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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Sulabh K. Dhanuka, Houston, TX (US);
Michael W. Eaton, Denver, CO (US);
Richard A. Huntington, Houston, TX (US);
Sulabh K. Dhanuka, Houston, TX (US);
Michael W. Eaton, Denver, CO (US);
Richard A. Huntington, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The present techniques are directed to a system and method for generating power and recovering methane from methane hydrates. The system includes a low emissions power plant configured to generate power, wherein an exhaust gas from the low emissions power plant provides a gas mixture including nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The system also includes a methane recovery system configured to recover methane from methane hydrates by injecting the nitrogen and the carbon dioxide from the gas mixture into the methane hydrates.