To address this problem, the world's first offshore production tests were conducted in 2013 during which the effectiveness of a depressurization method, developed by AIST, was demonstrated. It has ...

Methane hydrates occur in five geographic settings (or sectors) that must be individually evaluated to determine their susceptibility to warming climate (Figure 1). The percentages assigned to ...

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This calls for long-term vision and government intervention. “The economics of methane gas production from marine gas hydrates should not be compared with the natural gas import prices,” says ...

In this study, we used methane hydrate. When heated, it decomposes into water vapor and methane, which creates a promising combined—cycle mixture for energy production," notes one of the authors of ...