Sentences with phrase «methane hydrates began»

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China, India, and South Korea have begun methane hydrate drilling projects, and Japan has invested a billion dollars in a test production program.

Nonetheless, the Japanese and Korean governments say they intend to begin commercial production of methane from gas hydrates within the decade, barring any major environmental concerns or technical obstacles.

Some of the methane hydrates in the Arctic and upper continental slopes such as the northern Pacific Ocean are beginning to thaw as temperatures rise.

One possible explanation; Berndt thinks that two things may be going on at once: a slow leak of methane that's been going on for hundreds of years, and also the beginning of the hydrate breakup that scientists have been worried about.

Methane hydrates were discovered in Russia in the 1960s, and studies for extracting gas from it emerged at the beginning of the 21st century.

Berndt thinks that two things may be going on at once: a slow leak of methane that's been going on for hundreds of years, and also the beginning of the hydrate breakup that scientists have been worried about...»