Joint India, U.S. Expedition Discovers Natural Gas Reserve in Indian Ocean

摘要

A joint expedition by India and the U.S. discovered a major deposit of natural gas in the Indian Ocean, offering the potential to significantly expand energy production in a region that is currently a big importer. India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the U.S. Geological Survey struck a large, highly enriched deposit of natural gas hydrate-an icy form of the fuel-in the Bay of Bengal off the country's East Coast, potentially the first producible reserve of its kind in the waters, the U.S. agency said in a statement July 25.