gas reserves
Underground fuel deposits
Gas reserves are quantities of natural gas that have been discovered and can be extracted economically with existing technology.
The term appears in energy policy, investment analysis, and geopolitics: The country's proven gas reserves could supply domestic needs for decades.
Reserves are classified by certainty—proven, probable, or possible—based on geological data and recovery likelihood.
- coalbed methaneNatural gas from coal deposits
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- oil and gasFossil fuel pair
- shale gasFuel from fine-grained formations
- fieldArea of specialty
pipe · supply chain · well · energy security · energy independence · peak oil · drill · horizontal drilling · deposit · carbon emissions · carbon footprint · drilling rigs · offshore platforms · rig · hydraulic fracturing · pipeline infrastructure · cavern · storage tanks
- natural resourcescrude oil, lumber, water, gas, air
- reservesreserve, fuel reserve, army reserve, naval reserve, gold reserve
- fuel reservespetroleum, crude oil, natural gas, strategic reserve, nuclear fuel
- Russian ArcticMurmansk, tundra, permafrost, Northern Sea Route, polar bear
- state assetsfederal land, public lands, state land, treasury bonds, government buildings
- natural gasBTU, CH4, therm, methane, LNG
gas reservesrenewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
renewable sources · renewables · renewable energy sources · renewable resources · solar power
gas reservesgas shortage
Insufficient petroleum supply
resource scarcity · supply shortage · resource depletion · dry wells · energy deficit
gas reservesgas consumption
Rate of fuel use
energy demand · gas usage · fuel consumption · energy expenditure