日本および世界の水溶性天然ガス開発の概観

抄録

Natural gas is one of the important energy resource compairing with petroleum, coal and nuclear energy. Water dissolved natural gas accounts for one fourth of the natural gas production in Japan. In this paper, we present the geology and development technology of water dissolved natural gas in Japan, especially of Minami Kanto and Niigata gas fields. The situation of water dissolved natural gas development in the world is also presented.