C.,(2006). “Physical Property Changes in Hydrate-Bearing Sediment Samples due toDepressurization/ Repressurization,” American Geophysical Union, San Francisco CA,
Dec. 11-15.
Zhang K., and Moridis, G. J., (2008). “A Domain Decomposition Approach for Large-Scale
Simulations of Coupled Processes in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media,” 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., Pinkston, J., and Durham, W., (2000). “Pure methane hydratedissociation rates at 0.1 MPa and temperatures above 272 K,” in G. Holder and P.
Bishnoi eds., Gas hydrates: Challenges for the Future, Annals of the New York Academyof Sciences, vol. 912, pp. 544-556.
Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., Durham, W., Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., and Rondinone, A.,(2003). “CO2 hydrate: synthesis, composition, dissociation behavior, and a comparison
to structure I CH4 hydrate,” J. Physical Chemistry B., 107 (23), pp. 5529-5539.
Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., Pinkston, J., and Durham, W., (2000). “Methane hydratedissociation rates at 0.1 MPa and temperatures above 272 K,” in G. D. Holder and P. R.
Bishnoi eds., Gas Hydrates: Challenges for the Future, New York Academy of Sciences,
New York, pp. 544-555,
Durham, W., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2003). “Ductile Flow of Methane Hydrate,” Canadian
Journal of Physics, Volume 81, pp. 373-380.
Durham, W., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Circone, S., (2005). “Rheological comparisons and structural
imaging of sI and sII end-member gas hydrates and hydrate/sediment aggregates,”
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, vol. 2, pp. 607-614.
Durham, W., Kirby, S., Stern, L., and Zhang, W., (2003). “The strength and rheology of methane
clathrate hydrate,” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 108 (B4), pp. 2182-2193.
Durham, W., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Circone, S., (2005). “Rheological comparisons and structural
imaging of sI and sII endmember gas hydrates and hydrate/sediment aggregates,”
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway.
Durham, W., Kirby, S., Stern, L., and Zhang, W., (2003). “The Strength and Rheology of Methane
Clathrate Hydrate,” Journal Geophysical Research, Volume 108, pp. 2182-2193.
Rehder, G., Kirby, S., Durham, W., Stern, L., Peltzer, E., Pinkston, J., and Brewer, P., (2004).
“Dissolution rates of pure methane hydrate and carbon dioxide hydrate inundersaturated seawater at 1000 m depth,” Geochim, Cosmochim. Acta. vol. 68 (2), pp.
285-292.
Stern. L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2001). “Anomalous preservation of puremethane hydrate at 1 atm.,” J. Phys. Chem. B, v. 105 (9), pp. 1756-1762.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2002). “New insights into the phenomenon of
anomalous or “self” preservation of gas hydrates,” Proceedings of the 4th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama Japan, (2002). pp. 673-677.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2001). “Preservation of methane hydrate at 1
atm,” Energy & Fuels, vol. 15 (2), p.499-501.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2004). “Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
investigations of laboratory-grown gas hydrates formed from melting ice, andcomparison to natural hydrates,” American Mineralogist, vol. 89 (8-9), pp. 1162-1175.

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Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2005). “SEM imaging of gas hydrate formation
processes and growth textures, and comparison to natural hydrates of marine andpermafrost origin,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Trondheim, Norway, June 2005, vol. 1, pp. 300-309.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2003). “Temperature, pressure, andcompositional effects on anomalous or “self” preservation of gas hydrates.,” Can. Journ.
Phys, 81 (1-2), pp. 271-283.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2005). “SEM imaging of grain structure and phase
distribution within hydrate-bearing intervals from Mallik well 5L-38: What can we learn
from comparisons with laboratory-synthesized samples?” Geological Survey of Canada,
Bulletin 585 (paper 31).
Stern, L., Kirby, S., and W. Durham (2005). “Scanning electron microscopy imaging of grain
structure and phase distribution within gas-hydrate-bearing intervals fromJAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38: What can we learn from comparisons withlaboratory-synthesized samples?,” in S. R. Dallimore and Collett, T. S. eds. Scientific
Results from the eMallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program,
Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Teritories, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585, 19
pp.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., Durham, W., Circone, S., and Waite, W., (2000). “Synthesis of pure methane
hydrate suitable for measurement of physical properties and decomposition behavior,”
Natural Gas Hydrate: In Oceanic and Permafrost Environments, p.323-349.
Waite, W., Helgerud, M., Nur, A., Pinkston, J., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2000).
“Laboratory measurements of compressional and shear wave speeds through puremethane hydrate,” in G. Holder and P. Bishnoi, eds. Gas hydrates: Challenges for the
Future, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 912, pp. 1003-1011.
Presentations
Durham, W., Kirby, S., Stern, L., (2006). “Constraining the flow and fracture of planetary ices
through laboratory experiments,” AGU Eos Trans., 87(52) Fall Meeting Supplement,
abstract P42B-02.
Durham, W., McDaniel, S., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2003). “Ice rheology in the planetary
context,” American Geophysical Union 2003 Spring Meeting, Nice, France, April.
Durham, W., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2002). “Ductile flow of methane hydrate,” International
Symposium on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, Newfoundland, July 14-19.
Durham, W., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2003). “The rheology of clathrate hydrates and its
relationship to planetary ice,” The Study of Matter under Extreme Conditions
Conference, Miami, FL, March 24-28.
Durham, W., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Circone, S., (2006). “Laboratory studies of sI and sII gas
hydrates: physical properties and thermodynamic stability,” Science & Technology issues
in Methane Hydrate R&D Conference, Kauai, HI, March 5-9.
Durham, W., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Circone, S., (2005). “Rheology and structural imaging of sI
and sII end-member gas hydrates and hydrate/sand aggregates,” 5th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, June.

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Kirby, S., Stern, L., and Durham, W., (2000). “Synthesis and physical properties of pure methane
hydrate: challenges, new developments, and trends,” Abstracts of the Western PacificGeophysical Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.
Kirby, S., Stern, L., Brewer, P., Circone, S., and Durham, W., (2003). “Laboratory and seafloor
experiments in support of the science of hydrate hydrocarbon clathrate hydrates innature,” AGU Fall 2003 meeting, San Francisco, CA December.
Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., and Durham, W., (2002). “New insights into the phenomenon of
anomalous or “self” preservation of gas hydrates,” International Symposium on the
Physics and Chemistry of Ice, Newfoundland, July 14-19.
Stern, L., Durham, W., Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Helgerud, M. (2004). “Experimental
observations pertinent to the mechanical and thermal stability of sI methane
hydrate/sand aggregates,” AAPG 2004 National Meeting, Dallas, TX, April.
Stern, L., Durham, W., Kirby, S., McCarthy, C., Kubo, T., Rieck, K., and Pathare, A., (2007).
“Planetary ices up close: imaging by cryogenic SEM,” American Geophysical Union 2007
Fall Meeting.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., Circone, S., Waite, W., Helgerud, M., Pinkston, J., and Durham, W., (2002).
“Laboratory investigations of gas hydrate physical properties and phase stability,” 4thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-24.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Durham, W., (2004). “Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
imaging of laboratory-grown gas hydrates, and comparisons with recovered samples
from marine and permafrost origin,” AAPG Hedberg Research Conference (“Natural Gas
Hydrates: Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geologic Hazards”), Vancouver BC,
September.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Durham, W., (2005). “SEM imaging of gas hydrate formation
processes and growth textures, and comparison to natural hydrate of marine andpermafrost origin,” 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway,
June.
Stern, L., Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Durham, W., (2001). “Synthesis of Gas Hydrates for
Measurement of Physical Properties and Phase Stability,” American Crystallographic
Association 2001 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles CA.
Stern, L., Peltzer, E., Durham, W., Kirby, S., Brewer, P., Circone, S., and Rehder, G., (2002).
“Dissolution of Hydrocarbon Hydrates in Seawater at 1030-m, Effects of Porosity,
Structure, and Compositional Variation as Determined by Video and SEM Imaging,” EOS,
Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 83 (47) pp. F777.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., Stern, L., Sircone, S., Kirby, S., Ishii, Y., Jones, C.,
Toby, B, and Dender, D., (2003). “Temperature Dependence of Polyhedral Cage Volumes
in Clathrate Hydrates,” Canadian Journal of Physics, Volume 81, pp. 183-189.
Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., Durham, W., Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., and Ishii,Y., (2003). “CO2 Hydrate: Synthesis, Composition, Structure, Dissociation Behavior, anda Comparison to Structure I CH4 Hydrate,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, pp.
5529-5539.
Colwell, F., Boyd, S., Delwiche, M., Reed, D., Phelps, T., and Newby, D., (2008). “Estimates ofbiogenic methane production rates in deep marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge,”
Cascadia Margin, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74, pp. 3444-3452.
Elwood Madden, M., Ulrich, S., Szymcek, P., McCallum, S., Phelps, T., (2009). “Experimental
formation of massive hydrate deposits from accumulation of CH4 gas bubbles withinsynthetic and natural sediments,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26, pp. 369-378.
Elwood Madden, M., Ulrich, S., Onstott, T., and Phelps, T., (2007). “Salinity-induced hydratedissociation: a mechanism for recent CH4 release on Mars,” Geophysical Research
Letters, 34 L11202.
Jones, C., Marshall, S., Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., and Ishii, Y., (2003). “Structure and thermal
expansivity of tetrahydrofuran deuterate determined by neutron powder diffraction,”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, pp. 2026-6031.
Jung, J., Jang, J., Santamarina, J., Tsouris, C., Phelps, T., and Rawn, C., (2012). “Gas Prodcution
from Hydrate –Bearing Sediments: The Role of Fine Particles,” Energy and Fuels, 26, pp.
480-487.
Leeman, J., Rawn, C., Ulrich, S., Elwood Madden, M., Ulrich, S., and Phelps, T., (2012).
“Interpreting temperature-strain data from mesoscale clathrate experiments,”
Computers and Geosciences, v. 38, pp. 62-67, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2011.05.004.
McCallum, S., Riestenberg, D., Zatsepina, O., and Phelps, T., (2007). “Effect of pressure vessel
size on the formation of gas hydrates,” in D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori,eds., Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate(Elsevier), Volume 56, Issues 1-3, pp. 54-64, March.
Phelps, T., Peters, D., Marshall, S., West, O., Liang, L., Alexiades, V., Jacobs, G., Blencoe, J.,
Naney, M., and Heck, J., (2001). “A new experimental facility for investigating theformation and properties of gas hydrates under simulated seafloor conditions,” Review
of Scientific Instruments, Volume 72, p.1514-1521.
Rawn, C., Leeman, J., Ulrich, S., Alford, J., Phelps, T., and Madden, M., (2011). “Fiber optic
sensing technology for detecting gas hydrate formation and decomposition,” Review of
Scientific Instruments, Volume 82, 024501.
Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., Chakoumakos, B., Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Ishii, Y., (2003).
“Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies as a Function of Temperature of Structure II
Hydrate Formed from Propane,” Canadian Journal of Physics, Volume 81, pp. 431-438.

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Riestenberg, D., West, O., Lee, S., McCallum, S., and Phelps, T., (2003). “Sediment Surface Effects
on Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation,” Marine Geology, Volume 198, pp.
181-190.
Rondinone A., Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., and Ishii, Y., (2003). “Neutron Diffraction Study ofStructure I and Structure II Trimethylene Oxide Clathrate Deuterate,” Journal of Physical
Chemistry B, 107, pp. 6046-6050.
Rondinone, A., Jones, C., Marshall, S., Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., and Lara-Curizo, E., (2003). “A
Single-Crystal Sapphire Cell for in situ Neutron Diffraction Study of Gas-Hydrate,”
Canadian Journal of Physics, Volume 81, p.381-385.
Subramaniam, S. Lance, M., Rawn, C., Chakoumakos, B., and Rondinone, A., (2005). “Raman
Spectroscopic Studies on Structure I and Structure II Trimethylene Oxide Hydrate,” Can.
J. Phys., 83, pp. 941-949.
Zatsepina, O., Riestenberg, D., McCallum, S., M. Gborigi, C. Brandt, B. Buffett, and Phelps, T.,(2004). “Influence of water thermal history and overpressure on CO2-hydrate nucleationand morphology,” American Mineralogist, Volume 89, pp. 1254-1259.
Government Reports
Elwood Madden, M., Phelps, T., Rawn, C., McCallum, S., Szymcek, P., Ulrich, S., Taylor, C.,(2006). “Hydrate Formation and Dissociation via Depressurization in Simulated and Field
Samples,” Interim Report.
Other Publications
Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., Marshall, S., Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., Jones, C.,
Toby, B, and Ishii, Y., “The Use of Rigid Body Constraints in Rietveld Refinements of
Neutron Diffraction Data of Clathrate Hydrates,” Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, p.655.
Madden, M., (2007). “New Sensing Technology at Oak Ridge National Lab Expands Capabilitites
for Meso-Scale Hydrate Research,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter.
Rawn, C. J., Sassen, R., Ulrich, S. M., Phelps, T. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., and Payzant, E. A., “Low
Temperature X-ray Diffraction Studies of Natural Gas Hydrate Samples from the Gulf of
Mexico,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrate (ICGH 2008).
Rawn, C., and Phelps, T., (2004). “Oak Ridge facilities for studying natural gas hydrates are well
suited for graduate education and collaborations,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, Fall.
Rawn, C., Rondinone, A. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., Marshall, S. L., Stern, L. A., Circone, S., Kirby, S.
H., Jones, C. Y., Toby, B. H., and Ishii, Y., (2002). “Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies asa Function of Temperature of Structure II Hydrate Formed from a Methane + Ethane Gas
Mixture,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, p. 595.
Rondinone, A., Chakoumakos, B. C., Rawn, C. J., and Ishii, Y., (2002) “Neutron Diffraction Studyof Structure I and Structure II Trimethylene Oxide Clathrate Deuterate,” Proceedings ofthe Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, p. 625.
Madden, M., (2007). “New Sensing Technology at Oak Ridge National Lab Expands Capabilitites
for Meso-Scale Hydrate Research,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Winter.

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Ulrich, S. M., Elwood-Madden, M. E., Rawn, C. J., Szymcek, P., and Phelps, T. J., (2008).
“Application of Fiber Optic Temperature and Strain Sensing Technology to Gas
Hydrates,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrate (ICGH 2008).
Presentations
Chakoumakos, B., Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., Marshall, S., Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., Jones, C.,
Toby, B, and Ishii, Y., (2002). “The use of rigid body constraints in Rietveld refinementsof neutron diffraction data of clathrate hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, 4th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, May 19-23.
Everett, S. M., Rawn, C. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., Keffer, D. J., Huq, A., and Phelps, T. J., (2012).
“Neutron Diffraction Studies of Mixed CO2 – CH4 Gas Hydrates (poster),” Gordon
Research Conference for Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Ventura, CA, March.
Everett, S. M., Rawn, C. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., Keffer, D. J., Huq, A., and Phelps, T. J., (2012).
“Molecular visualization of CH4 and CO2 in mixed gas hydrates by high resolution
neutron diffraction,” Presentation at the STAIR annual meeting, Elizabethton, TN, May.
Everett, S. M., Rawn, C. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., Keffer, D. J., Huq, A., and Phelps, T. J., (2012).
“Molecular visualization of CH4 and CO2 in mixed gas hydrates by high resolution
neutron diffraction,” American Crystallographic Association meeting, Boston, MA, July.
Leeman, J. R., Elwood Madden, M. E., Alford, J. E., Phelps, T. J., and Rawn, C. J., (2009). “Mesoscale clathrate experiments: effect of grain size on formation pathways,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Madden, M. Elwood, (2007). “Experimental formation of massive hydrate deposits fromaccumulation of CH4 gas bubbles within synthetic and natural sediments” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11.
Madden, M. Elwood, Ulrich, S. M., and Phelps, T. J., (2007). “Impacts, Salinity, and Climate
Change: Global-Scale Triggers for Hydrate Dissociation on Earth and Mars,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December.
Madden, M. Elwood, (2006). “Just add Salt: Salinity-Induced Hydrate Dissociation as a Possible
Source for Atmospheric Methan on Mars,“ American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December.
McCallum, S., Riestenberg, D., Rawn, C., and Phelps, T., (2005). “Mesoscale research of gas
hydrates,” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March
13-17.
Rawn, C. J., (2011). “Fire in the Ice: Harvesting Methane from Oceans and Permafrost,” Societyof Women Engineers, Region D Conference, Knoxville, TN, March 5.
Rawn, C. J., Leeman, J. R., Ulrich, S. M., Alford, J. E., Madden, M. E., and Phelps, T. J., (2010).
“Homogeneous and heterogeneous sediment experiments using fiber optic sensing
technology for detecting gas hydrate formation,” Goldschmidt Conference: Earth,
Energy, and the Environment, Knoxville, TN, June 13-18.
Rawn, C. J. and Phelps, T. J., (2010). “Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Simulated and Field
Samples,” Atlanta Hydrate Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 25-29.

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Rawn, C. J., Phelps, T. J., Alford, J. E., Leeman, J. R., Elwood Madden, M. E., and Ulrich, S. M.,(2010). “Fiber Optic Sensing Technology for Detecting Gas Hydrate Formation andDecomposition,” Atlanta Hydrate Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 25-29.
Rawn, C. J., (2010). “Fire in the Ice: How ORNL High Pressure Studies Support Harvesting CH4
and Storing CO2 in Gas Hydrates,” MST Division Lunchtime Seminar, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, TN, January 13.
Rawn, C. J., Chakoumakos, B. C., Garlea, V. O., Leeman, J. R., Alford, J. E., and Phelps, T. J.,(2009). “High Pressure Neutron Powder Diffraction Study of CO2 Hydrate,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Rawn, C. J., (2008). “Fire in the Ice: Harvesting Methane from Oceans and Permafrost,”
Chemistry Department Seminar, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, March 31.
Rawn, C. J., (2008). “Fire in the Ice: Harvesting Methane from Oceans and Permafrost,”
Biological and Envirnomental Sciences Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, February 27.
Rawn, C. J. 2009, “Fire in the Ice: Harvesting Methane from Oceans and Permafrost,” Smoky
Mountain Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, Knoxville, TN, January 26.
Rawn, C. J., (2008). “Fire in the Ice: Harvesting Methane from Oceans and Permafrost”
University of Tennessee Science Forum, Knoxville, TN, November 21.
Rawn, C., Sassen, R., Ulrich, S. M., Payzant, E. A.,Chakoumakos, B. C., and Phelps, T. J., (2008).
“Low Temperature X-ray Diffraction Study of Natural Gas Hydrate Samples from the Gulf
of Mexico,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, July 7-10.
Rawn, C., Rondinone, A., Chakoumakos, B., Marshall, S., Stern, L., Circone, S., Kirby, S., Jones, C.,
Toby, B, and Ishii, Y., (2002). “Neutron powder diffraction studies as a function oftemperature of structure II hydrate formed from a methane + ethane gas mixture,” 4thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Riestenberg, D., Phelps, T., Lee, S., West, O., and Tsouris, C., (2002). “SPS investigations of theformation and stability of gas hydrates,” Methane Hydrates Interagency R&D
Conference, Washington, DC, March.
Riestenberg, D., West, O., Liang, L., and Phelps, T., (2000). “Effects of particle size andmineralogy on methane hydrate nucleation and dissociation pressures,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19.
Riestenberg, D., Zatsepina, O., and Phelps, T., (2004). “Gas Hydrate Nucleation Processes,”American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA,December 8-12.
Ulrich, S., Elwood Madden, M., Szymcek, P., McCallum, S., Phelps, T. J., (2007). “Formation of
Massive Hydrate From the Accumulation of Free CH4 gas in Sediments,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December.
Ulrich, S.., Elwood Madden, M., Rawn, Claudia J., Szymcek, P., Phelps, T. J., (2008). “Applicationof Fiber Optic Temperature and Strain Sensing Technology To Gas Hydrates,”
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.

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West, O., Riestenberg, D., and Phelps, T., (2002). “Seafloor Process Simulator for laboratory
examination of natural gas hydrate sediments,” Naturally Occurring Gas Hydrates Data
Collection Workshop, Houston, TX, March.
West, O., and Phelps, T., (2002). “Methane and carbon dioxide hydrate investigations using a 70L high pressure vessel,” TMS 2002 Annual meeting, Seattle, WA.

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Idaho National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Colwell F., Boyd, S., Delwiche, M., et al., (in press). “Estimates of biogenic methane production
rates in deep marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin,” Applied andEnvironmental Microbiology.
Colwell, F., Nunoura, T., Delwiche, M., Boyd, S., Bolton, R., Reed, D., Takai, K., Lehman, R.,
Horikoshi, K., Elias, D., and Phelps, T., (2005). “Evidence of minimal methanogenic
numbers and activity in sediments collected from the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC, et al. Mallik 5L38 gas hydrate production research well” in Dallimore, S. and Collett, T., eds., Scientific
Results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie
Delta, Northwest Territories, Bulletin 585, p. 102.
Colwell, F., and Smith, R., (2004). “Unifying principles of the deep terrestrial and deep marine
biospheres,” in Wilcock, W., E. Delong, D. Kelley, J. Baross, and S. Cary, eds., Subseafloor
Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 104, pp. 355367.
Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., Blackwelder, D., Wilson, M., Lehman, R., and Uchida, T., (1999).
“Microbial communities from core intervals, JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 gas hydrate
research well” in Dallimore, S., Uchida, T., and Collett, T., eds., Scientific Results fromJAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest
Territories, Bulletin 544, pp. 189-195.
Colwell, F., Matsumoto, R., and Reed, D., (2004). “A review of the gas hydrates, geology andbiology of the Nankai Trough,” Chemical Geology, Volume 205, pp. 391-404.
Mikucki, J., Y. Liu, Delwiche, M., Colwell, F., and Boone, D., (2003). “Isolation of a Methanogenfrom deep marine sediments that contain methane hydrates, and description ofMethanoculleus submarinus sp. nov.,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Volume
69, pp. 3311-3316.
Reed, D., Y. Fujita, Delwiche, M., Blackwelder, D., Sheridan, P., Uchida, T., and Colwell, F., (2002).
“Microbial communities from methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments in a
forearc basin,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Volume 68, pp. 3759-3770.
Other Publications
Colwell, F., Ussler, W., and Dickens, G., (2006). “Methanogenesis in hydrate-bearing sediments:
integration of experimental and theoretical approaches,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, Winter.
Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., Blackwelder, D., Cherry, R., Mikucki, J., Y. Liu, Boone, D., and Uchida,T., (2002). “Evidence of broad thermal tolerance of methanogens in sediments
containing gas hydrates,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 19-24.

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Inagaki, F., Nunoura, T., Nakagawa, S., A. Teske, M. Lever, A. Lauer, M. Suzuki, Takai, K.,
Delwiche, M., Colwell, F., K. Nealson, Horikoshi, K., S. D’Hondt, and B. Jørgensen, 2006,
Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep
marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Volume 103, pp. 2815-2820.
Presentations
Briggs, B., A. Hangsterfer, E. Brodie, R. Daly, Holland, M., P. Carini, Torres, M., M. Kastner, Long,
P., H. Schaef, Delwiche, M., Winters, W., Riedel, M., Colwell, F., (2008). “Distribution of
the dominant microbial communities in marine sediments containing highconcentrations of gas hydrates,” 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008,
Vancouver, BC, July 6-9.
Boyd, S., et al., (2004). “Determination of methanogen biomass in hydrate-bearing sediments byquantitative PCR,” 104th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,
New Orleans, LA, May 23-27.
Colwell, F., Hangsterfer, A., Brodie, E., Daly, R., Holland, M., Briggs, B., Carini, P., Torres, M.,
Kastner, M., Long, P., Schaef, H., Delwiche, M., Winters, W., (2007). “Fine scale controlof microbial communities in deep marine sediments that contain hydrates and highconcentrations of methane,” American Geophyscial Union, Fall Meeting, Moscone
Center, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14.
Colwell, F., Boyd, S., Delwiche, M., and Reed, D., (2005). “Rates of biological methane
production in sediments,” 4th International Workshop on Gas Hydrates, Victoria, BC, .
Colwell, F., Lorenson, T., Boyd, S., Delwiche, M., Reed, D., and Newby, D., (2005).
“Experimentally determined rates of methanogenesis in methane-bearing sediments,”
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 16-19.
Colwell, F., Boyd, S., Delwiche, M., and Reed, D., (2004). “Realistic Rates of Biological Methane
Production in Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 12-16.
Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., Reed, D., Boyd, S., Nunoura, T., Takai, K., and the ODP Leg 204
Shipboard Scientific Party, (2003). “Microbiology of hydrates: searching for the methane
source term,” Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan, September 7-12.
Colwell, F., et al., (2003). “Microorganisms of methane hydrates: Down but not out,” Annual
Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Denver, CO,
February 13-18.
Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., Reed, D., Boyd, S., Nunoura, T., Inagaki, F., and Takai, K., (2003).
“Geomicrobiology and methanogenesis in accretionary complexes,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12.
Colwell, F., et al., (2003). “Microorganisms of methane hydrates: Down but not out,” Kurashiki,Japan, Keynote Address, Goldschmidt Conference, September 7-12.
Colwell, F., Reed, D., Y. Fujita, Delwiche, M., Blackwelder, D., Uchida, T., Fujii, T., and Lu, H.,(2001). “Deep-subsurface marine methane hydrate microbial communities: Who’s
there and what are they doing?,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 10-14.

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Colwell, F., Delwiche, M., Blackwelder, D., Fujita, Y., and Uchida, T., (2000). “Microbial methane
production and biomass in the Nankai Trough,” Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting,Tokyo, Japan, June 27-30.
Colwell, F., (1999). “Subsurface microbial communities in sediments bearing methane hydrates,”Engineering Foundation Conference - Gas Hydrates and Challenges for the Future, Salt
Lake City, UT, July 18-22.
Inagaki, F., Nunoura, T., Suzuki, M., Takai, K., Nealson, K., Horikoshi, K., Delwiche, M., Colwell, F.,
and Jorgensen, B., (2003). “Microbial community structures in methane hydrate bearing
deep marine sediments form the Peru Margin (ODP Leg 201) and the Cascadia Margin(ODP Leg 204),” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
8-12.
Nunoura, T., Takai, K., Nealson, K., Horikoshi, K., Delwiche, M., Colwell, F., and ODP Leg 204
Shipboard Scientific Party, (2003). “The microbial community structure of methane
hydrate bearing deep subseafloor sediments in Cascadia Margin (ODP Leg204),”
Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan, September 7-12.

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National Energy Technology Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Anderson, B., Hancock, S., Wilson, S., Enger, C., Collett, T., Boswell, R., Hunter, R., (2010).
“Formation pressure testing at the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well,
Alaska North Slope: Operational summary, history matching, and interpretations,”
Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 478-492, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.012.
Anderson, B. J., Kurhiara, M., Wilson, S. J., Pooladi-Darvish, M., White, M., Moridis, G., r
Gaddipati, M., Masuda, Y., Collett, T. S., Hunter, R. B., Narita, H., Rose, K., Boswell, R.,(2010). “Regional long-term production modeling from a single well test, Mount ElbertGas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope.” Marine and Petroleum
Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 493-501, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.015.
Boswell, R., Rose, K., Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Winters, W. F., Lewis, K., and Agena, W. F., (2010).
“Geologic controls on gas hydrate occurrence in the Mount Elbert prospect, Alaska
North Slope, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 589-607, ISSN 02648172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.004.
Cha, J. and Seol, Y., (2013). “Increasing gas hydrate formation temperature for desalination ofhigh salinity produced water with secondary guests.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry andEngineering, v. 1 no. 10, pp. 1218–1224 DOI: 10.1021/sc400160u
Choi, J., Seol, Y., Boswell, R., and R. Junes, 2010. “X-Ray Computed-Tomography Imaging of Gas
Migration in Water-Saturated Sediments: From Capillary Invasion to Conduit
Opening,”Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, L17310, doi:10.1029/2011GL048513.
Collett, T. S., Lewis, R. E., Winters, W. F., Lee, M. W., Rose, R., and Boswell, R., (2009).
“Downhole well log and core montages from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate
Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss.
2, pp. 561-577, ISSN 0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.016.
Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Agena, W. F., Miller, J. J., Lewis, K. A., Zyrianova, M. V., Boswell, R. M.,
Inks, T. L., (2010). “Permafrost-associated natural gas hydrate occurrences on the Alaska
North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 279-294, ISSN 02648172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.001.
Colwell, F. S. and Ussler, W., III., (2010). ““Global scale consequences of biological methane
production,” in K. Timmis, T. McGenity, J. R. van der Meer, V. de Lorenzo, ed.,Handbook of Hydrocarbons and Lipid Microbiology.
Colwell, F., Briggs, B., Schwartz, A., (2010). “Microbial community distribution in sediments from
the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine andPetroleum Geology, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp. 404-410, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.012.
Holder, G., Mokka, L., and Warzinski, R., (2001). “Formation of Gas Hydrates from Single-Phase
Aqueous Solutions,” Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 56, pp. 6897-6903.

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Hunter, R. B., Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Anderson, B. J., Digert, S. A., Pospisil, G., Baker, R.,
Weeks, M., (2010). "BPXA-USDOE-USGS Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope: Overview of Scientific and Technical Program," Marine andPetroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.015
Kneafsey, T. J., Liu, H., Winters, W., Boswell, R., Hunter, R., and Collett, T. S., (2009). “Analysis ofcore samples from the BPXA-DOE-USGS Mount Elbert gas hydrate stratigraphic test well:
Insights into core disturbance and handling,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28,
Iss. 2, pp. 381-393, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.009.
Kneafsey, T. J., Seol, Y., Moridis, G. J., Tomutsa, L., and B. M. Freifeld, (2009). “Laboratory
measurements on core-scale sediment and hydrate samples to predict reservoir
behavior,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas
hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Kneafsey, T. J., Seol, Y., Gupta, A., and Tomutsa, L., (2011). “Permeability of laboratory-formed
methane hydrate bearing sand: Measurements and observations using x-ray computed
tomography,” SPE Paper 139525, Society of Petroleum Engineer Journal, 16(1), 2011, pp.
78-94.
Kono, H., Narasimhan, S.. Song, F., and Smith, D., (2002). “Synthesis of Methane Gas Hydrate in
Porous Sediments and Its Dissociation by Depressurization,” Powder Technology,
Volume 122, pp. 239-246.
Lekse, J., Taylor, C., and Ladner, E., (2007). “Effect of bubble size and density on methane
conversion to hydrate,” in D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori, eds., Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas Hydrate/Clathrate (Elsevier), Volume
56, Issues 1-3, pp. 97-100, March.
Link, D., Ladner, E., Elsen, H., and Taylor, C., (2003). “Formation and Dissociation Studies for
Optimizing the Uptake of Methane by Methane Hydrates,” Fluid Phase Equilibrium,
Volume 211, pp. 1-10.
Link, D., Taylor, C., and Ladner, E., (2001). “Novel Techniques for the Conversion of Methane
Hydrates Studies,” Surface Science and Catalysis, Volume 136, pp. 543-548.
Moridis, G. J., Reagan, M. T., Kim, S.-J., Seol, Y., and Zhang, K., (2009). “Evaluation of the Gas
Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East
Sea,” Society of Petroleum Engineer Journal. SPE-110859-PA.
Myshakin, E., Gaddipati, M., Rose, K., and Anderson, B., (2012). “Numerical simulations ofdepressurization-induced gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs at the Walker
Ridge 313 site, northern Gulf of Mexico,” J. Marine Petrol. Geol., v. 34, no. 1, pp. 169185.
Rees, E.V. L., Keafsey, T. J., and Seol, Y., (2011). “X-Ray CT observations of methane hydrate
distribution from prolonged and repeated formation in natural and synthetic compacted
sand samples,” Journal of Geological Research, article ID 791815, 15 pages,
oi:10.1155/2011/791815

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Rose, K., Boswell, R., and Collett, T. S., (2010). “Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope: Coring operations, core sedimentology, and lithostratigraphy,”Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 311-331, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.001.
Seol, Y. and Kneafsey, T. J., (2009). “X-ray CT observations of water flow through anisotropic
methane hydrate-bearing sand,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, pp. 121132.
Seol, Y. and Keafsey, T. J., (2010). “Methane hydrate induced permeability modification for
multiphase flow in unsaturated porous media,” J. Geophys. Res., 116, B08102,
doi:10.1029/2010JB008040.
Seol, Y. and Myshakin, E., (2011). “Experimental and numerical observations of hydrate
reformation during depressurization in a core-scale reactor,” Energy & Fuels, 25(3),2011, pp. 1099-1110.
Seshadri, K., Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2001). “Measurements of Equilibrium Pressures andTemperatures for Propane Hydrate in Silica Gels with Different Pore-Size Distributions,”
Journal of Physical Chemistry, Volume 105, pp. 2627-2631.
Siriwardane, H. and Smith, D., (2002). “Synthesis and Homogeneity of Methane Hydrate in
Unconsolidated Media,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 30, pp. 1-7.
Smith, D., Wilder, J., and Seshadri, K., (2002). “Methane Hydrate Equilibria in Silica Gels with
Broad Pore-Size Distributions,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal,
Volume 48, pp. 393-400.
Smith, D., Wilder, J., and Seshadri, K., (2002). “Thermodynamics of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate
Formation in Media with Broad Pore-Size Distributions,” Environmental Science andTechnology, Volume 36, pp. 5192-5198.
Taylor, C., Lekse, J., English, N., (2009). “NETL’s methane hydrate research,” in Collett, T., A.
Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds., Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource
potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89.
Taylor, C., Link, D., and English, N., (2007). “Methane hydrate research at NETL: Research to
make methane production from hydrates a reality,” in D. Mahajan, Taylor, C., and G. Ali
Mansoori, eds., Volume Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering – Natural Gas
Hydrate/Clathrate (Elsevier), 56, pp. 186-191, Issues 1-3, March.
Torres, M. E., Collett, T. S., Rose, K., Sample, J. C., Agena, W., Rosenbaum, E., (2010). “Pore fluid
geochemistry from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North
Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 332-342, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.001.
Torres, M. E., Embley, R. W., Merle, S. G., Trehu, A. M., Collier, R. W. Suess, E. and Heeschen, K.,(2009). “Methane sources feeding cold seeps on the shelf and upper continental slope
off central Oregon, USA,” Geochemistry. Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 10
doi:10.1029/2009GC002518.

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Warzinski, R., Lynn, R., Shaw, D., and Rosenbaum, E., (in review). “Thermal property
measurements of gas hydrates using a transient plane source technique,” in Collett, T.,
A. Johnson, C. Knapp and Boswell, R., eds., Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource andAssociated Geologic Hazards, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Hedberg Special Publication.
Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2002). “Comments on 'Anomalous Preservation of Pure Methane
Hydrate at 1 atm’,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, Volume 106, pp. 226-27.
Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2002). “Dependencies of Clathrate Hydrate Dissociation Fugacities on
the Inverse Temperature and Inverse Pore Radius,” Industrial Engineering Chemical
Research, Volume 41, pp. 2819-2825.
Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2002). “Upper Limits on the Rates of Dissociation of Clathrate
Hydrates to Ice and Free Gas,” Journal Physical Chemistry, Volume 106, pp. 6298-6302.
Wilder, J., Seshadri, K., and Smith, D., (2001). “Resolving Apparent Contradictions in Equilibrium
Measurements for Clathrate Hydrates in Porous Media,” Journal of Physical Chemistry,
Volume 105, pp. 9970-9972.
Wilson, S. J., Hunter, R. B., Collett, T. S., Hancock, S., Boswell, R., Anderson, B. J., (2010). “Alaska
North Slope regional gas hydrate production modeling forecasts,” Marine andPetroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 460-477, ISSN 0264-8172, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.007.
Winters, W. J., Walker, M., Kwon, O., Waite, B., Torres, M., Collett, T. S., and Rose, K., (2010).
“Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test
Well, Alaska North Slope,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 28, Iss. 2, pp. 361-380,
ISSN 0264-8172, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.008.
Velaga, S., Anderson, B. J., (2009)."Phase equilibrium and cage occupancy calculations of CO2
hydrates using an ab initio intermolecular potential,” ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake
City, UT, March 24.
Zhang, M., Anderson, B. J., Warzinski, R. P., Holder, G. D., (2009)."Molecular dynamics
simulation of hydrate lattice distortion,” ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,March 24.
Zhang, W., Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2002). “Interpretation of Methane Hydrate Equilibrium
Data for Porous Media Involving Ice-Hydrate Equilibria,” American Institute of Chemical
Engineering Journal, Volume 48, pp. 2324-2331.
Government Reports
Seol, Y., (2013). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research,” Award Number 2017.07.12, Fiscal Year 2013
Quarterly Progress Report (October – December, 2012). January 2013.
Seol. Y., (2013). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research,” Award Number 2017.07.12, Fiscal Year 2013
Quarterly Progress Report (January – March, 2013). April 2013.
Seol., Y., (2013). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research, Award Number 2017.07.12, Fiscal Year 2013
Quarterly Progress Report (April – June, 2013). July 2013
Seol, Y., (2014). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research,” Award Number 2013.07.02, Fiscal Year 2014
Quarterly Progress Report (Jan—Mar, 2014). May 2014.

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Seol, Y., (2014). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research,” Award Number 2013.07.02, Fiscal Year 2014
Quarterly Progress Report (Apr—June, 2014). August 2014.
Seol, Y., (2014). “Natural Gas Hydrate Research,” Award Number 2013.07.02, Fiscal Year 2014
Quarterly Progress Report (July-September, 2014). November 2014.
Seol, Y., (2015). “Natural Gas Hydrates Research Portfolio Quarterly Progress Report, FY15-Q1(October-December, 2014). April 2015.
Seol, Y., (2015). “Natural Gas Hydrates Research Portfolio Quarterly Progress Report, FY15-Q2(January-March, 2015). April 2015.
Seol, Y., (2015). “Natural Gas Hydrates Research Portfolio Quarterly Progress Report, FY15-Q3(April-June, 2015). July 2015.
Other Publications
Anderson, B. J., Boswell, R., Gaddipati, M., Wilder, J., Collett, T., Hunter, R., Kurihara, M.,
Masuda, Y., McGrail, P., Moridis, G., Narita, H., Pooladi-Darvish, M., White, M., Rose, K.,
Wilson, S., (2008). “Effects of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Productivity of Gas Hydrate
Reservoirs,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, v. 8(4), pp. 5-8.
Boswell, R., Collett, T., Dallimore, S., Frye, M., (2012). “Geohazards associated with naturallyoccuring gas hydrate,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, v. 12, no. 1, pp. 11-15.
Coffin, R., Rose, K., Greinert, J., and Wood, W., (2010). “First Trans-Shelf-Slope Climate Study in
the U. S. Beaufort Sea Completed. U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, v. 10(1), pp.
1-5.
Seol, Y. and Boswell, R., (2009). “Methane Hydrate: Fire in the ice,” G.I. T. Laboratory Journal
Europe, September/October.
Seol, Y., Myshakin, E., and Kneafsey, T., (2010). “Core-Scale Heterogeneity of Hydrate
Distribution and Its Impact on Gas Production,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, v. 10(2), pp. 6-8.
Seol, Y., Technical POC, (2014). “Revealing Secrets Locked in the Ice.” U. S. DOE-NETL Office of
Research and Development Newsletter, Research News, Issue 1, pp. 3-4, October 2014.
Seol, Y., Choi, J. H., Dai, S., and Jarvis, K., (2015). “Recent Advances in NETL’s Laboratory Studies
of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, v. 15(1), pp. 59.
Wilder, J., D. Smith and Seshadri, K., (2002). “Thermodynamics of the Sequestration of Carbon
Dioxide in Methane Hydrates in Porous Media,” American Chemical Society, Fuel
Chemistry Division, v. 47, n.1, pp. 17-19.
Presentations
Anderson, B. J., (2008). “Predictions of Gas Production from Hydrate Reservoirs: The Results of
the International Methane Hydrate Reservoir Simulator Code Comparison Project andConnections to Molecular-Scale Modeling” Eni-MIT Seminar Series on Energy Production
from Methane Hydrates, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 2.

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Anderson, Brian J., Wilder, Joseph W., Kurihara, Masanori, White, Mark D., Moridis, George J.,
Wilson, Scott J., Pooladi-Darvish, Mehran, Masuda, Yoshihiro, Collett, Timothy S.,
Hunter, Robert B., Narita, Hideo, Rose, Kelly, Boswell, Ray, (2008). “Analysis Of Modular
Dynamic Formation Test Results From The Mount Elbert-01 Stratigraphic Test Will,
Milne Point Unit, North Slope Alaska,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Anderson, B. J., (2010). “NETL ORD/IAES Numerical Modeling Studies” DOE Hydrate Program
Review Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27.
Anderson, B. J., (2009). “The Role of Molecular Level Modeling in Gas Hydrate Studies,” AIChE
Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November, 2009.
Anderson, B., Garapati, N., and McGuire, P., (2013). “Reservoir modeling and numerical analysisof the Iġnik Sikumi gas hydrate field trial,” 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition
Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, London, England, June 9.
Boswell, R., Rose, Kelly, Collett, Tim, Lee, Myung, Lewis, Krissy, Winters, Bill, Agena, Warren,(2010). “Geologic Controls on Gas Hydrate Occurrence: Mount Elbert Prospect, Milne
Point Unit, Alaska North Slope,” National Gas Hydrates R&D Program Review, Atlanta,
GA, January.
Boswell, R., (2012). “Gas hydrates: the next frontier energy resource and climate change
wildcard?,” AIChE, March 15, Pittsburgh, PA.
Boswell, R., (2012). “A synoptic view of gas hydrates. Invited presentation,” Gordon Research
Conference, March 18, San Diego, CA.
Briggs, B. R., Hieter, J., Pohlman, J., Torres, M., Rose, K., Joseph, C., and Colwell, F., (2009).
“Subseafloor macroscopic biofilms involved in anaerobic oxidization of methane,” Fall
Meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA, December.
Briggs, B. R., Hieter, J., Pohlman, J., Torres, M., Rose, K., Joseph, C., Riedel, M., and Colwell, F.,(2010). “Subseafloor macroscopic biofilms involved in anaerobic oxidization of methane(poster),” Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, February.
Briggs, B. R., Inagaki, F., Morono, Y., Futagami, T., Winters, W., and Colwell, F., (2010). “Bacterial
dominance in subseafloor sediments characterized by gas hydrates,” International
Symposium for Microbial Ecology, Seattle, WA, August.
Cha, J., Wang, J., Wang, R., Li, J., Yoon, R. H., and Seol, Y., (2011). “Effect of hydrophobic surfacesof the kinetics of hydrate formation.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Choi, J. H., Seol Y., Boswell, R. and Rosenbaum, E., (2011). “X-ray computed tomographyobservations of preferential modes of gas migration in saturated sediment samples.”Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Coffin, R. B., Hamdan, L. J., Smith, J. P., Plummer, Greinert, R. J., Rose, K., De Batist, M. A., Wood,W., (2009). “Preliminary Results from the Methane In The Arctic Shelf (MITAS) Projecton the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf – Shallow Sediment Porewater Geochemical Profiles,”Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA, December

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Collett, Timothy S., Riedel, M., Cochran, J. R., Boswell, R., Kumar, P., Sathe, A. V. (2008). “IndianContinental Margin Gas Hydrate Prospects: Results Of The Indian National Gas Hydrate
Program (Nghp) Expedition 01,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Connolly, E. C., Johnson, J. E., Torres, M. E., Teichert, B. M., Giosan, L., Rose, K., (2009). “NewInsights from Sediment Ages and Carbon Isotopes at a Paleo-Seep/Chemosynthetic
Biological Community in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, Offshore India,” Fall Meeting AGU,
San Francisco, CA, December.
Crandall, D., Seol, Y., Bo. Hu, and Gyovai, K. (2010). “Conversion of CT scans of geological media
to heterogeneous computational fluid dynamics models.” 3rd International Workshop
on X-ray CT for Geomaterials, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1-3.
Dai, S., Seol, Y., and Choi, J. H., (2014). “Impacts of Hydrate Pore Habits on the Physical
Properties of Hydrate Bearing Sediments,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, B11B-0011.
Disenhof, C., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, J., Rose, K., (2011). “Lithology of Alaskan Thermokarst
Lake Facilitates Methane Flux,” Abstract GC41B-0806, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San
Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
English, N., Taylor, C., Warzinski, R., and Rosenbaum, E., (2005). “Molecular Dynamics Simulationof Methane Hydrates at NETL,” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 1317.
Gaddipati, M., Nyayapathi, L., Anderson, B. J., (2008). “Sensitivity Analysis of Methane Hydrate
Reservoirs: Effects of Reservoir Parameters on Gas Productivity and Economics.”
American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Fransisco, CA, December 15-19.
Gaddipati, M., Myshakin, E. M., Boswell, R. M., and Anderson, B. J., (2011). “Gas Production
Modeling from a Complex 3-D Description of Marine Hydrate Deposits.” Proceedings ofthe 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United
Kingdom, July 17-21.
Gaddipati, M., Rose, K., Boswell, R. M., and Anderson, B. J., (2011). “Modeling of the Thermal
Disturbance in a Gas Hydrate Formation Due to a Hot Wellbore.” Proceedings of the 7thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July
17-21.
Gaddipati, M. and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “3D Reservoir modeling of depressurization-induced
gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs at the Walker Ridge site, Northern Gulf of
Mexico,” Paper OTC 23582, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, Apr. 30-May
3.
Garapati, N., and Anderson, B. J., (2009). “Predictions of Mixed Hydrate Phase Equilibria and theSwapping of CH4 Hydrate with CO2 and CO2+N2 Mixtures,” AIChE Annual Meeting,
Nashville, TN, November.
Garapati, N., Velaga, S., and Anderson, B. J., (2011). “Development of a Thermodynamic
Framework for the Simulation of Mixed Gas Hydrates: Formation, Dissociation, and CO2CH4 Exchange.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.

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Garapati, N. and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Implementation of cell potential code into
HydrateResSim simulator. CO2 Capture, Sequestration, Conversion and Utilization, FUEL:
Division of Fuel Chemistry,” 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Garapati, N. and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Injection of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen in to
Methane Hydrate Reservoirs: Binary HydrateResSim Simulations,” AICHE Annual
meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2.
Garapati, N., Velaga, S., and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Gas Hydrates Modeling: Spanning Multiple
Scales,” AICHE Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28- Nov. 2.
Garapati, N., McGuire, P. C., Liu, Y., and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Modeling the injection ofcarbon dioxide and nitrogen into a methane hydrate reservoir and the subsequent
production of methane gas on the North Slope of Alaska,” American Geophysical Union
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Garapati, N., McGuire, P., and Anderson, B., (2013). “Reservoir simulation of unconventional
natural gas resources: Development of a multi-component simulation tool based on
lattice absorption statistical mechanics,” 24th International Conference: Drilling-Oil-Gas
AGH 2013, Krakow, Poland, June 11-13.
Garapati, N., McGuire, P., and Anderson, B., (2013). “Modeling the injection of carbon dioxide
and nitrogen into a methane hydrate reservoir and the subsequent production of
methane gas on the North Slope of Alaska,” Unconventional Resources Technology
Conference, Denver, CO, August 12-14.
Holder, G., Mokka, L., and Warzinski, R., (2001). “Hydrate Formation from Single-Phase Aqueous
Solutions,” Spring 2001 National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel
Chemistry, San Diego, CA, April 1-5.
Hughes, R., F. Civan, Gonzalez, M., and Taylor, C., (2003). “Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium
Models Applied to Hydrate Formation and Dissociation Experiments,” Third Topical
Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, Spring National Meeting of the American Instituteof Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 3.
Hutchinson, Deborah R., Shelander, Dianna, Dai, Jianchun, McConnel, Dan, Shedd, William, Frye,
Matthew, Ruppel, Carolyn, Boswell, Ray, Jones, Emrys, Collett, Timothy S., Rose, Kelly,
Dugan, Brandon, Wood, Warren, Latham, Thomas, (2008). “Site Selection For DOE/JIP
Gas Hydrate Drilling In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Johnson, J. E., S. C. Phillips, Miranda, E., Giosan, L., Rose, K., (2009). “Long-term Variability of
Carbon and Nitrogen in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea: Results from NGHP
Expedition 1,” Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA, December.
Kono, H., Bdhijanto, B., Song, F., Smith, D., and Narasimhan, S., (2002). “Formation Rates ofMethane Gas Hydrate within Porous Sediments,” Fourth International Conference on
Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Link, D., Taylor, C., Elsen, H., and Ladner, E., (2003). “Enhancement in the Storage of Methane in
Hydrates,” Third Topical Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, Spring National Meetingof the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 3.

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Lorenson, T. D., Greinert, J., Huetten, E., Hamdan, L. J., Coffin, R. B., Rose, K., W. T. , and Wood,S., (2010). “Methane Concentrations in Sediment And Bottom Water Of The Alaskan
Beaufort Sea,” AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Mahabadi, N., Dai, S., Seol, Y., and Jang, J., (2014). “Water Retention Curve and Relative
Permeability for Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments,” AGU Fall Meeting
Abstracts, 2014, B11B-0019.
Myshakin, E. M., Gamwo, I. K., Warzinski, R. R. “Experimental Design Applied to Simulation of
Gas Productivity Performance at Reservoir and Laboratory Scales Utilizing Factorial
ANOVA Methodology,” TOUGH Symposium, 2009, Berkeley, CA.
Myshakin, E. M. , Anderson, B. J., Rose, K., and Boswell, R. M., (2010). “Simulation of long-term
depressurization-induced gas production from C & D unit reservoirs, Mount Elbert-01,
Milne Point Unit, North Slope Alaska, Hydrate Deposit,” National Gas Hydrates R&D
Program Review, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K., Johnson, J. E., Smith, J. P., Coffin, R. B., Wood, W. T., Hart, P. E., Greinert, J., Lorenson,
T. D., (2009). “The Role of Geology and Shallow Lithostratigraphy in the Distribution ofMethane Flux through Shallow Sediments Across the Beaufort Shelf of Alaska,” Fall
Meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 2009.
Rose, K., (2010). “Insights from the geologic evaluation of sediment cores from hydrate & nonhydrate lithofacies, Results from recent field studies and goals for future field,
experimental and modeling efforts,” National Gas Hydrates R&D Program Review,
Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K., Coffin, R., Smith, J., Greinert, J., Wood, W., (2010). “Review of the MITAS-2009
Expedition Across the U. S. Beaufort Shelf & Slope of Alaska, An introduction to the firsttrans-shelf-slope climate study in the U. S. Beaufort Sea: Preliminary findings, and next
steps,” National Gas Hydrates R&D Program Review, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K., (2010). “Mount Elbert-01 Lithostratigraphic Montage,” National Gas Hydrates R&D
Program Review, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K., Joel Johnson, Joseph Smith, Richard Coffin, Warren Wood, Jens Greinert, Pat Hart, Tom
Lorenson. Geology, Shallow Lithostratigraphy, and the Distribution of Methane throughShallow Sediments of the Beaufort Shelf of Alaska. National Gas Hydrates R&D Program
Review, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K., Coffin, R., Smith, J., Greinert, J., Wood, W., (2010). “Review of the MITAS-2009
Expedition Across the U. S. Beaufort Shelf & Slope of Alaska, An introduction to the firsttrans-shelf-slope climate study in the U. S. Beaufort Sea: Preliminary findings, and next
steps,” Methane Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.
Rose, K. Johnson, J. E., Reed, A. H., Smith, J. P., (2010). “Sedimentology, Lithostratigraphy andPhysical Properties of Recently Acquired Shallow Piston and Vibra Cores from the U. S.
Beaufort Shelf and Slope, Arctic Ocean,” AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2010.
Rosenbaum, E., Shaw, D., Lynn, R., Holder, G., and Warzinski, R., (2003). “Thermal Properties
and Characterization of Gas Hydrates, New Orleans, LA,” Third Topical Conference on
Natural Gas Utilization, Spring National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, March 30-April 3.

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Rosenbaum, E., and Seol, Y., (2012). “Pore scale characterization of hydrate bearing sediments:
Utilizing micro x-ray CT scanner,” Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates,
March 18, Ventura, CA.
Seol, Y. and Keafsey, T. J., (2008). “Fluid flow through heterogeneous methane-hydrate bearing
sand: observations using x-ray CT scanning,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Seol, Y. Timothy J. Kneasey, and Emily V. L. Rees, (2009). “X-ray CT observations of methane
hydrate distribution in natural sediment and laboratory formed compacted sandsamples.” American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 15-18,
2009.
Seol , Y., Myshakin, E., and Kneafsey, T. J., (2011). “Quantitative Applications of X-ray CT
Observations for Core-Scale Hydrate Studies.” Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Seol, Y., Choi, J., Boswell, R., Rosenbaum, E., and Juanes, R., (2011). “X-ray computedtomography imaging of preferential mode of gas migration through water-saturated
sediments,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 59.
Seol, Y. and Boswell, R., (2012). “Progress in gas hydrate research and development in the
United States,” Fiery Ice, the 8th International Workshop for Methane Hydrate Researchand Development, Sapporo, Japan, May 28 – June 1.
Seol, Y., Rosenbaum, E., and Boswell, R., (2012). “Methane hydrate accumulation habits inporous media: X-ray CT scans and core scale modeling,” Fiery Ice, the 8th International
Workshop for Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Sapporo, Japan, May 28 –June 1.
Smith, D., Ji, C., and Ahmadi, G., (2002). “A Model for Natural Gas Production,” FourthInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Smith, D., Wilder, J., Seshadri, K., and Zhang, W., (2002). “Equilibrium Pressures andTemperatures for Equilibria Involving sI or sII Hydrate, Liquid Water, and Free Gas in
Porous Media,” Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan,
May 19-23.
Smith, D., Wilder, J., and Seshadri, K., (2001). “Thermodynamics of Sequestration of Carbon
Dioxide in Natural Gas Hydrates in Porous Media,” ECCS/IEA Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
September 30-October 5.
Smith, D., Seshadri, K., and Wilder, J., (2001). “Assessing the Thermodynamic Feasibility of theConversion of Methane Hydrate in Porous Media,” National Conference on Carbon
Sequestration, Washington, DC, First May 15-17.
Smith, D., and Seshadri, K., (2000). “Thermodynamics of Conversion of Methane Clathrate
Hydrate to Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Within Porous Media,” 220th National Meeting of
the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 20-24.
Taylor, C., (2001). “Photocatalytic Methane Hydrate Conversion,” International Gas Research
Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 5-8.

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Taylor, C., (2002). “Methane Conversion via Photocatalytic Reactions,” Second Topical
Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, Spring National Meeting of the American Instituteof Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14.
Taylor, C., Link, D., and Elsen, H., (2002). “Methane Hydrate Conversion Using Photocatalysts,”
Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Taylor, C., (2001). “Photocatalytic Methane Hydrate Conversion,” International Gas Research
Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 5-8.
Velaga, S., Vedam, V., and Anderson, B. J., (2011). “Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Stabilityof CO2 and CH4 Hydrates in the Presence of Undersaturated Fluids.” Proceedings of the
7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom,
July 17-21.
Velaga, S. and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Development and Testing of CO2-H2O Potentials for Gas
Hydrate and Liquid Phases. CO2 Capture, Sequestration, Conversion and Utilization,
FUEL: Division of Fuel Chemistry,” 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March,
2012.
Velaga, S. and Anderson, B. J., (2012). “Understanding the stability of mixed hydrates containing
propane, ethane and methane under deep water conditions.,” AICHE Annual Meeting,Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2.
Walsh, Matt, Hancock, Steve, Wilson, Scott, Patil, Shirish, Moridis, George, Boswell, Ray, Collett,Timothy S., Koh, Carolyn A., Sloan, E. Dendy, (2008). “Preliminary Report on the
Economics of Gas Production from Natural Gas Hydrates,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Wang, J., Schlosser, C., Yoon, R. H., Troya, D., and Seol, Y, (2011). “The role of acid-baseinteraction in the formation of CO2 hydrate.” Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21.
Warzinski, Robert P., Gamwo, Isaac K., Rosenbaum, Eilis J., Myshakin, Evgeniy M., Jiang, Hao,
Jordan, Kenneth D., English, Niall J., Shaw, David W., (2008). “Thermal Properties ofMethane Hydrate by Experiment and Modeling and Impacts upon Technology,”
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Wilder, Joseph W., Moridis, George J., Wilson, Scott J., Kurihara, Masanori, White, Mark D.,
Masuda, Yoshihiro, Anderson, Brian J., Collett, Timothy S., Hunter, Robert B., Narita,
Hideo, Pooladi-Darvish, Mehran, Rose, Kelly, Boswell, Ray, (2008). “An International
Effort To Compare Gas Hydrate Reservoir Simulators,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Wood, W. T., Hart, P. E., Greinert, J., M. A. De Batist, Rose, K., Coffin, R. B., (2009). “Constraints
on Methane Distribution,” Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 2009.
Yang, Shengxiong, Zhang, Haiqi, Wu, Nengyou, Su, Xin, Schultheiss, Peter, Holland, Melanie,
Zhang, Guangxue, Liang, Jinqiang, Lu, Jing'an, Rose, Kelly, (2008). “High Concentration
Hydrate In Disseminated Forms Obtained In Shenhu Area, North Slope Of South China
Sea,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008),
Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.

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Zhang, Y., Holder, G., and Warzinski, R., (2003). “Formation of Hydrate from Single-Phase
Aqueous Solutions,” Third Topical Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, Spring National
Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, LA, March 30April 3.
Zhang, Y., Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2003). “Interpretation of Methane Hydrate Equilibrium Data
for Porous Media Involving Hydrate-Ice Equilibria,” Third Topical Conference on Natural
Gas Utilization, Spring National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 3.
Zhang, W. and Smith, D., (2002). “Conflict and Solution in Constructing Thermodynamic
Equations for Different Integration Paths,” Fourth International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Zhang, W., Wilder, J., and Smith, D., (2002). “Equilibrium Pressures and Temperatures for
Equilibria Involving Hydrate, Ice, and Free Gas in Porous Media,” Fourth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.

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Section V: Publications Resulting from Interagency Agreements
Additional publications by agencies are included under major field projects where appropriate.

Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Lab
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Coffin, R. B., Pohlman, J. W., Gardner, J., Downer, R., Wood, W., Hamdan, L., Walker, S.,
Plummer R., Gettrust, J., and, Diaz, J., (2007). “Methane Hydrate Exploration on the Mid
Chilean Coast: A Geochemical and Geophysical Survey,” Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem.
doi:10.1016/j. petrol.2006.01.013
Coffin, R., Grabowski, K., and Chanton, J., (2000). “The Role of Methane Hydrate in Ocean
Carbon Chemistry and Biogeochemical Cycling,” in Max, M. ed., Natural Gas Hydrate in
Oceanic and Permafrost Environments, pp. 77-90.
Coffin, R. B., Smith, J. P., Plummer, R. E., Yoza, B., Larsen, R. K., Millholland, L. C., andMontgomery, M. T., (2013). “Spatial Variation in Shallow Sediment Methane Source andCycling along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea,” Marine Petroleum and Geology, v. 45, pp. 186197.
Chapman, R., Walia, R., Gettrust, J., Wood, W., Hannay, D., Spencer, G., Hyndman, R.,
Macdonald, R., and Rosenberger, A., (2002). “High Resolution deep-towed multi-channel
seismic survey of deep sea gas hydrates off western Canada,” Geophysics, Volume 67,
pp. 1038-1047.
Chapman, R., Pohlman, J., Coffin, R., Chanton, J., and Lapham, L., (2004). “Thermogenic gas
hydrates in the Northern Cascadia Margin,” EOS. 85:361.
Grabowski, K., Knies, D., Tumey, S., Pohlman, J., Mitchell, C., and Coffin, R., (2004). “Carbon Pool
Analysis of Methane Hydrate Regions in the Sea Floor by Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, Volume223-224, pp. 435-440.
Hamdan, L. J., Gillevet, P. M., Sikaroodi, M., Pohlman, J. W., Plummer, R. E., Coffin, R. B., (2008).
“Microbial diversity of sediments associated with methane gas and hydrate along the
mid-Chilean Margin,” FEMS Microbiol Ecol 65:15-30.
Hamdan, L. J., Gillevet, P. M., Pohlman, J. W., Sikaroodi, M., Greinert, J., Coffin, R. B., (2011).
“Diversity and biogeochemical structuring of bacterial communities across the
Porangahau ridge accretionary prism, New Zealand,” FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 77: 518-532.
Hamdan, L. J., Coffin, R. B., Sikaroodi, M., Greinert, J., Treude, T., and Gillevet, P. M., (2012).
“Ocean currents shape the microbiome of Arctic marine sediments,” ISME Journal(2012), pp. 1-12.
Pecher, I. A., Henrys, S. A., Wood, W. T., Crutchley, G., Gorman, A. R., Coffin, R.,Kukowski, N.,
Greinert, J., and Faure K., (2010). “Focused Fluid Expulsion on the Hikurangi Margin,
New Zealand – Evidence from Possible Local Upwarping of the Base of Gas Hydrate
Stability,” Marine Geology, 272:99-113.

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Lu, H., Seo, Y.-T., Lee, J.-W., Moudrakovski, I., Ripmeester, J. A., Chapman, N. R., Coffin, R. B.,
and Pohlman, J. P., (2007). “Complex gas hydrate from the Cascadia margin,” Nature,
445:303-306.
Pohlman, J. W., Kaneko, M., Heuer, V., Coffin, R., and Whiticar, M., (2009). “Methane sources
and production patterns in the northern Cascadia margin gas hydrate system,” Earthand Planetary Science Letters, 287:504-512.
Pohlman, J. W., Bauer, J. E., Canuel, E. A., Grabowski, K. S., Knies, D. L., Mitchell, C. S., Whiticar,
M. J., and Coffin, R. B., (2009). “Sources and fluxes of methane in gas hydrate cold-seepsystems: Evidence from radiocarbon and stable isotope signatures,” Marine Chemistry115:102–109
Pohlman, J., Canuel, E., Chapman, N., Spence, G., Whiticar, M., and Coffin, R., (2005). “The originof thermogenic gas hydrates on the northern Cascadia Margin as inferred from isotopic(13C/12C and D/H) and molecular composition of hydrate and vent gas,” Organic
Geochemistry, Volume 36, pp. 703-716.
Pohlman, J, Grabowski, K., Knies, D., DeTurck, T., Treacy, D., Jr., and Coffin, R., (2000). “Sample
Distillation/Graphitization Apparatus for Carbon Pool Analysis by Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry (AMS),” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B,
Volume 172, pp. 428-433.
Schwalenberg, K., Wood, W., Pecher, I., Hamdan, L., Henrys, S., Jegen, M., and R. Coffin, (2010).
“Preliminary interpretation of CSEM, heatflow, seismic, and geochemical data for gas
hydrate distribution across the Porangahau Ridge, New Zealand,” Marine Geology
272:79-88.
Tomaru, H., Matsumoto, R., Coffin, R., Pohlman, J., and Spence, G., (2003). “Geochemical Clues
for Seafloor and Subsurface Gas Hydrate Linkage in Cascadia, Canada,” Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta 67:485-485.
Tomaru, H., Matsumoto, R., Coffin, R. B., Pohlman, J. W., Spence, G. D., (2007). “Geochemical
relation between gas hydrates and water venting in the seismic blanking zone on thenorthern Cascadia continental margin offshore Vancouver Island, Canada,” Journal of
Geochemical Exploration 95:40-47
Yousuf, M., Qadri, S., Knies, D., Grabowski, K., Coffin, R.,and Pohlman, J., (2004). “Novel Resultson Structural Investigations of Natural Minerals of Clathrate Hydrates,” Applied Physics
A, Volume 78, n. 6, pp. 925-939.
Government Reports
Coffin, R., (2002). “Field Evaluation of Sediment Structure and Content, Relative to AssociatedHydrates,” Naval Research Laboratory Technical Report 6110-03-8647.
Coffin, R. B.. and Wood W., (2009). “Naval Research Laboratory Contribution to Global Methane
Hydrate Research,” http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oilgas/FutureSupply/MethaneHydrates/
Coffin, R. B., Boyd, T. J., Rose, P. S., Yosa, B., Millholland, L. C. Downer R., Woods, S., (2013).
“Geochemical Cruise Report SO226/2 RV Sonne Chatham Rise Expedition,” US Naval
Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum, NRL/MR/6110-13-9472.

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Coffin, R., and S. Masutani, (2003). “Fiery Ice from the Seas, The Second Workshop of theInternational Committee on Methane Hydrates,” US Naval Research Laboratory
Memorandum Report 6114-03-8696.
Coffin, R. B. Hamdan, L. J., Smith, J. P., Plummer, R. E., Millholland, C., Larson, R., Wood, W.
(2011). “Beaufort Sea Methane Hydrate Exploration: Energy and Climate Change,” US
Naval Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum, NRL/MR/6110—10-9330
Coffin, R. B., Hamdan, L. J., Smith, J., Rose, K., Downer, R. C., Edsal, D. Gardner, J. Hagen, R.,
Wood, W. T., (2008). “Geochemical evaluation of deep sediment hydrate deposits on
Alaminos Canyon, Block 818, Texas-Louisiana Shelf,” NRL/MR/6110-11-9294.
Coffin, R. B., Kvamme, B., Uchida, T., Masutani, S., and Narita, H., (2008). “6Th International
Methane Hydrate Research and Development Workshop,” NRL/MR/6110-09-9143, MR9143.
Coffin, R., Hamdan, L., Pohlman, J., Wood, W., Pecher, I., Henrys, S., Greinert, J., Faure, K.,(2007). “Geochemical characterization of concentrated gas hydrate deposits on the
Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand,” Preliminary Geochemical Cruise Report,
NRL/MR/6110—08-9085.
Coffin, R. B., and Chapman, R., (2006). “4th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate
Research and Development,” US Naval Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum,
NRL/MR/6110—06-9007, Victoria, BC, May 9-11.
Coffin, R. B., Gardner, J., Pohlman, J., R. Downer and Wood, W., (2006). “Methane Hydrate
Exploration, Atwater Valley, Texas-Louisiana Shelf: Geophysical and Geochemical
Profiles,” US Naval Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum, NRL/MR/6110—069002.
Coffin, R. B., Diaz, J., Gardner, J. and Sellanes, J., (2006). “Gas Hydrate Exploration, Mid Chilean
Coast, Geochemical-Geophysical Survey,” US Naval Research Laboratory Technical
Memorandum, NRL/MR/6110—06-9006.
Gardner, J. and Shipboard Science Party, (2005). “Atwater Valley Deep-Towed Sidescan Sonar
Imagery and Bathymetric Survey, R/V Pelican Cruise 14 Feb-18Feb 2005,” Final Cruise
Report, DOE Award Number DE-AT26-97FT34344.
Lamontagne, R., Rose-Pehrsson, S., Grabowski, K., and Knies, D., (2001). “Response of METS
Sensor to Methane Concentrations Found on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf in the Gulf of
Mexico,” Naval Research Laboratory Memorandum Report 6110-01-8584.
Megnin, C., Wood, W., Lindwall, D., and Gettrust, J., (2003). “A Procedure to Edit Deep-Towed
Navigation Data,” Naval Research Laboratory Memorandum Report 7430-03-8294.
Pohlman, J. W., Grabowski, K. S., Knies, D. L., Plummer, R. E., Mitchell, C. S., and Coffin, R. B.,(2004). Report on Radiocarbon Analysis of Surface Sediments from the Fore-Arc Basin ofNankai Trough, NRL/MR/6110--04-8775.
Rose, P. S., Millholland, L. C., Plummer, R. E. Reed, A., Montgomery, M. T., Boyd, T. J., Coffin, R.
B., (2013). “Natural Gas at Seep Site on the UK Continental Shelf, North Sea,” US Naval
Research Laboratory Technical Memorandum, NRL/MR/6110-13-9452.

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Spence, G., Hoehne, J., Coffin, R. B., Hyndman, R., and MacDonald, R., (2003). “VENTFLUX2:Single Channel Seismics, Piston Coring and CTD Casts Associated with Gas Hydrates
Offshore Vancouver Island, Report of Cruise PGC01-003 C. C. G. Vessel John P. Tully 23
July-12 August 2001, Volume 1: Operations. NRL-MR-8648, NRL/MR/6110-03-8648.
Spence, G. and Coffin, R. (2002). “VENTFLUX 2: Single Channel Seismics, Piston Coring and CTD
Casts Associated with Gas Hydrates Offshore Vancouver Island,” Naval ResearchLaboratory Technical Report 6110-03-8648.
Wood, W., Grabowski, K., Coffin, R., Lindwall, D., Theophanis, S., and Gettrust, J., (2003).
“Methane Hydrates DTAGS and Coring Cruise off the Carolina Coast,” Naval ResearchLaboratory Memorandum Report 7430-03-8296.
Other Publications
Coffin, R. and Greinert, J., (2009). “Review: Developing Long Term International Collaboration on
Methane Hydrate Research and Monitoring in the Arctic Region,” International
workshop at Royal NIOZ, The Netherlands EOS 90:240.
Coffin, R. B., Lamontagne, R., Rose-Pehrsson, S., Grabowski, K. S., Knies, D. L., Qadri, S. L. B.,
Yesinowski, J. P., Pohlman, J. W., Yousuf, M., and Linton, J. A., (2002). “Ocean Floor
Methane Gas Hydrate Exploration,” NRL Review, 2002:112-115.
Gettrust, J., Spychalski, S., and Wood, W., (2004). “High-resolution MCS in deepwater,” The
Leading Edge, Volume 23, pp. 374-377.
Pohlman, J., Ruppel, C., Maue, C., Brothers, L., Kessler, J., and Worley, C., (2012). “Real-time
mapping of seawater and atmospheric methane concentrations offshore of Alaska'sNorth Slope,” Sound Waves, USGS newsletter.
Wood, W., Gettrust, J., and Spychalski, S., (2003). “A New Deep-Towed, Multi-Channel Seismic
System,” Sea Technology, Volume 44, n. 9, pp. 44-49.
Presentations
Coffin, R., Grabowski, K., Linton, J., Thieu, V., Halpern, Y., Montano, P., and Doctor, R., (2000).
“Variation in Methane Hydrate Structure and Composition,” Offshore Technology
Conference, May 1-4.
Coffin, R., Gettrust, J., and Masutani, S., (2005). “International Methane Hydrate Exploration:
Abundant Energy,” National Hydrogen Association Annual Hydrogen Conference, March
29-April 1.
Coffin, R. B., Rath, J. F., Masutan,i S. M., (2005). “Methane Hydrate Energy: A Basic Research and
DoD Perspective,” IMEHE Conference, Orlando, FL, November 9.
Coffin, R. B. (2005). “NRL Methane Hydrate Research Overview,” CSIRO, Canberra Australia,
November 16.
Coffin, R. B. (2006). “Geochemical Perspective of Energy, Environment and Economy: A Carbon
Based Evaluation,” Public Outreach, Barrow, AK, April.
Coffin, R. B. (2006). “Geochemical Survey of Vertical Methane Profiles in Different Coastal
Hydrate Regions,” Sediment Hosted Gas Hydrates meeting, Royal Geologic Society,London, January 25-26.

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Coffin, R. B., (2007). “Coastal Geochemical & Geophysical Sediment Gas Hydrate Evaluation,”
INDOUS Forum, New Delhi, India, March.
Coffin, R. B, Hamdan, L. J., Plummer, R. E., Henrys, S., Pecher, I., (2008). “The significance of
methane carbon to bulk sedimentary organic and inorganic carbon pools across the
Porangahau Ridge, New Zealand,” AGU San Francisco, December.
Coffin, R. B. (2008). “Regions of the coastal ocean sediment where phytoplankton are notsignificant, consider methane,” Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC,
November 18.
Coffin, R. B., (2009). “Carbon Sequestration Relative to Deep Sediment Methane Deposits,”
Bergen, Norway, April 2009.
Coffin, R. B., (2009). “Arctic Ocean Methane Hydrate Exploration: Energy and Climate Change,”
Arctic Workshop, USNA, June.
Coffin, R., (2009). “Approaches for Evaluation of Potential Deep Sediment Methane Hydrate
Deposits,” West Texas Geological Society. October.
Coffin, R. B., Hamdan, L. J., Smith, J. P., Plummer, R., Greinert, J., Rose, K., de Batist, M. A.,
Wood, W. (2009). “Preliminary Results from the Methane In The Arctic Shelf (MITAS)
Project on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf,” Shallow Sediment Porewater Geochemical
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on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: First Results from Seismic and Related Data,”
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Schwalenberg, K., Haeckel, M., Pecher, I. A., Toulmin, S. J., Hamdan, L. J., Netzeband, G., Wood,
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Birchwood, R., Dai, J., Shelander, D., Boswell, R., Collett, T., Cook, A., Dallimore, S., Fuji, K.,
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Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, B., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A.,
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Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Frye, M., Shedd, B., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R.,
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“Initial results of Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II logging-whiledrilling operations,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Gulf Coast Section Foundation, Bob
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Boswell, R., Moridis, G., Reagan, M., and Collett, T., (2011). “Gas hydrate accumulation types
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Brothers, L. L., Kelley, J. T., Belknap, D. F., Koons, P. O., Barnhardt, W. A., (2011). “Pockmarks:
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no. 1, pp. 6-8.
Chakoumakos, B. C., Rawn, C. J., Rondinone, A. J., Marshall, S. L., Stern, L. A., Circone, S., Kirby, S.
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Rietveld refinements of neutron diffraction data of clathrate hydrates,” Proceedings ofthe 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama Japan, (2002). pp.655-658.
Chaytor, J., Demopoulos, A., and Ruppel, C., (2013). “Exploring undersea terrain off the northern
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Collett, T. S., Lewis, R. E., and Uchida, T., (2000). “Growing interest in gas hydrates,” Oilfield
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Collett, T. S., and Dallimore, S. R., (2002). “Detailed Analysis of Gas Hydrate Induced Drilling and
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Collett, T. S., (2003). “Gas hydrate energy resource potential,” Proceedings of the Fifth
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Collett, T. S., (2004). “Arctic gas hydrate resources,” Proceedings of the conference on arctic
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Collett, T. S., (2005). Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP Drilling Program downhole logging program,
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Collett, T. S., and Mount Elbert Scientific Team, (2007). “Alaska North Slope successfully cores,
logs, tests gas hydrate bearing reservoirs,” DOE-NETL Fire In the Ice Methane Hydrate
Newsletter, Winter, 2007, pp. 1-4.
Collett, T. S., (2005). “Geologic and engineering controls on the economic production of gas
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Collett, T. S., Riedel, M., Malone, M. J., and the Expedition 311 Project Team, (2005). “Cascadia
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proceedings: Anchorage, Alaska, August 17-18, 2005,” Alaska Division of Geological &Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 135, 39 p.
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Collett, T. S., (2007). Arctic gas hydrate energy assessment studies: Proceedings of The Arctic
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Collett, T. S., (2008). Geologic Controls on the Occurrence of Permafrost-Associated Natural Gas
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3, (2008). Fairbanks, Alaska, Published by the University of Alaska, USA, 6 p ( CD-ROM).
Collett, T. S., (2008). Geologic and engineering controls on the production of permafrostassociated gas hydrate accumulations: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), July 6-10, (2008). Vancouver, BC, 12 p.
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Collett, T. S., Riedel, M., Boswell, R., Cochran, J. R., Kumar, P., Sethi, A. K.. Sathe, A. V., and NGHP
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Collett, T. S., (2008). Geologic Controls on the Occurrence of Permafrost-Associated Natural Gas
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Collett, T. S., and Boswell, R. M., (2010). Results of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry
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Collett, T. S., Boswell, R., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Godfriaux, P., Dufrene, R., McConnell, D.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., and Cook, A., (2010). Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint
Industry Project Leg II: Logging-While-Drilling Operations and Challenges, OTC 20452,
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Collett, T. S., Boswell, R. M., Lee, M. W., Anderson, B. J., Rose, K., and Lewis, K., (2011).
Evaluation of Long-Term Gas Hydrate Production Testing Locations on the Alaska North
Slope, OTC 22149, Proceedings 2011 Arctic Technology Conference, Houston, TX,
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Boswell, Ray, Hunter, Robert, Collett, Timothy, Digert, Scott, Hancock, Steve, Weeks, Micaela,
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Brothers, L. L., Van Dover, C. L., German, C. R., Kaiser, C. L., Yoerger, D. R., Ruppel, C. D.,
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Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments, gas hydrate growth and stability
conditioned by host sediment properties: Third International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Program and Abstracts, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 18-22, (1999).
Coffin, R. B., Hamdan, L. Wood, W., Pohlman, J. W., Smith, J., Pecher, I., (2007). Estimates ofvertical methane fluxes in Poranghau Ridge sediment on the Hikurangi Margin, New
Zealand. American Geophysical Union, Dec 10-14, San Francisco, CA.
Collett, T., (2004). “Arctic gas hydrate resources, Tromso, Norway, Proceedings of theConference on Arctic Geologic, Resources, and Environmental Challenges, May 24-26.
Collett, T., (2008). “Geology of Marine Gas Hydrates and Their Global Distribution,” 2008
Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, TX, May 5-8.
Collett, T., (2008). Geologic Controls on the Occurrence of Gas Hydrates in the IndianContinental Margin: Results of the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP)
Expedition 01, 2008 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, April 20-23.
Collett, T., Riedel, M., Boswell, R., J. Cochran, P. Kumar, A. Sathe, M. Lall, V. Sibal, and the NGHP
Expedition 01 Scientific Party, (2008). Offshore India Gas Hydrate Prospects – Results of
the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP) Expedition 01, presented at the
National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP) Gas Hydrate Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb.
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Collett, T., Uchida, T., Dallimore, S., T. Mroz, and Lee, M., (1998). Downhole well log evaluationof gas hydrates in the Mallik 2L-38 well, Mackenzie Delta, N.W. T., Chiba City, Japan,
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Collett, T. S., (2008). Assessment of gas hydrate energy resources: December 2, (2008). MIT(Cambridge, MA). Presentation in the MIT/USGS ENI Methane Hydrate Seminar Series.
Collett, T. S., Agena, W. F., Lee, M. W., Zyrianova, M. V., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Cook, T.,Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Pollastro, R. M., and Schenk, C. J., (2008). Assessment ofgas hydrate resources on the North Slope, Alaska, 2008: Series of Power Point
Presentations prepared for Department of Interior and Congressional briefings
presented in Washington DC, November 17-21, (2008). (hard copy and on CD-ROM).
Collett, T. S., Agena, W. F., Lee, M. W., Zyrianova, M. V., Bird, K. J., Charpentier, R. R., Cook, T.,Houseknecht, D. W., Klett, T. R., Pollastro, R. M., and Schenk, C. J., (2008). Assessment ofgas hydrate resources on the North Slope, Alaska: Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, December 15-19, (2008). San Francisco, California, Proceedings,
Abstract OS43F-08.
Collett, T. S., Dallimore, S. R., and Paull, C., (2008). Fate of methane released on the Arctic Shelf
from thawing permafrost and decomposing gas hydrate: Proceedings of the IODP Arctic
Ocean History Workshop, from speculation to reality, November 3-5, (2008).
Bremerhaven, Germany, 2 p., (abstract, presentation).
Collett, T. S., et al., (2008). U. S. Geological Survey gas hydrate energy resource studies:
Proceedings of the NRC Committee reviewing the activities authorized under the
Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of 2005, 38 p. (presentation
only)Collett, T. S., Ruppel, C., Dallimore, S., and Paull, C., (2011). Degrading permafrost and gas
hydrates on the Beaufort Sea Shelf with a special focus on research downhole logging
and coring technologies: Proceedings of the Deep Sea and Sub-Seafloor FrontierWorkshop, May 30-31, 2011, Tomso, Norway, 2 p.
Collett, T. S., (2011). Gas hydrates energy resources - gas hydrate petroleum systems:
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, October 1114, 2011, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, 2 p.
Collett, T. S., and Dallimore, S., (2011). State-of-the-art scientific drilling operations andtechnology: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Catching Climate Change inProgress: Drilling on Circum-Arctic Shelves and Upper Continental Slopes, December 1011, 2011, San Francisco, California, 1 p.
Collett, T. S., (2011). The 2006 Indian National gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01: Operations
and scientific results. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Scientific Drilling in
the Indian Ocean, Oct. 17-18, 2011, Goa, India.
Collett, T. S., (2011). 2016, Gas Hydrate Field Production Testing: Lessons Learned and Future
Plans, presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems in
Galveston, TX, February 28 – March 4, (2016).
Colwell, F., Hangsterfer, A., Brodie, E., Daly, R., Holland, M., Briggs, B., Carini, P., Torres, M.,
Kastner, M., Long, P., Schaef, H., Delwiche, M., Winters, B., and the NGHP Expedition-01
Scientific Party, (2008). Fine scale control of microbial communities in deep marine
sediments that contain hydrates and high concentrations of methane: Results from
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Cooper, A., and Hart, P., (2002). Seismic studies of the gas-hydrate stability zone, northern Gulf
of Mexico, Yokohama, Japan, 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, May 19-23.
Delwiche, K., Scandella, B., Juanes, R., Ruppel, C. D., and Hemond, H., (2013). Deploying
methane bubble traps at varying lake depths to validate bubble dissolution models.
Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 9-13, San Francisco, CA.
Dillon, W., and M. Max, (2001). Gas hydrate in sea-floor sediments: impact on future resourcesand drilling safety, Houston, TX, Offshore Technology Conference, April 30-May 3.
Disenhof, C., Wooller, M., Pohlman, J. W., Rose, K., (2011). “Lithology of alaskan thermokarst
lake facilitates methane flux. American Geophysical Union. Dec. 5-9, San Francisco, CA.
Du Frane, W. L., Stern, L. A., Constable, S., Roberts, J. J., Weitemeyer, K. A., (2011). Electricalproperties of methane hydrate + sediment mixtures. AGU Fall Meeting, OS12A-03, Dec.
5-9, San Francisco, CA.
Dugan, B., J. Germaine, Winters, W., and P. Flemings, (2003). Near-seafloor overpressure in the
Deep water Gulf of Mexico interpreted from laboratory experiments, San Francisco, CA,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 8-12.
Dugan, B., J. Germaine, Winters, W., and P. Flemings, (2004). Laboratory constraints and models
of pressure, hydrate, and stability in shallow Mississippi Canyon sediments (MC 855),
deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Dallas, TX, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Meeting, April 18-21.
Durant, A. J., Lund-Myhre, C., Mienert, J., Myhre, G., Stohl, A., Isaksen, I., Pisso, I., Greinert, J.,
Nibet, E., Paris, J., Pyle, J. A., Belan, B. D., Ruppel, C. D., Schlager, H., and Spahni, R.,(2013). Methane emissions from the Arctic Ocean to the Atmosphere: Present andfuture climate effects (MOCA). Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,Dec. 9-13, San Francisco, CA.
Edwards, B. D., Saint-Ange, F., Pohlman, J., Higgins, J., Mosher, D. C., Lorenson, T. D., and Hart,
P. E., (2011). Sedimentology of cores recovered from the Canada Basin of the Arctic
Ocean. Abstract PP33A-1915 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 59 Dec.
Elliott, K., Van Dover, C. L., German, C. R., Kaiser, C. L., Brothers, L., Yoerger, D. R., Kinsey, J. C.,
Coleman, D. F., Martinez, C., Pinner, W., and Kennedy, B. R., (2012). Integrating
telepresence technologies with AUV operations for exploration of cold seep
communities in the vicinity of Blake Ridge and Cape Fear Diapirs in the Western Atlantic.
Abstract OS51D-1914. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 5-9,
San Francisco, CA.
Ellis, M., R. Evans, Hutchinson, D., and Hart, P., (2005). An electromagnetic survey of the JIP drillsites in Atwater Valley, paper OS31D-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
December 5-9.
Elvert, M, Hinrichs, K-U, Wooller, M., Gaglioti, B., Becker, K., Pohlman, J. W., (2011). “Carbon andhydrogen isotope biomarker records of methane release and hydroclimatic variability
from a thermokarst lake in the Alaskan Arctic. International Meeting on Organic
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Gilbert, L., Waite, W., Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2004). Characterization of Gulf of Mexico
sediment in hydrate and non-hydrate bearing cores using specific surface area, San
Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 13-17.
Gilhooly, W. P., Ruppel, C.,G. R. Dickens, P. Berg, and S. A. Macko, (2010). Flux rates and sulfur
isotopic composition of pore fluids from three mud volcanoes in the northern Gulf of
Mexico, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract OS52B-03.
Godfriaux, R., Shedd, W., Frye, M., Collett, T. S., Lee, M. W., Boswell, R. M., Cook, A., Mrozewski,
S., Guerin, G., McConnell, D., Dufrene, R., and Jones, E., (2009). Gulf of Mexico Gas
Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Results from the Alaminos Canyon 21 Site: Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco,California, Proceedings, Abstract OS31A-1202.
Haacke, R., Riedel, M., J. Pohlman_, Rose, K., Lapham, L., T. S. Hamilton, R. Enkin, Spence, G. D.,
and Hyndman, R. D., (2008). A recent investigation of gas hydrate as a factor in northern
Cascadia accretionary margin frontal ridge slope failures and cold seep biogeochemistry.
American Geophysical Union, Dec 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
Haines, S. S., (2013). Hot off the presses: Latest results from 2013 OBS and high-res 2D seismic
acquisition at two gas hydrate study sites in the Gulf of Mexico, April-May 2013, July 11,2013, Boise State University, invited talk.
Haines, S. S., Hart, P. E., Ruppel, C., Collett, T. S., Shedd, W., Lee, M., and Miller, J., (2012).
Multicomponent 3-D and high-resolution 2-D seismic characterization of gas hydrate
study sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Abstract OS43B-1808, presented at American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, CA.
Haines, S., Hart, P., Shedd, W., Frye, M., Agena, W., Miller, J., and Ruppel, C., (2013). Seismic
investigation of gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico: Results from 2013 high-resolution 2D
and multicomponent seismic surveys. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, Dec. 9-13, San Francisco, CA.
Hart, P., Lorenson, T., A. Grantz, B. Herman, (2006). Gas hydrate and associated free gas acrossthe Alaskan Beaufort Sea outer continental margin (abs.), Edinburgh, Scotland, 5thInternational Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, October 9-12.
Hart, P. and Ruppel, C., (2012). Gas hydrates on the Beaufort outer continental slope, IODP
workshop on Beaufort Sea drilling, February 12-15, Kananaskis, Alberta.
Hart, P. and Ruppel, C., (2012). Proposed R/V Sikuliaq survey to constrain methane dynamics on
the Beaufort upper continental slope, Sikuliaq workshop, February 18-19, Salt Lake City,UT.
He, R., Wooller, M. J., Pohlman, J. W., Quensen, J., Tiedje, J. M., Leigh, M. B., (2011). “Diversityof aerobic methanotrophs and their response to temperature changes in arctic lake
sediments. American Geophysical Union. Dec. 5-9, San Francisco, CA.
He., R., Leigh, M. B., Pohlman J. W., and Wooller M. J., (2011). Active methanotrophs and their
response to temperature changes in arctic lake sediments. Abstract B13F-0641
presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 5-9, San Francisco, CA.

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Heintz, M. B., Pohlman, J. W., Wooller, M., Ruppel, C., Elvert, M., and Valentine, D. L., (2010). Ice
Cover Enhances Methane Consumption in Alaskan Thermokarst Lakes, AGU Fall
Meeting, Abstract GC51J-03.
Helgerud, M., Circone, S., Stern, L., Kirby, S., and Lorenson, T., (2002). Measured temperatureand pressure dependence of compressional and shear wave speeds in compacted,
polycrystalline sII methane-ethane hydrate, Yokohama, Japan, 4th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, May 19-23
Helgerud, M., Waite, W., Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2005). Effects of fracture and crack healing insI methane and sII methane-ethane hydrate, paper OS43A-0605, American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, December 5-9.
Helgerud, M., Waite, W., Kirby, S., and A. Nur, (2002). Measured Temperature and Pressure
Dependence of Compressional and Shear Wave Speeds in Polycrystalline sI Methane
Hydrate and Polycrystalline Ice Ih, Yokohama, Japan, 4th Fourth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, May 19-23.
Heuer, V., Pohlman, J., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K., (2007). Biogeochemistry of acetate in the deep
marine biosphere – new insights from stable carbon isotopic investigations. GVInternational Conference, October 1-5, Bremen Germany.
Heuer, V., Pohlman, J. W., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K., (2007). Molecular-isotopic studies ofsubsurface carbon turnover in hydrate-bearing sediments at the Cascadia Margin (IODP
Expedition 311). IODP-ICDP-Kolloquium, March 19-21, Potsdam Germany.
Heuer, V. B., Lorenson, T., Pohlman, J. W., Lever, M. A., Yoshinaga, M., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.,(2009). The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate in sediments from the NE
Pacific: a synthesis. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Sept 9-13, Bremen,
Germany.
Heuer, V. B., Lorenson, T., Pohlman, J. W., Lever, M. A., Yoshinaga, M., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.,(2009). The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate in sediments from the NE
Pacific: a synthesis. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Sept 9-13, Bremen,
Germany.
Heuer, V. B., Lorenson, T., Pohlman, J. W., Lever, M. A., Yoshinaga, M., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.,(2009). The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate in sediments from the NE
Pacific: a synthesis. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Sept 9-13, Bremen,
Germany.
Heuer, V. B., Pohlman, J. W., Torres, M. E., Lever, M. A., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.-U., (2009). The
stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate in sediments from the NE Pacific: asynthesis. IODP-ICDP-Kolloquium, March 19-21, Potsdam Germany.
Hornbach, M. J., B. J. Phrampus, C. D. Ruppel, and P. E. Hart, (2012). The role of ocean
circulation on methane hydrate stability and margin evolution (invited), AGU Fall
Meeting, T52B-07.
Hunt, A., Stern, L., Pinkston, J., Pohlman, J., and Ruppel, C., (2010). Noble gas fingerprinting ofgas emissions, DOE Investigators’ Conference, poster only, January 25.

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Hunt, A., Pohlman, J., Stern, L., Pinkston, J., Ruppel, C., Landis, G., (2010). Noble gas
fractionation in synthetic methane hydrates. Geological Society of America National
Meeting, Denver, Nov. 2010.
Hunt, A., Pohlman, J., Stern, L., Ruppel, C., Moscati, R., Landis, G., Pinkston, J., (2011).
Observations of mass fractionation of noble gases in synthetic methane hydrate.
International Conference on Gas Geochemistry 2011, La Jolla, Dec. 2011.
Hunter, R., S. Digert, S. Wilson, Collett, T., and Boswell, R., (2007). Gas hydrate resource
potential, AAPG Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA., April, (2007).
Hutchinson, D., (2006). Heterogeneity and dynamics in gas hydrate occurrence: lessons learned
from the northern Gulf of Mexico, Kauai, HI, Engineering Conferences International,
Science and Technology Issues in Methane Hydrates R&D, March 5-9.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C.,Pohlman, J., Hart, P., Dugan, B., Snyder, F., and Coffin, R., (2004). “Anintegrated geological, geophysical, and geochemical analyses of subsurface gas hydrates
in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Vancouver, BC,” The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Hedberg Research Conference, September 12-16.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C.,Pohlman, J., Hart, P., Snyder, F., Dutta, N., Dugan, B., and Coffin, R.,(2005). “Geophysical and geochemical characterization of the hydrate stability zone in aregion of active salt tectonics, Keathley Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico,” FourthInternational Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Victoria, BC,
May 2005.
Hutchinson, D., Ruppel, C.,Collett, T., Pohlman, J., Hart, P., and Snyder, F., (2006). “Minibasins
and subsurface gas hydrate in the Gulf of Mexico,” 17th International Sedimentological
Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, August 27-September 1.
Hutchinson, D., Snyder, F., Hart, P., Ruppel, C.,Pohlman, J., Wood, W., Coffin, R.,and M. Edwards,(2005). “Geologic and site survey setting for JIP Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate drilling,”
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,December 5-9.
Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Dugan, B., Geresi, E., Sliter, R., and Newman, K., (2003). “Subsurface gas
hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Geological Society of America, Volume 34, n.
7, November 2-5.
Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Ruppel, C., Snyder, F., Dutta, N., Wood, W., Pohlman, J., Dugan, B.,
Fowler, M., Evans, R., Fornari, D., and Coffin, R., (2005). “Multidisciplinary studies
contrasting gas hydrate occurrence at two sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico,”
Offshore Technology Conference, May 2-5.
Hutchinson, D., Hart, P., Snyder, F., Lee, M.,, Dutta, N., Muller, L., Dugan, B., Ruppel, C., Wood,
W., Coffin, R., Evans, R., and Jones, E., (2003). “Evidence of subsurface gas hydrate in thenorthern Gulf of Mexico,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 8-12.
Hutchinson, D. R., Hart, P. E., Collett, T. S., Edwards, K. M., Twichell, D. C., and Snyder, F., (2007).
“Geologic Framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon Gas Hydrate Research Well,
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Hutchinson, Deborah R., Shelander, Dianna, Dai, Jianchun, McConnel, Dan, Shedd, William, Frye,
Matthew, Ruppel, Carolyn, Boswell, Ray, Jones, Emrys, Collett, Timothy S., Rose, Kelly,
Dugan, Brandon, Wood, Warren, Latham, Thomas., (2008). “Site Selection For DOE/JIP
Gas Hydrate Drilling In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico,” Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10, 2008.
Hutchinson, D. et al., (2008). “Site selection for the Next Phase of JIP Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Methane Hydrates Drilling,” Testimony to the NRC Committee reviewing the activities
authorized under the Methane Hydrate research Development Act (renewal) of 2005,
Washington, DC, March 4.
Jones, Keith W., Feng, Huan, Tomov, Stanmire, Winters, William J., Eaton, Michael, andMahajan, Devinder, (2005). “Characterization of methane hydrate host sediments usingsynchrotron-computed microtomography (CMT),” Preprints, American Chemical Society
national meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17.
Joseph, C., Torres, M., Martin, R., Rose, K., Pohlman J. W., Riedel, M., (2011). “Methane sources,
fluid flow, and diagenesis along the northern Cascadia Margin: Using the carbonate
record to link modern fluid flow to the past. American Geophysical Union. Dec. 5-9, San
Francisco, CA.
Joseph, C. E., Torres, M. E., Martin, R. A., Rose, K., Ryan, T., Snyder, G., and Pohlman, J. W.,(2010). “New insights on methane cycling from analyses of carbonate samples from the
Cascadia Margin,” AGU Fall Meeting, December 13-17, San Francisco, CA
Kaneko, M, Shingai, H., Pohlman, J. W., Naraoka, H., (2007). “Bulk organic matter andhydrocarbon biomarker compositions within accretionary sediments at the northern
Cascadia margin gas hydrate system (IODP EXP311),” American Geophysical Union, Dec
10-14, San Francisco, CA.
Kastner, M. , Spivack, A. J. , Torres, M. , Solomon, E. A. , Borole, D. V. , Robertson, G. , Das, H. C.,(2008). “Gas Hydrates in Three Indian Ocean Regions, A Comparative Study of
Occurrence and Subsurface Hydrology,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
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“Petrophysical characteristics of formations hosting gas-hydrates at the Mallik 2L-38
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marine liquefaction landforms resulting from seismic events?,” Presented at theNortheastern Section GSA Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 3,
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Kneafsey, T., Waite, W., Lu, H., Moridis, G. J., Winters, W., Hunter, R., and Walker, M., (2009).
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on Gas Hydrates, Noida, India, Feb. 6-8, (2008). p.38-39.
Lorenson, T., (2008). “Geochemistry of Hydrocarbon Gases and Volatile Organic Acids from
Sediments, Results from the India NGHP Expedition 01,” National Gas Hydrate Program(NGHP) Gas Hydrate Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb. 6-8.
Lorenson, T. D., Winters, W., Hart, P. E., and Paull, C. K., (2002). Gas Hydrate Occurrence in the
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Geophysical Union, v. 83, n. 51, Dec., pp. 601, 607-608.
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Article 90124.
Lorenson, T. D., Collett, T. S., and Schoderbek, D. A., (2012). Geochemical evidence for gas
hydrate occurrences in ConocoPhillips gas hydrate production test well, North Slope,
Alaska, AAPG 2012 Annual Convention and Exhibition, April 22-25, Long Beach, CA.
Lorenson, T. D., Collett, T. S., and the Ignik Sikumi Scientific Party, (2012). Geochemicalmonitoring of gas hydrate production by CO2/CH4 exchange in the Ignik Sikumi gas
hydrate production test well, Alaska North Slope, Abstract OS33E-04 presented at theAmerican Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, CA.
Lorenson, T. D., Hart, P.E, Pohlman, J., Edwards, B.D, (2011). Sources and Implications ofHydrocarbon Gases from the Deep Beaufort Sea, Alaska. Abstract PP33A-1918
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Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Paull, C., and Ussler, W., (2006). Is gas hydrate and the Storegga Slide
offshore Norway connected to an active petroleum system?, Houston, TX, The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 9-12.
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occurrences in the northern Gulf of Mexico from giant piston cores, Seattle, WA,
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Lorenson, T., Winters, W., Hart, P., and Paull, C., (2002). Gas hydrate occurrence in the Northern
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Meeting, December 6-10.
Malinverno, A., Pohlman J. W., (2009). “Diagenetic modeling of sulfate reduction in sediment
sequencesoverlying methane hydrate. American Geophysical Union, Dec 14-18, San
Francisco, CA.
Maue, C., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Kessler, J. D., Pohlman, J. W., Bergeron, E., Worley, C., Ruppel, C. D.,
Sparrow, K. 2012. Monitoring methane fluxes with an integrated seawater equilibrator
and cavity ring-down spectrometer (CRDS): System validation and application. Ocean
Sciences Meeting. Feb 20-24, Salt Lake City, UT.
McConnell, D., Boswell, R. M., Collett, T. S., Frye, M., Shedd, W., Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook,
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results of Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Program Leg II logging-while-drilling
operations in Green Canyon Block 955,” Fall Meeting of the American GeophysicalUnion, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, California, Proceedings, Abstract OS24A03.
Pack, M. A., Pohlman, J., Ruppel, C.,and X. Xu, (2012). “Low-level 14C methane oxidation ratemeasurements modified for remote field settings,” AGU Fall Meeting, OS43B-1823.
Paull, C., Ussler, W., Winters, W., and Lorenson, T., (2003). “Constraints on the distribution ofgas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico,” EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 611.
Paull, C. K., Ussler, W. I. III, Keaton, R., Holbrook, W. S., Hill, T., Mieneri, J., Halflidison, H.,
Johnson, J., Winters, W. J., Lorenson, T. D., and Aiello, I., (2006). “Assessing methane
release from the colossal Storegga submarine landslide,” Eos, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Pecher, I. A., Booth, J. S., Winters, W. J., Mason, D. H., Relle, M. K., and Dillon, W. P., (1999).
“Gas hydrate distribution in sands – results from seismic laboratory studies,” EOS
Supplement, 1999 Spring Meeting, Boston, Trans. American Geophysical Union, v. 80,
no. 17, p. S338.
Pohlman, J. W., Bauer, J. E., Osburn, C. L., Coffin, R. B., (2007). “Carbon isotope evidence (13C
and 14C) for fossil methane-derived dissolved organic carbon from gas hydrate bearing
cold seeps,” Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany, August 19-24.
Pohlman, J. W., Bauer, J. E., Waite, W. F., Osburn, C. L., Chapman, N. R. “Methane hydratebearing seeps as a source of aged dissolved organic matter to the oceans,” Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, Feb 22-26.
Pohlman, J. W., Elvert, M., Rossel, P., Hinrichs, K., (2009). “Distribution of polar and apolar lipids
within biogeochemical regimes of a gas hydrate-bearing hydrocarbon cold seep,”International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Bremen, Germany, Sept 9-13.
Pohlman, J. W., Kaneko, M., Heuer. V., Coffin, R.B, Whiticar, M., (2007). “Gas source
characterization of the gas hydrate bearing northern Cascadia margin accretionary
system: biogeochemical controls,” IODP Expedition Post-Cruise Meeting, Paris, France,
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Pohlman, J. W., Kessler, J. K., Maue, C., Yvon-Lewis, S. A., Ruppel, C. D., Brothers, L., Sparrow, K.,
Bergeron, E., Worley, C., (2012). “Methane Fluxes to the atmosphere from thawing
submarine permafrost in the shallow Beaufort Sea, Alaska,” Ocean Sciences Meeting,
Salt Lake City, UT, Feb 20-24.
Pohlman, J. W., Kim, Ji-Hoon, Heuer, V. B., Osburn, C. L., (2009). “Availability of Dissolved
Organic Carbon (DOC) In the Northern Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate System: Resultsfrom IODP Expedition 311,” American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18.
Pohlman, J., Lorenson, T. D., Hart, P.E, Ruppel, C. D., Joseph, C., Torres, M. E., Edwards, B.D,
(2011). “Evidence for Freshwater Discharge at a Gas Hydrate-Bearing Seafloor Moundon the Beaufort Sea Continental Slope,” Abstract GC41B-0813, AGU Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 5-9.
Pohlman, J., Pack-Woo, M., Xu., X., Ruppel, C., Casso, M., and Worley, C., (2012). “Seawater
methane flux, methane oxidation rates, and methane sources on the Central US
Beaufort Shelf,” Abstract OS33E-06, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 5-9.
Pohlman, J. W., Riedel, M., Waite, W., Rose, K., Lapham, L., T. S. Hamilton, R. Enkin, Spence, G.
D., R. D. Hyndman and R. Haacke, (2008). “Geochemical Investigation of Slope Failure on
the Northern Cascadia Margin Frontal Ridge,” American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19.
Pohlman, J. W. and others, (2013). “Methane emissions from a shallow gas seep in the Dutch
North Sea: An analog for bubbling Arctic methane systems?,” PERGAMON, Kiel,
Germany November 2013.
Pohlman, J. W. and others, (2014). “Methane distribution and flux in the western Arctic Ocean,(Poster),” the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate
Systems, Galveston, TX March 23-28.
Pohlman, J. W., Greinert, J., Silyakova, A., Casso, M., Ruppel, C. D., and Mienert, J., (2015).
Atmospheric methane emissions along the western Svalbard margin. Presented at AGU
Fall Meeting, Dec. 14-18, (2015).
Powell, C. L., Valentich-Scott, P., Lorenson, T. D., Edwards, B.D, (2011). “Megafauna recoveredfrom a cold hydrocarbon seep in the deep Alaskan Beaufort Sea, including a new speciesof Axinus (Thracidae: Bivalvia: Mollusca),” Abstract PP33A-1917, 2011 Fall Meeting,
AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
Rehder, G., Kirby, S., Durham, W., P. Brewer, Stern, L., E. Peltzer, and Pinkston, J., (2001).
“Dissolution rates of synthetic methane hydrate and carbon dioxide hydrate inundersaturated seawater at 1000m depth,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 10-14.
Riedel, M., Yu, P., Collett, T., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., Collett, T., and Dallimore, S., (2008).
“Methane seepage from the Arctic Shelf, 20 Years of research on the Beaufort Sea
Margin,” Abstract U23D-0086, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San
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Riedel, M., Mair, Stephanie, Collett, Timothy S., Kumar, P., Sathe, A. V., (2008). “Sesmic Mapping
Of Gas Hydrate Deposits In The Krishna-Godavari Basin Offshore India,” Proceedings of
the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 610.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “Multiscale heterogeneity in methane flux regimes between and within
major marine gas hydrate provinces,” EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Mtg Supplement,
Abstract OS31D-02.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “Before Production….The Challenges of Finding and Evaluating Gas
Hydrates,” MIT/USGS ENI Methane Hydrate Seminar Series, Cambridge, MA, October.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “Methane Hydrates and Methane Seeps: The Potential of BiogeophysicalMeasurements for Identifying Microbial Hotspots,” AGU Chapman Conference on
Biogeophysics, Portland, ME, October 2008.
Ruppel, C., (2008). “State of the art in climate change-gas hydrates research,” DOE Methane
Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, La Jolla, CA.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “An assessment of methane hydrates as an energy resource,” MIT Energy
Initiative Natural Gas Study, MIT, Cambridge MA, February 2.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Non-seismic geophysical methods for detection and characterization of
resource-grade marine hydrates,” Testimony to the NRC panel to assess the DOE
Methane Hydrates R&D program, Washington, DC, March 4.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Methane Hydrate Resource Assessment,” Presentation to the Advisory
Committee for the MIT Energy Initiative Natural Gas Study, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March
24.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Methane hydrate degassing and global climate change,” USGS Reston—
Headquarters presentation, April 9.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “USGS Gas Hydrates Project Plans: Methane hydrate degassing and global
climate change,” USGS Menlo Park-Coastal and Marine Geology and USGS Alaska
Science Center, Anchorage, AK, April.
Ruppel, C. et al., (2009). “Site selection for JIP Phase III drilling,” JIP meeting, Houston, TX,
August 18.
Ruppel, C., (2009). “Climate change and Arctic gas hydrates,” USGS Woods Hole Field Center AllHands presentation, Woods Hole, November 3.
Ruppel., C., Walter, K., Pohlman, J., and M. Wooller, (2009). “Gas Hydrates and Perturbed
Permafrost: Can Thermokarst Lakes Leak Hydrate-Derived Methane?,” EOS Trans. AGU,
89(53), Fall Mtg Supplement, Abstract U23D-0084.
Ruppel, C. et al., (2010). “USGS activities under the DOE-USGS interagency agreement,” DOE
Investigators’ Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 25.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Climate Change in Alaska: What’s Hot—Methane Hydrates,” Alaska Forumon the Environment, Anchorage, April 8.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “US Federal Government Activities on Gas Hydrates as a Potential Resource,”
C-Core Workshop on Gas Hydrates as a Resource in Maritime Canada, St. Johns,
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Ruppel, C., (2010). “Methane hydrate degassing and global climate change—past, present, andfuture,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, April 12.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Climate change and methane in the Arctic,” USGS Woods Hole Earth Day
symposium, Woods Hole, MA April 21.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Shallow offshore hydrate in the Beaufort Sea—Climate/hydrateinteractions,” USGS-MMS cooperative meeting, Herndon, VA, April 27.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Climate change and methane in the Arctic,” WHOI Summer Student Fellow
symposium, Woods Hole, MA, June 21.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “Global warming on the North Slope: A tale of permafrost and methane ice(hydrate),” BASC-Barrow Schoolyard lecture series, Barrow, AK, July 10.
Ruppel, C. (2010). “Gas hydrates and scientific ocean drilling,” itestimony to the NRC review of
Scientific Ocean Drilling, Texas A&M University, July 2010.
Ruppel, C., (2010). “USGS Gas Hydrates Project: Coastal and Marine Program Accomplishments
and Project Review,” USGS HQ Reston [remotely].
Ruppel, C., (2011). “USGS Programs in Arctic climate-hydrates interactions,” COST PERGAMON
presentation, Brussels, Belgium, February 23.
Ruppel, C., (2011). “USGS Gas Hydrates Project: Arctic climate-methane hydrates research,”
USGS/DOE workshop on climate-hydrates research priorities, Boston, MA , March 15.
Ruppel, C., (2011). “Planned scientific drilling on the US Beaufort margin,” IODP USSSP workshop
on Catching Climate Change in Progress—Drilling on Circum-Arctic margins, San
Francisco, December 10-11.
Ruppel, C., (2011). “Gas hydrates and the global methane budget, at: The enigma of the current
methane budget (pre-IPCC workshop),” Max-Planck Institute, Jena, Germany,
September 7-9.
Ruppel, C., (2011). “Methane hydrates on Arctic continental shelves, at: The enigma of thecurrent methane budget (pre-IPCC workshop),” Max-Planck Institute, Jena, Germany,
September 7-9.
Ruppel, C., Brothers, L. L., Hart, P. E., Worley, C., (2011). “The distribution of subsea permafrost
and shallow methane on the central U. S. Beaufort Inner Shelf from newly acquired
geophysical data,” AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract GC52A-04.
Ruppel, C., P. E. Hart, E. Moore, C. Worley, and L. Brothers, (2012). “Mapping subsea
permafrost, relict methane hydrate, and gas migration: new cross-shelf multichannel
seismic surveys on the central US Beaufort shelf,” AGU Fall Meeting, OS33E-05.
Ruppel, C., (2012). “Summary of IODP USSSP workshop on scientific drilling in the CircumArctic,” IODP workshop on Beaufort Sea drilling, Kananaskis, February 12-15.
Ruppel, C., (2012). “Scientific drilling of a shelf-upper continental slope transect on the US
Beaufort Sea passive margin,” IODP workshop on Beaufort Sea drilling, Kananaskis, 1215 February.

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Ruppel, C., Brothers, L., Hart, P., Pohlman, J., (2012). “Warming-driven dissociation of gas
hydrates on the continental shelf and upper continental slope of the US Beaufort Sea,”
Arctic Frontiers: Energies of the North, Tromso, Norway.
Ruppel, C. D., Hart, P. E., Moore, E., Worley, C., and Brothers, L., (2012). “Mapping subsea
permafrost, relict methane hydrate, and gas migration: New cross-shelf multichannel
seismic surveys on the central US Beaufort Shelf,” American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Ruppel, C., (2013). “Drilling on the US Beaufort Sea margin for climate objectives,” IODP Chukchi
Drilling Workshop, Columbus, OH, March 2013.
Ruppel, C., (2013). “Gas hydrates, climate change, and methane dynamics on the US Arctic
Ocean Margin,” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, January 25, 2013.
Ruppel, C. D., (2013). Gas Hydrates, climate change, and ocean-atmospheric methane fluxes in
the Western Arctic Ocean,” MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Distinguished Lecture Series.
Ruppel, C. D. and others, (2013). “Methane in the Western Arctic Ocean,” Final Meeting of
PERGAMON, Kiel, Germany, Nov. 2013.
Ruppel, C. D. and others, (2013). “Methane hydrate dissociation and gas seepage on global
upper continental slopes driven by intermediate ocean warming,” American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.
Ruppel, C., (2014). “Gas seeps on the US Atlantic margin,” NOAA Education and Outreachpresentation, March 2014.
Ruppel, C. D., (2014). “Climate-hydrate interactions in the Arctic and global system,” Gordon
Research Seminar and Conference on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Galveston, TX,
March 23-28.
Ruppel, C. D., (2014). “Methane gas hydrates: energy resource and climate implications,”
Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA, June 2014.
Ruppel, C. D., Brothers, L., Hart, P., and Herman, (2014). “Subsea permafrost on the U. S.
Beaufort margin,” International Permafrost Association meeting, Portugal, June 2014.
Ruppel, C. D., (2014). “Exploration in the Atlantic Canyons,” NOAA OER Conference and Review,
Baltimore, MD, September 2014.
Santamarina, J., Ruppel, C.,J. Lee, and Yun, T., (2007). “Making the Case for In Situ
Characterization of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments at Observatories: Laboratory and
Catwalk Results Testing the Impact of Core Retrieval,” JOI Gas-Hydrate Observatories
Workshop, July 18-20.
Scandella, B., H. Hemond, C. D. Ruppel, and R. Juanes, (2011). “Escape paths for biogenic
methane gas in lake sediments: morphology and dynamics,” AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract
H21B-1089.
Scandella, B., Wood, H. G., Ruppel, C., Hemond, H. F., and Juanes, R., (2012). “Detailed dynamics
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Scandella, B., Urban, P., Delwiche, K., Greinert, J., Hemond, H., Ruppel, C. D., and Juanes, R.,(2013). “Quantifying methane flux from lake sediments using multibeam sonar.
Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 9-13, San Francisco, CA.
Scholl, D. W., Barth, G. A., and Childs, J. R., Evidence that acoustic VAMP structures in the deep
water Bering Sea basin represent large accumulations of methane hydrate withmatching resource implications [abs.],” Geophysical Society of Alaska meeting,Anchorage, January 11.
Shedd, W., Frye, M., Boswell, R. M., Collett, T. S., McConnell, D., Jones, E., Shelander, D., Dai, J.,
Mrozewski, S., Guerin, G., Cook, A., Dufrene, R., Godfriaux, R., and Hutchinson, D.,(2009). “Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II: Results from Walker
Ridge 313 Site,” Proceedings, Abstract OS24A-04, Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009.
Shu, J., Chen, X., Chou, I-M., Yang, W., Hu, J., Hemley, R. J., and Mao, H-K., (2011). “Structural
stability of methane hydrate at high pressures,” J. Geoscience Frontiers, 2(1):93-100.
Skarke, A., Ruppel, C., Kodis, M., Lobecker, E., and Malik, M., (2013). “Geologic significance of
newly discovered methane seeps on the Northern US Atlantic margin,” American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13.
Solomon, E. A., Spivack, A. J., Kastner, M., Torres, M. , Borole, D. V. , Robertson, G. , Das, H. C.,(2008). “Hydrogeochemical and Structural Controls on Heterogeneous Gas Hydrate
Distribution in the K-G Basin Offshore SE India,” Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Stein, R., B. Coakley, N. Mikkelsen, M. O’Regan, and Ruppel, C., (2012). “Future scientific drillingin the Arctic Ocean: Key objectives, areas, and strategies,” EGU General Assembly,
abstract 1824.
Stern, L., (2006). “Gas hydrates: an overview of our 10+ years of laboratory research on theseunusual compounds,” U. S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Team seminar,
January 25.
Stern, L., and Kirby, S., (2006). “Gas hydrates in sediments imaged by cryogenic SEM (CSEM):
Insights from lab experiments on synthetic hydrates as interpretive guides (abs.),”,
Physics and Chemistry of Ice (PCI) Conference, Bremerhaven, Germany July 23-28.
Stern, L., W. Durham, Kirby, S., Circone, S., and Helgerud, M., (2004). “Experimental
Observations Pertinent to the Mechanical and Thermal Stability of sI Methane
Hydrate/Sand Aggregates,” The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 16-21.
Stern, L. A., Du Frane W. L., Weitemeyer, K. A., Constable, S., and Roberts, J. J., (2012). “Electricalconductivity of lab-formed methane hydrate + sand mixtures, technical developments
and new results,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 3-7.
Suzuki, K., Nakatsuka, Y., Fujii, T., Santamarina, J.C, Waite, W. F., Winters, W. J., Ito, K, Konno, Y,
Yoneda, J., Kida, M., Jin, Y., Egawa, K., Nagao, J., (2013). “P-wave velocity features ofmethane hydrate-bearing turbidity sediments sampled by a pressure core tool, from thefirst offshore production test site in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japan,” AGU 2013 Fall
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Ussler, W., Paull, C., S. Hallam, E. Delong, Y. Chen, R. Matsumoto, Lorenson, T., and Winters, W.,(2003). “The anatomy of the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-rich core form theGulf of Mexico,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November
2-5.
Ussler, W., Paull, C., Y. Chen, R. Matsumoto, Lorenson, T., and Winters, W., (2005). “Theconsequences of methane oxidation at the sulfate-methane interface in a methane-richcore from the northern Gulf of Mexico,” Fifth International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Trondheim, Norway, June 12-16.
Waite, W. F., Bratton, P. M., Mason, D. H., (2009). “Laboratory formation of non-cementing,methane hydrate-bearing sand samples (Abstract),” EOS Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, vol. 92, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS21A-1138.
Waite, W., Pinkston, J., and Kirby, S., (2002). “Preliminary laboratory thermal conductivity
measurements in pure methane hydrate and methane hydrate-sediment mixtures,” 4thInternational Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Waite, W., L. Gilbert, Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2004). “Thermal property measurements in
Tetrahydofuran (THF) hydrate between -25 and +4C and their application to methane
hydrate,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
Waite, W., L. Gilbert, Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2005). “Thermal property measurements in
Tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate and hydrate-bearing sediment between -25 and +4C andtheir application to methane hydrate,” 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
June 12-16.
Waite, W., Kneafsey, T., Santamarina, J., Winters, W., Yun, T., Mason, D., and Ruppel, C., (2006).
“Physical property changes in hydrate-bearing sediment samples due todepressurization/repressurization,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
December 11-15.
Waite, W., Stern, L., Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2006). “Simultaneous determination ofthermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate,”
American Geophysical Union Conference Fall Meeting, December 11-15.
Waite, W., Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2003). “Hydrate formation and compressional wave
development in partially saturated Ottawa sand,” EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice,
France, April 6-11.
Waite, W., Winters, W., and Mason, D., (2003). “Thermal conductivity of THF hydrate between 25C and +4C,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
8-12.
Winters, W., Walker, M., Kwon, O., Hunter, R., Collett, T., Waite, W., Rose, K., Torres, M., andColwell, F., (2009). “Intrinsic properties of sediment from the BPXA-DOE Mount Elbert
gas hydrate research well (Abstract),” p. 229, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 7-10, 2009.
Winters, W., (2008). “Triaxial strength and acoustic properties of repressurized samples fromthe 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program of India Expedition,” National Gas Hydrate
Program (NGHP) Gas Hydrate Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb. 6-8.

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Winters, W., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Waite, W., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., and W. Bryant, (2002).
“Physical properties of sediment related to gas hydrate in the northern Gulf of Mexico,”
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10.
Winters, W., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Waite, W., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., and W. Bryant, (2002).
“Physical properties of sediment related to gas hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico,”
EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Volume 83, n. 47.
Winters, W., Pecher, I., Mason, D., and Dillon, W., (2000). “Acoustic and strength properties ofsediment containing water, ice, and laboratory-formed gas hydrate and natural gas
hydrate,” Sixth International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments, St. Petersburg,
Russia, September 5-9.
Winters, W., Pecher, I., Mason, D., J. Booth, and Dillon, W., (2000). “Physical properties ofsediment containing natural and laboratory-formed gas hydrate,” American Associationof Petroleum Geologist Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 16-19.
Winters, W., Pecher, I., Dillon, W., and Mason, D., (2000). “Comparison of physical properties ofsediment containing natural and laboratory formed gas hydrate and ice,” GeologicalSociety of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November 9-18.
Winters, W., Pecher, I., Waite, W., J. Wright, Dallimore, S., Collett, T., Mason, D., K. Jenner,
Dillon, W., and Uchida, T., (2001). “Laboratory test program and physical properties ofsamples containing gas hydrate from the MacKenzie delta, NWT,” Canadian Society ofPetroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Calgary, AB, June 18-22.
Winters, W., M. Gomes, Giosan, L., J. Johnson, M. Kastner, Torres, M., Long, P., H. Schaef, Rose,K., and the NGHP-01 Shipboard Scientific Party, (2008). “Physical properties of sedimentfrom the 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program expedition offshore India,” National Gas
Hydrate Program (NGHP) Gas Hydrate Conference, New Delhi, India, Feb. 6-8.
Winters, W., Dallimore, S., Collett, T., B. Medioli, R. Matsumoto, P. Brennan-Alpert, and J.
Katsube, (2003). “Physical property relationships of sediments from the
JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well, MacKenziedelta, NWT,” Mallik International Symposium, Chiba City, Japan, December 8-10.
Winters, W., Waite, W., and Mason, D., (2005). “Effects of Methane gas hydrate formation onpore pressure response, shear strength, and acoustic properties of sediment,” paper
OS43A-0607, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 5-9.
Winters, W., Waite, W., and Mason, D., (2006). “Grain size effects on acoustic and strength
behavior of sediments containing natural- and laboratory-formed methane gas
hydrate,” Workshop on Science and Technology Issues in Methane Hydrate Research andDevelopment, Kauai, HI, March 5-9.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Dugan, B., Mason, D., and Pecher, I., (2004). “Strength and physicalproperties of sediment containing laboratory-formed and natural gas hydrate,” The
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, TX, April 1821.

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Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Dallimore, S., Collett, T., Lorenson,
T., Paull, C., Rogers, R., W. Bryant, and McGee, T., (2003). “Physical Properties of
Sediment Containing Natural and Laboratory-Formed Gas Hydrate,” The American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 11-14.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Lorenson, T., and Paull, C., (2003).
“Field and laboratory studies of sediment containing natural and synthetic gas hydrate,”
Symposium on Gas Hydrate, a Potential New Energy Source for the New Millenium,
Qingdao, China, October 15-17.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Lorenson, T., Paull, C., Novosel, I., O. Boldina, Dallimore, S.,
and Collett, T., (2003). “Physical properties of northern Gulf of Mexico sediment andlaboratory samples containing natural and synthetic methane gas hydrate,” EGS-AGUEUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 6-11.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Dillon, W., and Hutchinson, D., (2002). “Acoustic, Pore
Pressure, and Strength Properties of Sediment Containing Gas Hydrate,” Proceedings ofthe Minerals of the Ocean International Conference, Ministry of Natural Resources,
Russian Academy of Sciences, pp. 161-164, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 20-25.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Mason, D., Dillon, W., and Pecher, I., (2002). “Sediment properties
associated with gas hydrate formation,” 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates,
Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Pecher, I., Mason, D., and Dillon, W., (2001). “Sediment propertychanges caused by gas hydrate formation and pore water freezing,” Russian Academy of
Sciences International Conference, Conservation and Transformation of Matter andEnergy in the Earth Cryosphere, Pushino, Russia, June 1-5.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Pecher, I., Mason, D., Dugan, B., Dallimore, S., Collett, T., Lorenson, T.,
and Paull, C., (2003). “The relation of laboratory physical property measurements to thepresence and behavior of natural gas hydrates,” Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2-5.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Dillon, W., Mason, D., and Pecher, I., (2001). “Relationships between
frozen and gas hydrate containing sediment,” 2nd Russian Conference on Geocryology,
Moscow, Russia, June 6-8.
Winters, W., Waite, W., Dillon, W., Mason, D., and Pecher, I., (2001). “Relationships between
frozen and gas hydrate-containing sediment,” Second Russian Conference on
Geocryology, Volume 3, p.314-320, Moscow, Russia, June 6-8.
Winters, W. J., Dallimore, S. R., Collett, T. S., Taylor, A. E., Medioli, B., Matsumoto, R., Katsube, J.
T., Wright, J. F., Nixon, F. M., Ethier, A. and Uchida, T., (2003). “Physical properties ofsediments from the 2002 Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well, NWT,
Canada,” Abstracts, Mallik 5L-38 Post-Field Workshop, Whistler, BC, January 22-24.
Winters, W. J., Hutchinson, D. R., Waite, W. F., and Mason, D. H., (2006). “Behavior of sedimentcontaining synthetic and natural gas hydrate,” 2006 Taiwan Gas Hydrate Workshop,
Proceedings, pp. 3-4, Taipei, Taiwan, March 14-17.

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Winters, W. J., Katsube, J., Dallimore, S. R., Uchida, T., Jenner, K. A., Collett, T. S., Cranston, R.,
Wright, J. F., and Nixon, F. M., (1999). “Physical and petrophysical properties ofsediments and their relation to gas hydrate occurrence, JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38
research well, Mackenzie Delta, N.W. T., Canada,” Third International Conference on Gas
Hydrates, Program and Abstracts, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 18-22.
Winters, W. J., Pecher, I. A., Mason, D. H., Waite, W. F., and Dillon, W. P., (2001). “Physicalproperties and preservation of samples containing natural gas hydrate from theMackenzie Delta, NWT, Canada,” Abstracts, Methane Hydrates Open Session, Japan
National Oil Corporation, Chiba, Japan, April 26, pp. 10-11.
Winters, W. J., Waite, W. F., Mason, D. H., and Gilbert, L. Y., (2005). “Physical properties ofsediment containing methane gas hydrate,” Preprints, American Chemical Society
national meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17.
Winters, W. J., Waite, W. F., Mason, D. H., Gilbert, L. Y., and Hutchinson, D. R., (2005).
“Determination of in situ methane gas hydrate stability and properties: Abstract
supplement,” National Gas Hydrate Program of India Workshop, Petrotech-2005, New
Delhi, India, Jan. 15-19, 2005.
Winters, W. J., Waite, W. F., Mason, D. H., Gilbert, L. Y., Hutchinson, D. R., Pecher, I. A., Chuvilin,
E. M., and Boldina, O. M., (2005). “Comparison of natural gas hydrate, laboratoryformed methane gas hydrate, and frozen sediment,” Abstracts, Third Russian
Conference on Geocryology, Moscow, Russia, May 31-June 3.
Winters, W. J., Waite, W. F., Mason, D. H., Kumar, P., (2008). “Triaxial strength and acoustic
properties of repressurized samples from the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program(NGHP) Expedition 01,” International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Noida, India, Feb. 68, 2008, pp. 72-73.
Winters, W. J., Wright, J. F., Booth, J. S., Dallimore, S. R., Pecher, I. A., Mason, D. H., Relle, M. K.,
and Dillon, W. P., (1999). “Laboratory tests of gas hydrate samples from the Mackenzie
Delta,” EOS Supplement, 1999 Spring Meeting, Boston, Trans. American GeophysicalUnion, v. 80, no. 17, p. S338.
Winters, W. J., Waite, W. F., Mason, D. H., Kumar, P., (2008). “Physical Properties Of
Repressurized Samples Recovered During The 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program
Expedition Offshore India,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas
Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, BC, July 6-10.
Winters, William J., Waite, William F., Mason, David H., Gilbert, Lauren Y., and Pecher, Ingo A.,(2005). “Effect of grain size and pore pressure on acoustic and strength behavior of
sediments containing methane gas hydrate,” Proceedings of the Fifth International
Conference on Gas Hydrates, v. 2, paper 2017, Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16, 2005, p.
507-516.
Winters, W. J. and Santamarina, J. C., (2012). “Instrumented pressure testing chamber (Amember of the Pressure Core Characterization Tools),” Nankai Trough Drilling ProjectMeeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Dec 19.
Winters, W. J. and Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “IPTC and pressure cores on JIP Leg III in the Gulf of
Mexico,” Design of Pressure Core Devices Project Meeting, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, GA, Feb 10.

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Winters, W. J. and Santamarina, J. C., (2011). “Physical properties of IPTC pressure cores,”
Nankai Trough, Japan, Drilling Program Planning Meeting, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, GA, Aug 4.
Winters, W. J., (2010). “Physical properties of host sediments and their geologic controls on theformation of gas hydrate,” Japan-US Symposium on Geomechanics of Hydrate Bearing
Sediment, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Dec 10.
Wood, W., G. A. Barth, and D. W. Scholl. “Long-offset seismic investigations of the deep Bering
Sea,” AGU Fall Meeting, T33A-2389.
Wooller, M. J., C. Ruppel and UAF-USGS-UCSB project group, (2010). “Source characterizationand temporal variation of methane seepage from thermokarst lakes on the Alaska North
Slope in response to arctic climate change,” DOE Investigators’ Conference, Atlanta,
January 25.
Wooller, M. J., Leigh, M., Pohlman J. W., Ruppel, C. and Walter, K., (2009). “Source
characterization and temporal variation of methane seepage from thermokarst lakes on
the Alaska North Slope in response to Arctic climate change,” Developing Long Term
International Collaboration on Methane Hydrate Research and Monitoring in the Arctic
Region, Texel, The Netherlands, February 18-20.
Yoon, S., Jones, K. W., Feng, H., Winters, W. J. and Mahajan, D., (2003). “Methane hydratestudies, delineating properties of sediments by computed microtomography (CMT):
Abstracts,” 2003 AICHE Spring National Meeting, Symposium on Gas Hydrates, New
Orleans, La., 30 March-3 April 2003, p 66.
Yoshinaga, M. Y., Lazar, C., Briggs, B. R., Colwell, F. S., Pohlman, J. W., Elvert, M., Teske, A.,
Hinrichs, K.-U., (2011). “Archaeal metabolism in methane-impacted sediments throughmolecular and stable carbon isotopic compositions of intact polar lipids coupled to 16SrRNA sequencing,” ISME Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark August 14-24.
Yoshinaga, M. Y., Pohlman, J. W., Goldhammer, T., Broda, N., Riedel, M., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.U., (2011). “Methane fluxes modulating the molecular and carbon isotopic compositionof microbial lipids in gas hydrate bearing sediments from the northern Cascadia
margin,” International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. Interlaken, Switzerland, Sept.
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Allison, E., (2000). “Department of Energy methane hydrate research and development
program: an update,” in Holder, G., and P. Bishnoi, eds., Gas Hydrates: Challenges for
the Future, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 912, pp. 437-440.
Allison, E., and Boswell, R., (2009). “Overview of the Department of Energy’s gas hydrate R&D
program: 2000 to 2005,” in Collett, T., A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Boswell, R., eds.,
Natural gas hydrates—Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG
Memoir 89.
Boswell, R., (2007). “Resource potential of methane hydrate coming into focus,” in D. Mahajan,
Taylor, C., and G. Ali Mansoori, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering – NaturalGas Hydrate/Clathrate, eds. Volume 56, Issues 1-3, pp. 9-13, March.
Government Reports
Engineering Conferences International, (2007). “Science and Technology Issues in Methane
Hydrate R&D,” Summary and Recommendations of Workshop held in Kauai, Hawaii,
March 5-9, 2006, 95 pages.
Federal Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee, 2007, “An Assessment of the Methane Hydrate
Research Program and An Assessment of the 5-Year Research Plan of the Department ofEnergy,” June.
Gas Hydrates Technical Coordination Team, (2006). “An interagency roadmap for methane
hydrates research and development,” DOE Office of Fossil Energy, 36 pages.
Gas Hydrates Technical Coordination Team, (2007). “Interagency Coordination in methane
hydrates R&D,” DOE Office of Fossil Energy, 28 pages.
National Research Council, (2004). “Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the
United States,” The National Academies Press Washington, DC.
Other Publications
Boswell, R., (2005). “Buried Treasure, Power and Energy,” American Society of MechanicalEngineers, February, Volume 2, n. 1.
Boswell, R. and Collett, T., (2006). “The Gas Hydrates Resource Pyramid,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in
the Ice Newsletter, Fall 2006.
Boswell, R., Hutchinson, D., and P. Ray, (2005). “Changing perspectives on the resource potentialof methane hydrates,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer 2005.
Collett, T., Hunter, R., Kurihara, M., Y. Masuda, P. McGrail, Moridis, G. J., H. Narita, White, M.,
Wilder, J., and S. Wilson, (2005). “An international effort to compare methane hydrate
reservoir simulators,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Summer 2005.
Collett, T., Riedel, M., Boswell, R., J. Cochran, P. Kumar, A. Sethi, A. Sathe, (2006).
“International Team Completes Landmark Gas Hydrate Expedition in the Offshore ofIndia,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice Newsletter, Fall 2006.

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Gas Hydrate Simulator Comparison Team, (2007). “International Methane Hydrate CodeComparison Project Simulates Relevant Problems,” U. S. DOE-NETL Fire in the Ice
Newsletter, Winter 2007.
Tomer, B., H. Guthrie, T. Mroz, and Boswell, R., (2001). “A Collaborative Approach to Methane
Hydrate R&D Activities,” Proceedings of the 2001 Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, 30 April – 3 May. SPE 13038-MS
Presentations
Allison, E., (2006). “U. S. Department of Energy Methane Hydrate Research: Progress andPotential,” Kauai, Hawaii, Engineering Conferences International, Science and technology
issues in methane hydrate R&D, March 5-9.
Boswell, R., (2005). “U. S. DOE methane hydrate R&D program,” San Diego, CA, American
Chemical Society Annual Meeting, March 11-15.
Boswell, R., (2005). “Gas hydrates: potential future source of energy?” Durham, NC, American
Public Gas Association Annual Meeting, May 4-5.
Boswell, R., (2005). “U. S. DOE’s program in natural gas hydrates,” Anchorage, AK, Alaska
Division of Natural Resources, Alaska Gas Hydrate Planning Workshop, August 16-17.
Boswell, R., (2006). “Progress and Implications of DOE-BP-USGS Gas Hydrates Research at Milne
Point, Alaska North Slope,” Kauai, Hawaii, Engineering Conferences International,
Science and technology issues in methane hydrate R&D, March 5-9.
Boswell, R., (2006). “U. S. DOE’s Program in Gas Hydrates,” Washington, DC, Meeting of theMethane Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, April 24.
Boswell, R., (2006). “Draft Interagency Long-Term R&D Roadmap,” Washington, DC, Meeting of
the Methane Hydrates Federal Advisory Committee, April 24.
Boswell, R., (2006). “Remaining Challenges in Commercializing Gas Hydrate,” Hart Energy
Publishing Methane Hydrates Conference, Dec. 5-6.
Boswell, R., (2012). “Gas hydrate E&P R&D at the US DOE. US-Norway MOU Workshop,
September, 2012, Washington, DC.
Lawson, W., (2005). “Gas hydrate R&D opportunities in Alaska,” Anchorage, AK, ACI Arctic Gas
Symposium, September.
Mroz, T., (2005). “Gas hydrates, prospects for future production,” Washington, DC, Natural Gas
Vehicles Technologies Forum, August 2-4.
Tomer, B., (2002). “Status of research into naturally-occurring methane hydrates in the UnitedStates,” International Hydrates R&D Conference, October 29.
Tomer, B., (2008). “Methane Hydrate Challenges and Future,” Offshore Technology Conference,
Houston, TX, May 8.

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