shale gas
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]shale gas (countable and uncountable, plural shale gases)
- Natural gas extracted from shale.
- Coordinate term: shale oil
- 2012 November 12, Fiona Harvey, “US can become world's biggest oil producer in a decade, says IEA”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In a report released on Monday, the world's foremost energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA), said the US would benefit from so-called unconventional sources of oil and gas, including shale gas and shale oil, derived from fracking – blasting dense rocks apart to release the fossil fuels trapped within.
- 2013 January 16, Fiona Harvey, “Peak oil theories 'increasingly groundless', says BP chief”, in the Guardian[2]:
- The shale gas boom of the past five years took the US by surprise. Gas prices there have plunged and electricity production is shifting fast from coal to gas-fired power stations. This has had a huge effect on all parts of the US economy, and is changing politics globally.
- 2019 August 20, Jillian Ambrose, “UK shale gas reserves may be fraction of what is claimed – study”, in The Guardian[3]:
- The UK’s underground shale gas reserves may deliver only a fraction of the gas promised by fracking firms and government ministers, according to a study.
Translations
[edit]natural gas
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