Progresses of gas hydrate resources exploration in sea area

According to the project Gas Hydrate Resources Exploration in Sea Area organized by the China Geological Survey in recent years, the gas hydrate exploration in the northern South China Sea, environmental monitoring and evaluation and the research of gas hydrate accumulation theory, the key test-mining technology and experimental simulation were carried out. A large amount of basic data was obtained and a series of breakthroughs and original achievements were made. The gas hydrate reserves in sea area of our country were initially proved. All of these results provided a strong support for the implementation of test-mining work. This project fully supports the construction of the Natural Gas Hydrate Engineering Technology Center of China Geological Survey, Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Key Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources and Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrate. It promotes the deep integration of technological innovation and geological survey, and encourags the science progress of gas hydrate.