中国石化新闻网讯 据海外媒体7月26日休斯敦报道,美国地质调查局(USGS)25日宣布,该局日前协助印度在孟加拉湾发现了一个大型高纯度的天然气水合物(可燃冰)矿床,这是在印度洋首次发现天然气水合物,这个发现具有可生产的潜力。
根据美国地质调查局,这个发现是世界上迄今为止最全面的天然气水合物野外探险成果。参与此次联合探险的科学家来自印度、日本和美国。
以印度为首的联合探险队进行了海洋钻井、常规沉积物取心、压力取心、井下测井和分析活动来评估印度海上天然气水合物的地质产状、地区环境和特点。
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India-Led Joint Expedition Finds Large Gas Hydrate Deposit in Bay of Bengal
RZnews.com
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Houston
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported Monday that it has assisted India in discovering a large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal -- the first of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible.
According to USGS, the find is the result of the most comprehensive gas hydrate field venture in the world to date, with participation of scientists from India, Japan and the U.S. The expedition conducted ocean drilling, conventional sediment coring, pressure coring, downhole logging and analytical activities to assess the geologic occurrence, regional context and characteristics of gas hydrate deposits in offshore India.