Huge Energy Potential: Gas Hydrates Shown Harvestable in Fed Test

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By SEAN COCKERHAMAnchorage Daily News WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy has completed an unprecedented successful test of harvesting the vast storehouse of methane hydrates on Alaska’s North Slope, essentially natural gas locked in ice crystals under the permafrost. It is still a long way from being commercial but …