The tendency of gas hydrates to dissociate and release methane, which can be a hazard, is the same characteristic that research and development efforts strive to enhance so that methane can be produced. The potential rewards of releasing methane from gas hydrate fields must be balanced with the risks. Most methane hydrate deposits are located in seafloor sediments. That means drilling rigs must be able to reach down through more than 1,600 feet (500 meters) of water and then, because hydrates

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... e generally located far underground, another several thousand feet before they can begin extraction. Even if you can situate a rig safely, methane hydrate is unstable once it's removed from the high pressures and low temperatures of the deep sea. Methane begins to escape even as it's being transported to the surface. Unless there's a way to prevent this leakage of natural gas, extraction won't be efficient. The extraction of methane from natural gas hydrates while simultaneously storing carbon dioxide in them seems to be a promising approach to solve both problems at the same time. The objective of this paper is to identify the possible risks in production of methane gas from permafrost regions is studied in Both aspects of risk and benefit as well as the balance are very important in understanding the feasibility of CO 2 geological storage at specified situation of enhanced recovery of gas hydrates. Where the methane could be extracted and transported safely and efficiently.