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| Large gas hydrate deposits found 50-120 meters below the seafloor off Canada's west coast |
| 2006-08-23 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 NEW DELHI, June 21 (UPI) -- India has discovered a sizeable reserve of good quality gas hydrates in the southern Kaveri-Godavari basin. "Results from the second site in KG basin are particularly remarkable. These have shown the presence of a 128-meter (420-foot) thick gas hydrate layer indicating massive to dispersed gas hydrates," the Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry said in a statement. "This marks a very significant development in the country. Research and development work is in progress to develop a commercially viable technology to produce natural gas from gas hydrates, which is so far not a source of energy (that) could meet a large part of our ever-increasing demand for basin in decades to come," said Indian Petroleum Minister Murli Deora. The discovery was made by drillship JOIDES Resolution. "This implies that there are massive hydrates present in the subsurface, which is also corroborated with the help of logging while drilling and wireline logs," the statement said. In the well where the discovery was made, the statement continued, the presence of a gas hydrate layer 420 feet thick indicates that there will be significant quantities of gas hydrates in the area. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-23 19:37 |
| #2 Would be nice but methane hydrates are notoriously unstable. I believe the technology does not yet exist to recover the deposits. Great fiction based on these by Clive Cussler called "Fire Ice" Dirk Pitt adventure novel. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2006-08-23 11:49 |
| #1 Found off west coast of US also. We need to be able to. Great domestic energy source.recover these deposits |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-23 11:40 |