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News from the GOM² project and related methane hydrates research at UT.

May 19, 2020

Pressure Coring Technology One Step Closer to Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Test

It’s mid-March on the Texas prairie outside the city of Cameron. Peter Flemings, a professor at the Jackson School of Geosciences, watches the rig hands lower the prototype sensor into the well. The counter still reads 1,000 feet from bottom when the thick steel cable suddenly goes slack. Moments later a dull clang echoes across […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: methane hydrate, Peter Flemings, Research Update, Texas Geosciences

March 12, 2020

Computer Model Solves Mystery of How Gas Bubbles Build Big Methane Hydrate Deposits

New research from The University of Texas at Austin has explained an important mystery about natural gas hydrate formations and, in doing so, advanced scientists’ understanding of how gas hydrates could contribute to climate change and energy security. The research used a computer model of gas bubbles flowing through hydrate deposits, a common phenomenon which […]

Filed Under: GOM2 News, homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Dylan Meyer, methane hydrate, Peter Flemings, press release, UT Pressure Core Center

February 11, 2020

Where Do Natural Gas Hydrates Come from and Why Should We Care?

A new generation of models, laboratory, and field studies is helping scientists answer important questions about the role of methane hydrates in the carbon cycle and as a possible energy source. Writing in Eos Editor’s Vox, Kehua You and Peter Flemings answer questions about why studying this mysterious substance is more important than ever.

Filed Under: GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: methane hydrate

September 23, 2019

High Flying UT Energy Scientist Wins Coveted Rocha Award

Yi Fan in the lab

Yi Fang, a postdoctoral fellow at UTIG, will receive a Rocha Medal Runner Up Certificate from the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) during their annual symposium in June, 2020. The Rocha Medal and Runner Up Certificate are considered to be among the highest honors for young scientists in the field of […]

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: awards, Energy, methane hydrate

August 12, 2019

A day in the lab: Microbial life and the origin of methane hydrates

Massive natural gas reserves, trapped within methane hydrate deposits in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, have the potential to power the US with natural gas for hundreds of years. The GOM² project is a multi-disciplinary, long-term, commitment by the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with academic and governmental colleagues to drill, sample and […]

Filed Under: energy-slideshow, Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Energy, Flemings Group, GOM2, methane hydrate, UT Pressure Core Center

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