The objectives of this project are to characterize, quantify, and determine the commerciality of in-place and recoverable gas-hydrate and associated free-gas resources in the Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU) " Kuparuk River Unit (KRU) "Milne Point Unit (MPU) areas on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). The project team will accomplish these goals through integrated academic, industry, and government collaborative research designed to assess the potential for safe, cost competitive, and environmentally responsible production of these possible abundant, strategic, and secure unconventional energy resources.