To produce usable gas, methane is separated from from a "cage" of ice by sucking out seawater to lower the surrounding pressure.
That is a very different situation than at Fukushima Daiichi, where the fuel in three reactors is thought to have burned holes in their immediately surrounding pressure vessels, and in one case to have fallen all the way through to the bottom of the outer containment vessel.
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Whereas the logistical hurdles surrounding ultradeep wells (mostly pressure-related) have scared off the likes of Exxon, Chevron has partnered with McMoRan Exploration to snap up dozens of leases in a government auction.
We may even be building our own personal value system when faced with the inherent pressure of questions surrounding everything from the proper utilization of money to the existence of Santa Claus.
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Over the past 12 months the share price of Vestas has collapsed almost 60%, and despite a short-lived rally in September, remains under pressure as fears surrounding the green energy sector continue to weigh.
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U.S. equity markets closed mostly lower Thursday as national safety issues surrounding bioterrorism concerns and weak corporate results put pressure on blue-chip stock investors.
"The main objective was to find an alternative income for the local community in the surrounding village and forest, and also relieve the pressure on the forest of people cutting timber, " says project manager Amiri Saidi.
But every day there are a number of people who become fascinating to us -- by virtue of their character, how they reached their decision, how they behaved under pressure, or because of the remarkable circumstances surrounding the event they are involved in.
The idea is that the pressure around a rotating turbine blade is lower than in the surrounding air.
Despite the situation surrounding Mr Jones, the members of the authority are also under political pressure, with several Welsh Conservative MPs announcing they believed it was time for them too to step down.
It sounds as though the events surrounding the IRS announcement can be partly attributed to this growth in applications and the pressure to uncover "sham" 501(c)(4) groups.
Argentina hooker Ledesma looked as though he had not managed to get the ball down under pressure from Mark van Gisbergen as he burrowed over in the corner with four tacklers surrounding him.
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