Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Dynamic Controls on the Formation and Dissociation of Gas Hydrates
Discussion Leader: Joseph Lederhos (ExxonMobil, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Valeria Molinero (The University of Utah, USA)
"Interfacial Control of the Formation and Aggregation of Gas Hydrates"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Mark White (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
"Coupled Thermal-Mechanical-Chemical Processes Controlling the State of Gas Hydrates During Dissociation in Geologic Reservoirs"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of Multicomponent Gas Hydrate Systems
Discussion Leader: Ramesh Kini (Chevron Corporation, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Carolyn Koh (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
"Predicting Gas Hydrate Formation and Stability in Multicomponent Systems "
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Sapna Sarupria (Clemson University, USA)
"Nucleation and Growth of Gas Hydrates "
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Judith Schicks (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany)
"Formation and Dissociation of Multicomponent Gas Hydrate Systems (CO2 , N2 , etc .)"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Allegra Hosford Scheirer (Stanford University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Processes Controlling Multiphase Gas Hydrate Systems in Nature
Discussion Leader: Alberto Malinverno (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Michael Clennell (CSIRO, Australia)
"Influence of Sediment Type on the Growth of Gas Hydrates and the Consequences for Subsurface Physical Properties"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Kehua You (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Coupled Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport Processes in Gas Hydrate Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Gas Hydrate Related Physical, Chemical and Biological Processes
Discussion Leader: Zarath Summers (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
John Pohlman (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
"Strategies for Evaluating Gas Sources and Gas Generation in Natural Gas Hydrate Systems"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Evan Solomon (University of Washington, USA)
"Silicate Mineral Diagenesis and Authigenic Carbonate Precipitation Within Gas Hydrate Systems"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Brandi Kiel Reese (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA)
"Biological Recycling Within Gas Hydrate Systems"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Detection and Characterization of Gas Hydrate Systems
Discussion Leader: Stefan Bünz (CAGE, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Sourav Sahoo (National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom)
"Sediment-Hosted Gas Hydrate Morphology Effects on Elastic Wave Properties"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Gareth Crutchley (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
"Analyzing Gas Hydrate Systems with Seismic Reflection Data"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Impact of Gas Hydrate Occurrence and Dissociation on Their Host Environment
Discussion Leader: Alan Rempel (University of Oregon, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Jeffrey Priest (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Linking Laboratory and Field Derived Properties of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Joo Yong Lee (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, South Korea)
"Physical Properties of Gas Hydrate Systems During Dissociation"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Geir Ersland (University of Bergen, Norway)
"Hydrates at the Pore Scale: Controls and Consequences of Hydrate Formation and Dissociation"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Planetary Ices and Gas Hydrates
Discussion Leader: Laura Stern (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Olivier Mousis (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France)
"Gas Hydrates in the Solar System"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Mathieu Choukroun (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)
"Titan's Interior-Surface-Atmosphere Exchanges Involving Clathrate Hydrates"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Characterization of Various Types of Gas Hydrate Occurrences and Systems / Early-Career Investigator Presentations
Discussion Leader: Sheng Dai (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Xiaojing Fu (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"New Insights into the Origin of Geologic Hydrate Fabrics and Their Temporal Dynamics"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Michael Riedel (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
"Gas Hydrate Cold Vent and Stratabound Fracture Systems"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
General Discussion
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Abigail Johnson (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"The Search for Novel Gas Hydrate Inhibitors"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Manasij Santra (Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Gas Hydrate in a Fault-Compartmentalized Anticline and the Role of Seal: Green Canyon, Abyssal Northern Gulf of Mexico"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Louis Yu (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
"Effects of Gas-Water Interfacial Hydrates in Multiphase Flow"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Integrated Modeling of Gas Hydrate Systems from Formation to Dissociation
Discussion Leader: Allegra Hosford Scheirer (Stanford University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Luis Zerpa (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
"Modeling Gas Hydrate in Pipeline and Gas Production Systems"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Ewa Burwicz (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
"Modeling Natural Gas Hydrate Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure