The next frontier in resource extraction in the region may be

A) oil-tar sands
B) deep -sea mining
C) the generation of electricity from tidal currents
D) hydraulic fracking
E) wind turbines erected on platforms erected in deep oceanic waters


B) deep -sea mining

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