Gas from seabed methane hydrate

Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial extraction of natural gas from seabed methane hydrate in the waters, a world first. A flame of natural gas extracted in the trial can be seen at the stern (L).

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