Summary of Fiery Ice 2012
1.Construction of the Workshop
2.Presentations
3.Short summary of the Breakout sessions
4.Others
120531 Uchida1. Construction

1. Participants
1) Total number

Academic
Industrial
Governmental
Students

101(Registration base)1. Construction

1. Participants2) Participants’ nations
JapanAsia
EuropeAmerica & Oceania

16 countries

56
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1. Construction

2. Sponsors

・・・ISC・・・Booth Exhibition
・・・Schlumberger Night2. Presentations

1) 3 summaries(2 Keynote speeches and a Banquet talk)2) 12 national reports(Presentations will be included in the final report)

3) 49 individual researches
14 oral presentations
35 poster presentations

3. Breakout sessions
1. Evaluation of Methane Hydrate Resource Potential
Chair:
Dr. Tatsuya Fujii (JOGMEC, Japan)
Rapporteur: Dr. Miko Fohrmann (GNS Sci., New Zealand)
Attendee (25):* State of the art:
MH occurrence, esp. around Japan
Current evaluating methods of MH resource potential* Discussions:
Supplementary methods for evaluating MH resource potential
Trap and Seal
Resource assessment and production methods
Alternative MH reservoirs

3. Breakout sessions
2. Environment Impact
Chair:
Prof. Kvamme (Univ. Bergen)
Rapporteur: Dr. Nesse (Statoil)
Attendee (22):* State of the art & Discussions:
CO2 storage underground;- will it assist in sealing the reservoir?
- storing CO2 in Hydrate Reservoirs
Methane Hydrate in relation to Global Warming
Geo Hazard & Bio system health assessment

3. Breakout sessions
3. Industrial Utilization of Gas Hydrate
Chair:
Dr. Sano (MES)
Rapporteur: Dr. Seo (KAIST)
Attendee (21):* State of the art & Discussions:
Gas transportation via making hydrate pellets
Economic evaluation of gas transportation via hydrate- what should we know for feasibility study?
Recommendation: more publication for this issue tointernational journals

3. Breakout sessions
4. Methane Gas Hydrate Exploitation and Development
Chair:
Dr. Yamamoto (JOGMEC)
Rapporteur: Dr. Dallimore (NRC)
Attendee (23):Define questions
discussions focussed on production rather than exploration considerations

Find-out possible solutions and Discuss on research strategy
on Reservoir characterization
on Reservoir simulation modelingon Field test and commercial scale production

3. Breakout sessions
5. Mechanisms of Hydrate Accumulations in Nature
Chair:
Dr. Yoshioka (AIST)
Rapporteur: Dr. Coffin (NRL)
Attendee (17):* State of the art:
CH4 origin, CH4 accumulation processes and analysis, geochemistry― case study in various regions* Discussions:depth of CH4 sources and the vertical flux,
the cap rock importance, …etc.

3. Breakout sessions
6. Fundamental Hydrate Science Challenges
Chair:
Prof. Mori (Keio University)
Rapporteur: Prof. Masutani (Hawaii Univ.)
Attendee (20):* State of the art:
Self-preservation effectHydrate guest molecule exchange* Discussions:
What is the mechanism?
Can these properties be reliably applied for certain engineering
applications?

4. Others
1.Pre-workshop tour

Mt. Usu, Lake-Toya & Geo park

4. Others
2. Post-workshop tour
For Attendee to Post-Workshop Laboratory Tour on 1st June
1. The schedule is changed on Abstract Book and Hand Book.
2. Laboratory Tour will start at 10:00 on 1st June.
3. Bus to the AIST Hokkaido will leave at 9:00 from Royton Hotel.
4. If you would like to use Bus service, please meet at Lobby ofRoyton Hotel by 8:45.
5. If you individually come to the AIST Hokkaido, please reach toAIST Hokkaido by 9:45.

3. Committee

4. Others

Fiery Ice International Steering Committee
Richard B. Coffin,
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Bjørn Kvamme,
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Stephen M. Masutani,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A.
Hideo Narita,
AIST, Sapporo, Japan
Tsutomu Uchida,
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Fiery Ice Local Organizing Committee
Hideo Narita,
AIST, Japan
Tsutomu Uchida,
Hokkaido Univ., Japan
Jiro Nagao,AIST, Japan
Tatsuo Saeki,
JOGMEC, Japan
Masanori Kurihara,
Waseda Univ., Japan
Kenichi Sano,Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan
Norio Tenma,
AIST, Japan
Yoshinori Furukawa,
Hokkaido Univ., Japan
Takeo Hondoh,
Hokkaido Univ., Japan
Kotaro Ohga,
Hokkaido Univ., Japan
Hideki Minagawa,
AIST, Japan
Akiko Ono,
AIST, Japan…supported by GHRI-AIST, Nippon Travel Agency and Royton Sapporo

Thanks & See you in next WS!