China successfully mines flammable ice from the South Sea | Mining.com

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After all, this was the motivation for claiming the South China Sea. I always thought what is so important about this region that the parties are squabbling over it?

280 trillion cubic metres is a lot of energy.

We have fortune in Indian ocean also our forces should be ready to defend it
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/en...vered-in-the-Indian-Ocean/article14509657.ece
http://www.moes.gov.in/programmes/gas-hydrates