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Assessment of Gas Hydrate Resources on the North Slope, Alaska, 2008

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Doyon rig 14 at the site of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well in the Milne Point Unit on the North Slope of Alaska (photo courtesy of the Mount Elbert Scientific Research team). (Larger Image)   Doyon rig 14 at the site of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well in the Milne Point Unit on the North Slope of Alaska (photo courtesy of the Mount Elbert Scientific Research team). (Larger Image) CORE SAMPLES   Image of a gas-hydrate-bearing sandstone core from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well in the Milne Point Unit on the North Slope of Alaska. The gas hydrate is the white crystalline material occupying the pores within this sandstone core. The black material coating the core is the fluid used to drill the well (photo courtesy of the Mount Elbert Scientific Research team).. (Larger Image)   A piece of a gas-hydrate-bearing sandstone core from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well in the Milne Point Unit on the North Slope of Alaska. The gas hydrate is the white crystalline material occupying the pores within this piece of sediment core (photo courtesy of the Mount Elbert Scientific Research team). (Larger Image)     Top of Page