CX-010994: Categorical Exclusion Determination

Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir to Climate Change CX(s) Applied: B3.1, B3.11, B3.16 Date: 09/13/2013 Location(s): Washington Offices(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory

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September 13, 2013
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Characterizing the Response of the Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrate Reservoir to Climate Change
CX(s) Applied: B3.1, B3.11, B3.16
Date: 09/13/2013
Location(s): Washington
Offices(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory

Field sampling to constrain the amount of CH4 stored in gas hydrate along the Washington continental margin and test if gas hydrates are currently dissociating at the upper limit of the gas hydrate stability.