The Base has long been engaged in the research and development (R&D) of key technologies for safe and efficient exploitation of natural gas hydrate.It has established a long-term mechanism for cooperation and exchange and joint talent training with related international institutions, enjoying a profound influence in international R&D of natural gas hydrate. In recent years, aiming at China’s major needs for exploitation of natural gas hydrate in the South China Sea, the Base has carried out related research on basic theories and experiments focusing on the safety and efficiency of natural gas hydrate exploitation, and formed its distinctive features in research.
So far, the Base has established long-term cooperation with more than 20 internationally renowned scholars from the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia, Singapore and other countries. Over the past five years, 36 overseas scholars have been invited to the Base for lectures and visits. The cooperation has yielded fruitful results, including being awarded a second prize of the National Natural Science Award, a first prize of theScience Research Famous Achievement Award in Higher Institution, and a first prize of the Liaoning Provincial Technological Invention Award, publishing more than 440 SCI papers, and cultivating 7 state-level young talents, and 13 provincial and ministerial-level talents. These related theoretical and technological achievements play an important role in China’s two pilot exploitations of natural gas hydrate in the South China Sea.
