After The Shale Oil Gas Revolution, Offshore Frozen Methane Extraction

Posted by Milton Recht:

From BBC News, "Japan extracts gas from methane hydrate in world first:"

Japan says it has successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane hydrate off its central coast, in a world first.

Methane hydrates, or clathrates, are a type of frozen "cage" of molecules of methane and water.***Other countries including Canada, the US and China have been looking into ways of exploiting methane hydrate deposits as well.***Offshore deposits present a potentially enormous source of methane but also some environmental concern....