A Source of Future Energy

Abstract

Natural gas hydrate (NGH) has emerged as a future source of energy for the world that can fulfill the future energy demand. The natural gas hydrates hold twice the amount of energy than all available fossil fuels. At present, the energy demand is growing, but these are not available commercially. Various field applications on the dissociation of the natural gas hydrates have been performed till now, and the output of these field applications confirms the possibility of dissociation of the natural gas hydrates. At distinct locations in the world, the huge deposits of hydrates have been identified, but the safe and economic dissociation of gas hydrates is not known yet. Hence, the evolution of new and inexpensive, suitable methods and technologies are required for the dissociation of gas hydrates. In this chapter, the authors reviewed several articles to compare the different dissociation techniques of gas hydrates and their field applications. The advantages and disadvantages of these production methods have also been discussed.