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shale gases

shale gases is the plural of shale gas.

Meaning of shale gas

Noun

shale gas (countable and uncountable, plural shale gases)

  1. Natural gas extracted from shale.
    • 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...2012 November 12, Fiona Harvey, “US can become world's biggest oil producer in a decade, says IEA”, in The Guardian

Questions about shale gases

What is shale gases the plural of?
Shale gases is the plural of shale gas.

Words near shale gases in the dictionary

  1. shalder
  2. shalders
  3. Shaldon
  4. shale
  5. shale gas
  6. shale gases
  7. shale oil
  8. shale oils
  9. shale pit
  10. shale pits
  11. shale shaker

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