Japan reported the successful extraction of natural gas from frozen methane hydrate.Methane hydrates - a crystalline compound of water and methane.Their deposits are located 50 km from the coast of Japan. Methane hydrate is in the deep ocean, only one Japanese waters Nankai can provide 1.1 trillion cubic meters of gas - equivalent to 11 years of imports in this country! news that can turn the status quo in the energy world market. Not very good news for Russia ( World reserves of methane hydrate estimated 2,500 gigatons of carbon for example, traditional hydrocarbons (oil and gas) is estimated to be "only" 230 gigatons!