Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN), or MinRes, has unveiled the maiden oil and gas estimates for hydrocarbon deposit volumes at its WA-based Lockyer and Erregulla gas projects. The WA-based miner has, in relatively recent history, forayed into local gas production as the company is believed to want its own gas sources to power mining operations. The company has been coughing up for gas exploration this year and in 2023 was saddling up to take a stake in assets alongside Gina Rinehart who, for her purposes, wants gas the same reason MinRes does. So, what idea does MinRes have of what it’s got undergro…