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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Ulfert Cornelis Klomp, Amsterdam, NL;
Thomas Alexander Pasfield, Amsterdam, NL;
Kjeld Aaby Sørensen, Rijswijk-Zh, NL;
Ulfert Cornelis Klomp, Amsterdam, NL;
Thomas Alexander Pasfield, Amsterdam, NL;
Kjeld Aaby Sørensen, Rijswijk-Zh, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A methane content of a bottom sample comprising methane hydrate crystals is determined by:—taking a core sample () from a bottom sediment () in a deepwater area;—storing the core sample () in a storage chamber ();—lifting the storage chamber () to a predetermined waterdepth (BGHZ=Base of Gas Hydrate stability Zone) at which any methane hydrate crystals in the core sample () dissociate into water and methane; and—measuring an amount of methane released by the lifted core sample ().