natural gas reserves
Subterranean fuel deposits
Natural gas reserves are the estimated quantities of natural gas that geological and engineering data indicate can be recovered from known underground deposits under existing economic and operating conditions.
Countries and energy companies report reserves to assess energy security and asset value: The discovery doubled the nation's natural gas reserves.
Proved reserves are those with reasonable certainty of extraction; probable and possible reserves carry progressively less certainty.
- coalbed methaneNatural gas from coal deposits
- drilling rigsEquipment for boring wells
- carbon emissionsReleased greenhouse gases
- methane leaksUnintended gas releases
- directional drillingSteering boreholes at angles
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Self-replenishing natural power
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Exhausting available materials gradually
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