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gas reservoirIn geology, a naturally occurring storage area, characteristically a folded rock formation, that traps and holds natural gas. The reservoir rock must be permeable and porous to contain the gas, and it has to be capped by impervious rock in order to form an effective seal and prevent the gas from escaping. Typical reservoir rocks are sedimentary and include sands, sandstones, arkoses, and fissured limestones and dolomites. In the U.S. and certain other countries, artificial gas reservoirs are being created from depleted oil and gas fields, particularly near salt domes and in sedimentary basins, to store gas during periods of low consumption for later use. gas reservoir [¦gas ¦rez·əv‚wär] (geology) An accumulation of natural gas found with or near accumulations of crude oil in the earth's crust. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Kashagan, a huge oil and gas reservoir in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian in the north, is the biggest petroleum discovery in the world since the 1960s. There is a big Khuff gas reservoir (in Iran also called Upper Dalan) beneath the Salman oilfield, an extension into Iranian waters of Abu Dhabi's Abu Al Bukhoosh field. Don't hold the confidence check bottle sampler on the MM1 probe or push in the calibration gas reservoir button for more than 5 seconds. |
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