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The companies will begin producing gas from two areas of the Xihu trough, which is offshore, about 250 miles southeast of Shanghai, and explore three more areas of the trough.

A report this September, co-authored by the economist Gabriel Zucman, estimates about 10% of global GDP - the way we measure the size of the world's economy - is held offshore, about $7.8tn£6tntn).

Although it was centred near a different fault zone, the earthquake was classified as an aftershock of the 11 March Tōhoku earthquake, which occurred offshore about 235 km (145 mi) to its northeast.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of the country "catastrophe zones" in the wake of the magnitude 8.8 quake, which was centered offshore, about 70 miles north of the port city of Concepcion.

"We have to do more education work about offshore wind, about clean energy in general, and make sure the average person knows what the benefits are and what the risks are," he said.

For example, General Electric Corp. offshored about 70% of its technology needs; Motorola was increasing the staff in its technology research operations in Beijing, while Intel was doing the same in Russia.

In Japan, hydrates in the Sea of Kumano are found about 30km offshore in about 100 metres of water and at a depth below the seabed of 200 metres, making it difficult to mine the unstable hydrates.

"The debate is not about near-shore versus offshore but about effective global sourcing outsourcing to the right location, with the right skill, where it makes most economic sense," says B.G. Srinivas, head of Infosys' Europe, Middle East and Africa division.

That is likely to have cost the offshore industry about £300m and the government about £170m in lost tax.There have been more expensive strikes.

The owners of bonds issued by one offshore subsidiary received about 20 cents on the dollar.

And, finally, how about offshore drilling company Transocean?