Sediments in northern Gulf of Mexico not right for methane gas hydrate formation, study shows

Here is an article written in 2005 telling of research by Georgia Tech, funded partly by ChevronTexaco, to see how much methane is present in the north Gulf near New Orleans, and what threats may be faced moving hot oil through icy methane zones, as has been happening for nearly three months with the BP oil spill. There are claims made elsewhere that methane could pose a threat "of Biblical proportions", with methane released in large enough quantities to threaten ocean life and possibly cause the ocean bottom to fall, causing catastrophic tsunamis.

This oil company study found nothing to worry about, that the area is geologically not right for large quantities of methane.

I hope they are right, but it doesn't look like it.

Sediments in northern Gulf of Mexico not right for methane gas hydrate formation, study shows