Hi Windward, thanks for your reply. Much better than the one I got over the 'phone from Thom Hartmann a couple of weeks or so ago, who cut me short ('phone call literally disconnected) with the same 1st reply I got at the physicsforum.com website...
CORRECTION:
Sorry screwed up one of the PDF file-links (have so many versions on my PC, I'm losing track ;-). Eng-tips seems a bit strict on going back to re-edit ;-) (Guardian newspapar talkboards give 30 mins to make corrections). Anyway, here's the relevant para, same words used to indicate...
Windward says (15 Jun 10 11:35):
"It seems to me that heating might be the best method to prevent hydrate formation. There is plenty of heat available in the flared gas, but it would take some work to get it down to the location of the leak. I would try a controlled fire in the flow first...
