Research Status of Natural Gas Hydrate in China

The natural gas hydrate is a clean, efficient and abundant energy sources. Accordingly some countries give their attention to it and research by mint fund and manpower. However our country is late in this field. The researchers commenced their study in the end of 80’s, when they made vast pilot study such as investigation and data processing. With the support of our country, at the beginning of 90's natural gas hydrates was artificially synthesized for the first time, and at this century the mineral resources of natural gas hydrate was detected in the East China Sea and the South China Sea .At the same time the researchers made great research on the mechanism of formation, dynamic mechanism and formation conditions. However we are confronted with the problem of exploitation and the greenhouse urgently.