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shale gas en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) Natural gas extracted from shale.
   • 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. 2013 January 16, Fiona Harvey, “Peak oil theories 'increasingly groundless', says BP chief”, in the Guardian:
   • 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. 2019 August 20, Jillian Ambrose, “UK shale gas reserves may be fraction of what is claimed – study”, in The Guardian:
   • 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. 2012 November 12, Fiona Harvey, “US can become world's biggest oil producer in a decade, says IEA”, in The Guardian:

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shale oil

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fracking

Translations (16)

pl gaz łupkowy (natural gas) · de Schiefergas (natural gas) · ru сла́нцевый газ (natural gas) · hy թերթաքարային գազ (natural gas) · pt gás de xisto (natural gas) · fi liuskekaasu (natural gas) · za heiq rin'gyap (natural gas) · fr gaz de schiste (natural gas) · nb skifergass (natural gas) · ja シェールガス (natural gas) · nn skifergass (natural gas) · cmn 頁岩氣 /页岩气 (natural gas) · nl schaliegas (natural gas) · hu palagáz (natural gas) · tr kaya gazı (natural gas) · bg ши́стов газ (natural gas)