中国日报网英文版：China achieves major milestone in mining of combustible ice

The mining of combustible ice, a natural gas hydrate, is underway in the Shenhu area of the South China

Sea on June 9, 2017.

The yield of combustible ice reached 210,000 cubic meters as of June 10, the 31st day of the successful trial extraction of natural gas hydrate. [Photo/VCG] 

Photo taken on June 9, 2017, shows spraying of water at the trial mining site in the Shenhu area of the

South China Sea. China has succeeded in collecting samples of combustible ice in the South China Sea,

a major breakthrough that may lead to a global energy revolution, Minister of Land and Resources

Jiang Daming said on May 18, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Photo taken on June 9, 2017, shows combustible ice. The success marks a historic breakthrough after nearly 20 years of continuous efforts and independent innovations by China in theory, technology, engineering and equipment for natural gas hydrate exploration and exploitation. [Photo/VCG]   The mining of combustible ice, a natural gas hydrate, is underway in the Shenhu area of the South China Sea on June 9, 2017. China's reserves of combustible ice are estimated at 80 billion metric tons of oil equivalent, which suggests massive resource potential. [Photo/VCG]   Photo taken on June 9, 2017, shows workers on the trial mining site in the Shenhu area of the South China Sea. [Photo/VCG]