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Indo – Russian Centre for gas hydrates

To cater the scientific need and to gain experience for the exploration activity for gas hydrates in India, joint collaborative program between Russia and India was envisaged.  Joint collaborative research activity shall deliver new pathways for the gas hydrate studies which is still at its infancy in global scenario. Following are the major projects under the Centre.

1. Geology of gas hydrates (NIO)   2. Natural processes involving gas hydrates (NGRI) 3. Estimations and modeling of gas hydrates resources (NGRI) 4. Physical, chemical, mechanical and other basic properties of gas hydrates (NGRI) 5. Technology of recovery, purification and transportation of gas from gas hydrates deposits (NIOT) 6. Ecological aspects of gas hydrates processing (NIO) 7. Economics of gas hydrates resources exploitation (NIO) 8. Joint research of Gas Hydrate in Lake Baikal and its application to Indian conditions (NIOT) 9. Design and develop necessary instruments and observing devices to address above mentioned scientific and technical problems (NIOT)

To implement the above projects an “Indo Russian Centre for Gas Hydrate Studies (IRCGHS)” is established at NIOT, Chennai as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Russian Academy of sciences (RAS), Russia and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.