SEOUL, April 22 (UPI) -- South Korea is looking at gas hydrate deposits and other offshore reserves in an effort to wean itself from foreign energy reserves, a government official said.
State-run Korean National Oil Corp. is the fifth-largest crude oil importer in the world, taking in all of the energy requirements for the South Korean economy. An official in the energy ministry told the Platts news service on condition of anonymity an unknown quantity of gas hydrates may lie off the South Korean coast.