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Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority

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Figure 2. Worldwide locations of known (encircled cross) and inferred (solid circles)<br />

methane hydrates in oceanic sediments and in continental permafrost regions (modified<br />

after Kvenvolden 12, additional input from Veerayya et al. 13, Directorate General of<br />

Hydrocarbons 14, Verma et al. 15, Gas <strong>Authority</strong> of India Limited 16)<br />

2.2. Preliminary global resource estimate<br />

Gas hydrates in oceanic sediments may in fact comprise the Earth's<br />

largest fossil-fuel reservoir (Figure 3).<br />

Figure 3. Reservoirs of organic carbon in the Earth (adapted after Kvenvolden 2; Suess 10)<br />

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