According to Reuters, the energy department recently had successfully test a from Alaska ice smoking the structure proposed new method of natural gas.

The United States department of energy, conocophillips and Japan's national and metal mineral oil and gas companies to develop a kind of extraction methane hydrate method. Methane hydrate distributed in the deep-sea sediments of or terrestrial permafrost, from natural gas and water in high pressure of the formation of the low temperature of the crystallization of icy material. Because of its appearance like ice, and the case of fire can be burning, so also known as flammable gas and solid ice or ice.

Development methane hydrate or a significant increase in the U.S. natural gas production, but so far, has not developed a economically feasible extraction methods.

The department of energy is seeking to develop a test to methane hydrate crystals with carbon dioxide and nitrogen in order to get into the method of these resources. Through this kind of means can help reduce the pressure of hydrate.