TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese energy explorer said on Tuesday it extracted gas from offshore methane hydrate deposits for the first time in the world, as part of an attempt to achieve commercial ...

TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Japan's trade ministry on Monday reported success in producing gas last week by extracting methane gas from methane hydrate deposits offshore Japan's central coast. The tests ...

Naturally occurring methane hydrate deposits are potential sources of energy. However, their observation in natural environments remains challenging. Researchers have now developed a one-dimensional ...

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New research has shown that fire-ice - frozen methane which is trapped as a solid under our oceans - is vulnerable to melting due to climate change and could be released into the sea. An international ...

The East Sea gas hydrate development project, which had drawn more than 200 billion won in funding over the past 20 years amid expectations that it would lift Korea into a resource-rich nation with a ...

Methane hydrate has garnered considerable research attention owing to its potential as an energy source. Now, researchers from Japan use one-dimensional model-based numerical simulations to understand ...