Japan is First Nation to Extract ‘Frozen Gas’ From Seabed

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s9C6ZlyZNJg?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://rt.com/business/japan-offshore-methane-hydrate-146/" target="blank">Russia Today</a></b></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><b>n a move to lessen its dependency on fuel imports, Japan has succeeded in extracting gas from undersea frozen gas deposits, known as ‘burning ice.’</b><br /><br />The gas was tapped from deposits of methane hydrate, a frozen gas near Japan<b>’</b>s central coast 80 kilometers off Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.<br /><br />Experts estimate that the carbon found in gas hydrates worldwide totals at least twice the amount of carbon in all of the earth’s other fossil fuels, making it a potential game-changer for energy-poor countries like Japan.<br /><br />Energy researchers estimate there are at least 1.1 trillion cubic meters of methane hydrates near the country's Atsumi Peninsula, enough for about 11 years of Japanese gas consumption; in total, the seas around Japan could have enough gas to supply the country for the next 100 years.<br /></div>

Japan is First Nation to Extract ‘Frozen Gas’ From Seabed

Russia Today I n a move to lessen its dependency on fuel imports, Japan has succeeded in extracting gas from undersea frozen gas deposits,...

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