05.07.2009

Methane hydrate is a cage-like lattice of ice inside of which are trapped molecules of methane,  the chief constituent of natural gas. If methane hydrate is either warmed or depressurized, it will revert back to water and natural gas. When brought to the earth’s surface, one cubic meter of gas hydrate releases 164 cubic meters of natural gas. Hydrate deposits may be several hundred meters thick and generally occur in two types of settings: under Arctic permafrost, and beneath the ocean floor. Methane that forms hydrate can be both biogenic, created by biological activity in sediments, and thermogenic, created by geological processes deeper within the earth.

Usually natural gas contracts of between one to 12 months

Natural gas is almost odorless as it comes from the well or processing facility. If the gas is destined for use as a fuel in homes or industry, a chemical called a mercaptan is added to give the gas a distinctive odor so that people can easily smell it when its concentration in air reaches 1%. Gas and air mixed in this concentration are not hazardous, but a mixture containing 5% gas is explosive. The odorant makes leaks or other unburned discharges of the gas quite evident long before a real hazard exists. Odorants injected into the gas burned in homes or industry do not create odors while burning, nor do they leave troublesome residue. Odorants are usually not introduced into gas sent to petrochemical plants where the gas is used as a feedstock for producing other commodities such as plastics, since the mercaptan will frequently interfere with the chemical process.

The maximum exploration area that can be held by an O&G company offshore Israel for a Preliminary Permit with Priority Right is 4000 sq. km and for a License is 400 sq, km. >

Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have “morphed” into another kind of rock. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks and changed as a result of being under tons and tons of pressure, which fosters heat build up, and this causes them to change

A rating indicating the maximum pressure at which a pipeline or segment of a pipeline may be operated under a state’s regulations in normal conditions