"shale gas" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shale gases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shale gas (countable and uncountable, plural shale gases)
  1. Natural gas extracted from shale. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Natural resources Related terms: fracking Translations (natural gas): թերթաքարային գազ (tʻertʻakʻarayin gaz) (Armenian), 頁岩氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 页岩气 (yèyánqì) (Chinese Mandarin), schaliegas [neuter] (Dutch), liuskekaasu (Finnish), gaz de schiste [masculine] (French), Schiefergas [neuter] (German), palagáz (Hungarian), シェールガス (shērugasu) (Japanese), skifergass [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skifergass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gaz łupkowy [masculine] (Polish), gás de xisto [masculine] (Portuguese), сла́нцевый газ (sláncevyj gaz) [masculine] (Russian)

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