Gas hydrate found in the Bay of Bengal

The Maritime Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has found the existence of gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal.

The head of the research unit Khurshid Alam made the disclosure at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. The foreign minister and the state minister were also present at the time.

Khurshid Alam said, "We have not been able to survey the whole area yet. However, as far as we are concerned, we estimate that about 17 to 103 trillion cubic TCF gas hydrates are over there."

He said that the gas hydrant is solidified methane gas.

Besides, there is huge potential for commercial production and processing of seaweed in the Bay of Bengal, said the ministry after conducting research.

With the help of the Netherland and the UK, both of the researches were conducted in coordination with concerned ministries.