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US: Trump Supporter Treated For Heatstroke At His Rally In Doral, FL

A supporter of former President Donald Trump was treated for heatstroke at his rally in South Florida on Tuesday, July 9. Trump hosted the campaign event at his flagship golf resort in Doral amid a heat advisory as temperatures soared to 94 degrees in Miami-Dade County.

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Artificial methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - Undated photo shows artificial methane hydrate burning in a pot. Methane hydrate is often colloquially referred to as flammable ice.

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Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Christopher Smith, principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy at the U.S. Energy Department, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, after signing documents to launch joint research into the development of methane hydrate, an energy source also known as burning ice.

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Watermelon station at 'fun run' event in Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Runners hydrate themselves by eating watermelons in Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on June 22, 2014, during the "Tomisato Watermelon Road Race," a 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer race serving Tomisato's staple watermelon at stations.

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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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Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flame of natural gas after the successful extraction of seabed methane hydrate by the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The extraction was a world first.

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Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flame of natural gas after the successful extraction of seabed methane hydrate by the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The extraction was a world first.

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Gas from methane hydrate offshore

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 to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

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Gas from methane hydrate offshore

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 to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. unveils to the press the deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu at Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012, ahead of its departure Feb. 12 for Pacific waters off central Japan where it will conduct preparatory drilling for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.

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Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a test plant Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. built in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, for reducing natural gas to a sherbet-like state and then returning it to a gaseous form, a process that will reduce transportation and storage costs. The company said Feb. 10 it has succeeded in the test operation of the plant, which is capable of producing 600 kilograms of natural gas hydrate (NGH), a chemically stable crystalline substance that resembles sherbet, a day.

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Logo of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.

Keywords: Japan Petroleum Exploration, JAPEX, oil, natural gas, methane hydrate, oil sands, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 12, 2019, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.

Keywords: Japan Petroleum Exploration, JAPEX, oil, natural gas, methane hydrate, oil sands, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 12, 2019, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.

Keywords: Japan Petroleum Exploration, JAPEX, oil, natural gas, methane hydrate, oil sands, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 12, 2019, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Int'l team to extract gas from 'burning ice'

WASHINGTON, United States - Handout photo shows frozen methane or methane hydrate burning. It's also called ''burning ice.'' An international team, made up of researchers from Japan, the United States, Canada, Germany and India, will soon launch the world's first experiment to extract natural gas from the vast deposit of frozen methane lying deep in the ground.

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Governors request development of methane hydrate mining techs

Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida and Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (from L) hand a petition requesting that the development of methane hydrate mining technologies be promoted to Taizo Takahashi (R), deputy commissioner at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, in Tokyo on June 17, 2015, on behalf of an alliance of 10 prefectures along the coast of the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Facility opened to store core samples from methane hydrate surveys

Ryo Matsumoto (C), professor at Meiji University in Tokyo, shows Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (L) racks to store "core samples" from undersea methane hydrate surveys at a refrigeration storage facility in Tottori, western Japan, on its opening day of Sept. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. unveils to the press the deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu at Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012, ahead of its departure Feb. 12 for Pacific waters off central Japan where it will conduct preparatory drilling for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013. (Kyodo)

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Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Christopher Smith, principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy at the U.S. Energy Department, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, after signing documents to launch joint research into the development of methane hydrate, an energy source also known as burning ice. (Kyodo)

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Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a test plant Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. built in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, for reducing natural gas to a sherbet-like state and then returning it to a gaseous form, a process that will reduce transportation and storage costs. The company said Feb. 10 it has succeeded in the test operation of the plant, which is capable of producing 600 kilograms of natural gas hydrate (NGH), a chemically stable crystalline substance that resembles sherbet, a day. (Kyodo)