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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Mark J. Khinkis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Hamid A. Abbasi, Naperville, IL (US);
Kent Perry, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Mark J. Khinkis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Hamid A. Abbasi, Naperville, IL (US);
Kent Perry, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A process and system for release and recovery of methane from subterranean methane hydrate deposits in which heated COis used to displace methane from the methane hydrate deposits and a portion of the displaced methane is routed to a combustion device proximate the deposit for combustion in-situ, generating heated COwhich is introduced into the deposit, displacing additional methane, a portion of which is routed to the combustion device, thereby providing a substantially self-sustaining process. Portions of the displace methane not routed to the combustion device are captured for use elsewhere.