Large reserves of methane hydrate have been confirmed in the seas around Japan, but methane hydrate does not flow under its own pressure like natural gas, which greatly hinders its development. To ...

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 ...