Feasibility Study of Transporting Natural Gas as Gas Hydrate

Gas hvdrates are clathrates" where a gas molecule is being caged by a host molecule
w1th no chemical bondmg. Hvdrocarbons are noted to be able to create hvdrate. There
IS a ce1tain condition where the hydrate can be f(nmed Seen as a potent1al gas source,
1t is also has the potential to be used as a med1um of transporting natural gas 111
solid form. For that a feasibility studv is to be conducted to see its economic
feasibility A process is suggested 111 transfonmng the natural gas to gas hydrate. The
economics of the proposed process IS evaluated, and comparison to LNG 1s being done
Marin transportation analys1s is also conducted to see the feas1bil1tv of transporting
hydrate by sea. From the economic analysis on the process, fixed capital and operating
cost of hydrate plant is less than LNG liquefaction plant by From the transportation
cost analvs1s. 1t is concluded that natural gas hydrate ( NGH) sh1ppmg is a good
alternative for small-volume transport on short d1stance. where LNG can be
uneconomical