...Alaska's gas resources - 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, an estimated 200 trillion cubic feet of conventional gas resources and 32,000 trillion cubic feet of gas hydrates - will help chart the course for the next generation of energy...

...estimates of North Slope methane hydrates run in excess of 40 trillion cubic feet. "Which is equivalent to the conventional gas resource (in the Alaska Arctic)," he said. The estimates vary, and UAF's Metz said there could even be hundreds...