The Guangzhou Marine¹ Geological Survey Bureau has announced that it successfully completed an expedition to explore an area in the South China Sea believed to be rich in deposits of gas hydrate, better known as flammable ice.

 

广州市海洋地质调查局宣布，已经完成对南海某区域的勘探工作，该区域可能蕴含丰富的气体水合物，俗称可燃冰。
 

 

Two oceanic research vessels², Ocean No. 6 and Tansuo-1, met at an area called Seahorse Cold Spring. This exploratory mission was conducted by two domestically-built submersibles, the remote-controlled Seahorse and the manned Deep Sea Warrior³. It is the first time that China has employed two domestically-produced submersibles on a coordinated⁴ deep sea mission.

 

The Seahorse Cold Spring is the first large cold spring of its type discovered in China. China is one of only three countries in the world undertaking⁵ research into gas hydrate extraction, the other two being the United States and Japan. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, gas hydrate represents a vast untapped energy source that is estimated to hold more carbon than all the world's other fossil fuels combined.

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