gas fields

drilling

Hole-making by rotation

• explorationTraveling through unknown regions
• reservoirsBodies storing water supply
• frackingExtracting gas via pressure

rigs · derricks · offshore · onshore · seismology · wellhead · casing · perforation · completion · production

sedimentary

Formed from deposited material

• formationsArranged structures or patterns
• permeableAllowing substances through
• porousAllowing passage of fluids

traps · seals · source rock · shale · sandstone · limestone · anticline · fault · stratigraphy · basin

North Sea

Atlantic extension near Britain

• MarcellusRoman masculine name
• GroningenDutch northern provincial capital
• QatarGulf peninsula emirate

Sichuan · Gulf of Mexico · Barnett · Utica · Turkmenistan · Algeria

pipelines

Tubes for transporting fluids

• refineriesFacilities that purify raw materials
• processing plantsFacilities transforming raw materials
• storage facilitiesSpaces for keeping items

liquefaction · terminals · distribution networks · transmission lines · separators

emissions

Substances released into air

• flaringExpanding outward suddenly
• carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
• land reclamationCreating ground from water

spills · monitoring · regulations · remediation · venting · air quality · habitat disruption · seismic activity · water usage

leases

Contracts granting temporary use

• royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
• concessionsThings granted or yielded
• exportsGoods sold abroad

revenue · investment · commodities · futures · market price · subsidies · taxation · contracts · bidding · licensing

• Sakhalincoal deposits, fishing industry, salmon fishing, crab fishing, oil industry
• energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, battery
• petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oilfields
• Middle East resourcescrude oil, petroleum, oil reserves, oil wells, dates
• Russian ArcticMurmansk, tundra, permafrost, Northern Sea Route, polar bear
• energy regionsNorth Sea, Middle East, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Marcellus