Tag: Peter Flemings
August 5, 2023
The Stuff of Life at Sea
The mission to recover methane hydrates has scientists set on recovering core samples of the substance from over 1,000 feet beneath the seafloor. To actually reach these samples requires the science team to live and work aboard a specialized…
Read MoreApril 21, 2021
UT Professor Publishes Milestone Book on Geopressure
A new book about geopressure, the study of fluid pressure in geologic systems, marks a significant step in the science of subsurface geology. Written by…
Read MoreMarch 12, 2020
Computer Model Solves Mystery of How Gas Bubbles Build Big Methane Hydrate Deposits
New research from The University of Texas at Austin has explained an important mystery about natural gas hydrate formations and, in doing so, advanced scientists’…
Read MoreJune 27, 2019
UT Study Shows How To Produce Natural Gas While Storing Carbon Dioxide
New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of…
Read MoreMay 7, 2019
Complex Geology Contributed to Deepwater Horizon Disaster, New Study Finds
A study from The University of Texas at Austin is the first published in a scientific journal to take an in-depth look at the challenging…
Read MoreMay 12, 2017
Hitting Bottom and Beyond
This is the second post in a series on the Jackson School-led mission to drill for samples of methane hydrate from under the Gulf of…
Read MoreMay 11, 2017
To the Gulf … To the Future
This is the first post in a series on the Jackson School-led mission to drill for samples of methane hydrate from under the Gulf of…
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