Japan successfully extracts gas from offshore methane hydrate
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Methane hydrate: the undersea fuel of the future
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Frontier Energy Series: Methane Hydrates
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Methane Hydrate: Fire, Ice, & a Huge Quantity of Potential Energy
Japanese state company JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from the seabed. It is a compound in which a large amount of methane is trapped within a crystal structure of water, forming a solid similar to ice. The sedimentary methane hydrate reservoir probably contains 2–10 times the currently known reserves of conventional natural gas.