(MENAFN- QNA) The Japanese government has succeeded in extracting samples of a next-generation resource called methane hydrate from the seabed in the Sea of Japan off northern Japan, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said Thursday.
Researchers conducted drilling surveys and were able to obtain samples of the "fiery ice" under the ocean floor off Niigata Prefecture north of Tokyo as well as the two northern Japan prefectures of Akita and Yamagata. The samples collected were up to 1 meter thick, according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency.
The agency, an arm of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, will continue its three-year survey through fiscal 2015 on methane hydrate an ice-like substance consisting of methane and water and aims to assess the amount of reserves in the Sea of Japan.
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