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US-India study discovers large gas hydrate presence

02/18/2008
By NINA RACH
An international team led by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and India’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons released the results Feb. 7 of what they describe as the world’s most comprehensive gas hydrate field venture to date.In the Krishna-Godavari basin, India’s National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP) Expedition 01 in 2006 delineated and sampled one of the richest marine gas hydrate accumulations ever discovered. The report said one of the thickest and deepest gas hydrate occurrences yet known was discovered off the Andaman Islands, with gas hydrate-bearing volcanic ash layers as deep as 600 m below the seafloor. It also said, “For the first time, a fully developed ...
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