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gasfield

gasfield

4.2
An area of land where companies get natural gas from underground
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæsˌfiːld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : campo de gas
  • Engineers are working to extract natural gas from the vast gasfield located in the northern region.

Examples

  • At the public forum, uploaded to YouTube, Dr. Maher said: "The concentration of methane in the atmosphere at the gasfields is consistently higher than what we saw at the highest value in the local area."

    Blog text (17)

  • While methane levels in those areas did not get above 2.1 parts per million, in the CSG gasfield area the highest reading was 6.89 ppm.

    Blog text (17)

  • GRAPH: Figure 1. The Groningen Gasfield: Cumulative Production (1965 to date) and the Evolution of Proven and Probable Reserves (from discovery in 1959 to date).

    Academic text (1992)

  • The newly discovered gasfield off the coast could significantly boost the country's energy supply.

  • Current research is being conducted to assess the environmental impact of drilling in the local gasfield.

How Large

gasfield
  • Specialized
4.2
gas well
  • Specialized
8 3.7

Surface Forms

gasfield singular
gasfields plural

Morphology

gasfield = gas + field (transparent) = gas + field

The meaning is directly compositional: a field containing gas, which is a standard compound pattern in English.

Etymology

Gasfield combines gas 'air-like fuel' and field 'open land', so think of a gasfield as a kind of 'farm' where, instead of crops, gas is found under the ground and taken out.