AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON OFF-SHORE HYDROCARBON LEAKS?

摘要

As the world's known resources of hydrocarbons are diminishing,there has been an increase in the search for and attempted recovery of oil and gas from off-shore wells.Some estimates suggest that there are currently over 1,500 off-shore oil and gas installations worldwide1.And on 2 May 2012,Steven Chu,the United States Secretary for Energy,announced the success of a proof of concept test for the extraction of natural gas from frozen methane hydrate.