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RESSOURCES HYDROCARBURES NON CONVENTIONNELS [1 record]

Record 1 2017-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
CONT

The Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources ... has been extremely active in encouraging the responsible development of [Canada's] unconventional hydrocarbon resources, focusing on shale gas, light tight oil, gas hydrates, natural gas from coal, tight gas sands and carbonates.

CONT

... coal-bed methane, shale gas, fractured reservoirs, tight oil, oil shales, tight gas, and gas hydrates are all considered unconventional resources ...

OBS

unconventional hydrocarbon resource; unconventional resource; non-conventional hydrocarbon resource; non-conventional resource: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • unconventional hydrocarbon resources
  • unconventional resources
  • non-conventional hydrocarbon resources
  • non-conventional resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
CONT

Les ressources non classiques désignent les hydrocarbures emprisonnés dans les couches peu perméables du bassin sédimentaire, dont la mise en valeur passe par la fracturation hydraulique ainsi que les sables bitumineux dans lesquels les hydrocarbures se présentent sous forme visqueuse ou solide, intimement liés à du sable et de l'argile.

OBS

ressource en hydrocarbures non classiques; ressource d'hydrocarbures non classiques; ressource non classique; ressource en hydrocarbures non conventionnels; ressource d'hydrocarbures non conventionnels; ressource non conventionnelle : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • ressource en hydrocarbures non classiques
  • ressources d'hydrocarbures non classiques
  • ressources non classiques
  • ressources en hydrocarbures non conventionnels
  • ressources d'hydrocarbures non conventionnels
  • ressources non conventionnelles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Extracción de petróleo y gas natural
CONT

Los recursos no convencionales son hidrocarburos que se encuentran en unas condiciones que no permiten el movimiento del fluido, bien por estar atrapados en rocas poco permeables o por tratarse de petróleos de muy alta viscosidad.

OBS

recurso de hidrocarburos no convencionales; recurso no convencional: términos utilizados generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • recursos de hidrocarburos no convencionales
  • recursos no convencionales
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