Methane glossary and government resources

Methane : A colorless, nonpoisonous, flammable gas created by anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds. A major component of natural gas used in the home. [Environmental Protection Agency]

US EPA - Methane
EPA methane and utility outreach programs are intended to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Contains a complete description of the US EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), including a list of program members, extensive data on landfills

USGS Fact sheet: Gas (Methane) Hydrates -- A New Frontier
Methane trapped in marine sediments as a hydrate represents such an ... the role of methane as a 'greenhouse' gas also must be carefully assessed.

Strategic Center for Natural Gas - National Energy Technology ...
The Strategic Center for Natural Gas - A natural gas technology focal point within the US Department of Energy, located at the National Energy Technology

Fuels and Chemical Division - Methane-to-Liquid Fuels Facility
Allows for continuous, round-the-clock operation of the micro-reactor units.

Methane hydrates
Methane hydrate isn’ta familiar term to most, but it is gaining popularity ... methane hydrates are being evaluated as a potential fuel for the future.

ORNL Review: Methane Hydrates: A Carbon Management Challenge
ORNL is conducting research on methane hydrates, a huge source of an energy-rich ... Known as methane hydrates, this resource also may have important

Methane Hydrate
You get a frozen latticelike substance called methane hydrate, huge amounts of which underlie ... Methane hydrate was discovered only a few decades ago,

APOD: 2002 February 12 - Methane Earth
Explanation: Can you help in reducing this blanket of methane gas that is warming ... Recent evidence holds that methane (CH4) is second only to carbon

APOD: June 3, 1999 - Methane Dwarf
...an undiscovered type of object very nearby - now dubbed a methane dwarf. ... the isolated, faint, but extremely red methane dwarf lies only 30 or so

BLM Wyoming Oil and Gas Coalbed Methane
BLM in Wyoming manages over 18 million surface acres of public land and an additional 23 million subsurface acres of federal mineral estate.

Coalbed Methane
Coalbed Methane -- An Untapped Energy Resource and an Environmental Concern. Coalbed Methane Documents. Statement of Assistant Secretary Rebecca Watson

Scientists Create, Study Methane Hydrates in “Ocean Floor� Lab
...of the seafloor in a tabletop apparatus for the study of methane-hydrates, ... “The amount of natural gas that is tied up in methane hydrates beneath

International Chemical Safety Cards (WHO/IPCS/ILO)
METHANE, ICSC: 0291. Methyl hydride CH4 Molecular mass: 16.0 ... ICSC: 0291, METHANE. (C) IPCS, CEC, 1994. IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE:, Neither NIOSH,

Methane Hydrate
...increase the understanding of therole of methane hydrates in the environment and ... new methane hydrateexploration/production tools and technologies,

Oregon Department of Agriculture Methane Digesters
Could a methane digester be an effective part of your livestock operation? Anaerobic methane digesters have been around a long time.

Coalbed Methane
Coalbed Methane--An Untapped Energy Resource and an Environmental Concern. Photo of oil well "Large amounts of methane-rich gas are generated and stored

DOE - Fossil Energy: DOE's Methane Hydrate R&D Program
DOE's program to explore the long-term potential of ice-like methane hydrates as a future source of natural gas.

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