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Gas hydrates have been commonly mentioned as potentially vast sources of [[natural gas]]. The high cost and the technical, operational, and environmental problems of recovering gas from these reservoirs make them unlikely sources of gas for many years to come, certainly as long as cheaper, more readily produced sources of gas are available.

Gas hydrates have been commonly mentioned as potentially vast sources of [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/n/natural_gas.aspx natural gas]. The high cost and the technical, operational, and environmental problems of recovering gas from these reservoirs make them unlikely sources of gas for many years to come, certainly as long as cheaper, more readily produced sources of gas are available.

[[file:USGSgashydratemap014.jpg|thumb|300px|Known and inferred locations of gas hydrate occurrence. [http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/primer.html Map compiled by the USGS].]]

[[file:USGSgashydratemap014.jpg|thumb|300px|Known and inferred locations of gas hydrate occurrence. [http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/primer.html Map compiled by the USGS].]]