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Japan begins world's first offshore test mining of methane hydrate

BY MARI FUJISAKI STAFF WRITER

photo:The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in February 2012 prepares for production testing following its arrival in waters 80 kilometers south-southeast of the Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in February 2012 prepares for production testing following its arrival in waters 80 kilometers south-southeast of the Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Government-affiliated Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. has begun the world's first offshore test mining of methane hydrate from seabed layers, in an effort to tap into a potential new fuel resource.

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