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The partners and participants in the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well program are pleased to publicly release the results of the first modern, fully integrated field study and production testing of a natural gas hydrate accumulation: These results and their analyses form the leading scientific and engineering data set for the realization of the energy resource potential of this non-conventional global source of methane gas.

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The Mallik 2002 Research Well Program drilled in the Mallik Gas Hydrate Field on Richard’s Island, in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. This location was chosen as it represents one of the highest concentrations of gas hydrates found to date in the world.

The Mallik cores have been the subject of intensive examination by members of the Mallik Partnership, including scientists and engineers enabled by the International Continental Drilling Program.

The Mallik Partnership
The Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program was undertaken as a partnership between:

  • Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC);
  • Geological Survey of Canada (GSC);
  • GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ);
  • United States Geological Survey (USGS);
  • United States Department of Energy (USDOE);
  • Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC);
  • the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP); and
  • the Mackenzie Delta exploration joint-venture of BP Canada Energy Company, Chevron Canada Resources and Burlington Resources Canada.
  • The Japan Petroleum Exploration Company and Japex Canada Ltd. coordinated the field operations for the project and the Geological Survey of Canada coordinated the science program.

In all more than one hundred engineers and scientists from more than six countries have worked to bring the results to the international gas hydrate research community.
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"Mallik 2002" program Web site
http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/gashydrate/mallik2002/home.asp

From Mallik to the Future
International Gas Hydrate Symposium
December 7-10, 2003
Chiba City, Japan
http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/gashydrate/
mallik2002/chiba_2003_symposium_announcement.asp

The Research Consortium for Methane Hydrate Resources in Japan
http://www.mh21japan.gr.jp/

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