The discovery was made by an expedition of Moscow and Primorskiy Province researchers estimating its methane reserves
at c 3 bn t, Alexander Gressov (Institute of Peace Ocean Studies of Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science, researcher) informs.
Apart from the discovery of large coking coal and methane deposits, the geologists found many traces of oil reserves below. The researchers plan to examine the hypothesis in near future, he adds.