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• Tight gas — is unconventional natural gas which is difficult to access because of the nature of the rock and sand surrounding the deposit. Because this gas is so much more difficult to extract than natural gas from other sources, hydraulic fracturing and… …   Wikipedia

• Sand casting — Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material. It is relatively cheap and sufficiently refractory even for steel foundry use. A suitable bonding agent (usually clay)… …   Wikipedia

• Natural gas — For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). Natural gas extraction by countries in cubic meters per year. Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons[1] …   Wikipedia

• History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas) — Natural gas has been used almost as long as crude oil in Canada, but its commercial development was not as rapid. This is because of special properties of this energy commodity: it is a gas, and it frequently contains impurities. The technical… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid gas — Due to the age of this content, you may be looking for: *liquid oxygen *liquid nitrogen *paramagnetism (oxygen) *superconducting metals *ferromagnetism (magnets) *liquified petroleum gasIn 1911Liquid gas: Low temperatures have very marked effects …   Wikipedia

• Shale gas — may also refer to gas generated from oil shaleShale gas is natural gas produced from shale. Because shales ordinarily have insufficient permeability to allow significant fluid flow to a well bore, most shales are not sources of natural gas. Shale …   Wikipedia

• Erdgas — Kugelgasbehälter Erdgas ist ein brennbares Naturgas, das in unterirdischen Lagerstätten vorkommt. Es tritt häufig zusammen mit Erdöl auf, da es auf ähnliche Weise entsteht. Erdgase bestehen hauptsächlich aus hochentzündlichem Methan,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Hydraulic Fracturing — Schiefergasbohrung im Pinedale Anticline Hydraulic Fracturing (engl.: to fracture = aufbrechen, aufreißen; auch „Fracking“[1], „Hydrofracking“, „Fraccing“[2], „Frac ing“ [3] oder „Frac Jobs“ genannt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium