China Central Television reported that with reference to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China that oil workers from China were the first who was able to extract "combustible ice" from the ocean floor - hydrate of natural gas, "Izvestia".

The Ministry of Land and Resources of China also stressed that such a breakthrough could lead to an energy revolution around the world.

It is reported that the samples were raised from a depth of more than 1.

2 km, the 200-meter underwater well itself is located in the South China Sea 285 km southeast of Hong Kong.

It is specified that 1 cubic meter of this substance is equivalent to 160 cube. Of natural gas in the gaseous state (on 100 liters of gas the car can travel 300 km, while 100 liters of "fuel of ice" - 50 thousand. Km).

It is known that other countries, in particular Canada and Japan, are engaged in similar projects for the extraction of natural resources, but "combustible ice" managed to extract only China from the seabed.