US government scientists said they've returned from a 15-day expedition during which they collected seismic data and imagery of sediments known to contain high saturations of gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico.

摘要

In 2009, a collaboration between the US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey, an energy research consortium led by Chevron and the now-defunct US Minerals Management Service drilled at three sites in the Gulf of Mexico, discovering hydrate-bearing sands at two of them.