Despite gas hydrate's role as a potential future energy resource, why does gas-hydrates present a large threat to the conventional oil and gas industry?
The estimated value of global gas hydrates hangs around 3E15 cubic-meter, while the conventional gas and shale gas put together works out to be around 0.6 - 0.9E15 cubic-meter.
Roughly, we have something around 3 - 6 times of more gas hydrates in comparison with that of the cumulative conventional and shale gas.
But the question is that whether gas-hydrates can be compared at par with that of the conventional and shale gas production scenarios with reference to its commercial aspects?
Threat to conventional oil and gas industry? Actually I couldnt understand the question
One threat you may already be aware of is that part of this gas hydrate can be released in the atmosphere as a consequence of global warming without being used as an energy source e.g. https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/methane-hydrates-and-contemporary-climate-change-24314790
It is due to pollution and the consequent/attendant global warming
It was already known for a long time. We numerically modeled it at MSU. If a gas hydrate forms in a gas pipeline, as a solid it can act as a projectile and break the pipe.
Espesially where the pipe turns.
Probably this falls under the fact that Gas Hydrates might clog pipelines and threaten structures.
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