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Underground natural gas storage

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002363

The use of sub-surface facilities for storing natural gas for use at a later time. The facilities are usually hollowed-out salt domes, geological reservoirs (depleted oil or gas fields) or water-bearing sands (called aquifers) topped by an impermeable cap rock.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002363
FieldEnergy
SubjectNatural gas
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002363",
  "term": "Underground natural gas storage",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The use of sub-surface facilities for storing natural gas for use at a later time. The facilities are usually hollowed-out salt domes, geological reservoirs (depleted oil or gas fields) or water-bearing sands (called aquifers) topped by an impermeable cap rock.",
  "subject": "Natural gas",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/underground-natural-gas-storage/"
}

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