Low temperature methanation in geologic environments
Funded by PETROBRAS
The Petrobras-INGV project “Low temperature methanation in geologic environments” dealt with abiotic hydrocarbon production by catalysed Fischer-Tropsch Type reactions at low temperature.
Oceanus-Lab participated in studies that were carried out at Othrys and Vourinos in Greece and the phenomenal abiotic methane seepage area of Chimaera in Cirali, Turkey.
The Principal Investigator of this project was Dr. Giuseppe Etiope, INGV.
Relative publications:
Etiope, G., Tsikouras, B., Kordella, S., Ifandi, E., Christodoulou, D., Papatheodorou, G. (2013). Methane flux and origin in the Othrys ophiolite hyperalkaline springs, Greece. Chem. Geol. 347, 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.003
Tsikouras, B., Etiope, G., Ifandi, E., Kordella, S., Papatheodorou, G., Hatzipanagiotou, K. (2013). Petrological implications for the production of methane and hydrogen in hyperalkaline springs from the Othrys ophiolite, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Vol. XLVII 2013 Proceedings of the 13th International Congress, Chania, Sept. 2013.
Further reading
Etiope, G. (2015). Natural Gas Seepage. The Earth’s hydrocarbon degassing. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 141-163.
Etiope, G., Schoell, M. (2014). Abiotic Gas: Atypical, But Not Rare. Elements 10(4), 291–296. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.10.4.291