Abstract: This invention aims to provide a gas-hydrate extracting device and method whereby a high-performance jet fluid is injected from a nozzle at the tip of an extraction pipe inserted into a gas-hydrate stratum, and whereby said jet fluid breaks said stratum so as to form a gas-hydrate mixed fluid that is transferred to surface of the earth, and whereby the void resulting from the removal of said gas hydrate is filled with the components of said high-performance jet fluid and a void-refilling fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 16, 2004
Assignees:
Tobishima Corporation, Fuji Research Institute Corporation