GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
extraction de gaz naturel
Definition

The tapping of natural gas from wells located under the sea and in general from underground sources often in association with petroleum deposits; it is used as a fuel, having largely replaced coal-gas for this purpose, and as a source of intermediates for organic synthesis.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5505