Andrew/Renaud/John, There have been other proposals along similar lines in the last 5 years but not projects as far as I am aware. Two I have come across are the papers by:
House et al - http://www.pnas.org/content/103/33/12291.full.pdf and Park et al - http://www.pnas.org/content/103/34/12690.full.pdf Chris. On Oct 12, 9:51 pm, John Nissen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew and Renaud, > > SUGAR looks extremely dangerous to me. The animation here near the top of > this page [1] gives an idea what they plan to do, by pumping in CO2 down > some pipes and expecting all the methane to obediently return up the same > pipes, with no thought for the masses of methane that will escape by > bubbling up all over the surrounding seabed. > > However, some of their underwater equipment might be useful for tracking > down where the methane is coming from. > > URGENT REQUEST: > I had booked to go to a workshop in Southampton on Friday about underwater > autonomous gliders and sensors, run by an "Ocean Shelf-Edge" group, but am > unable to go, so would be happy if somebody could take my place [2] and, if > possible, report back to the Arctic methane workshop on Saturday [3] on the > applicability of such submarine vehicles for seeking out methane plumes over > very large remote areas like the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, ESAS. Such > capability could be crucial for dealing with these plumes which threaten to > release vast quantities of methane into the atmosphere and escalate global > warming. > > Cheers from Chiswick, > > John > > [1]http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=3563 > > [2]http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/shelfedge/events/111014/ > > [3] See yahoo group "arctic-methane" welcome message. > > --- > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Andrew Lockley > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > "Renaud_de_RICHTER" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > > > >> Are you aware of the German “SUGAR projet”: Submarine > > Gashydrat-Lagerstätten: Erkundung, Abbau und Transport? (exploration, > > exploitation and transport of underwater deposits of gas hydrates) > > >> It consists to develop new technologies to extract natural gas (methane) > > from methane hydrates in the seabed and store CO2 safely in the same seabed. > > > >> Press news :http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news437898 > > > >> Website:http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=3563 > > > >> Documents (in German):http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=5442 > > >http://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/de/geschaeftsfelder/prozesstechnik/p... > > >http://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/de/geschaeftsfelder/prozesstechnik/p... > > > >> Best regards > > >> Renaud de Richter > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "geoengineering" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
