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shale gas

natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations
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shale gas

Summary

shale gas ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shale gas is a type of unconventional gas[2].
  • shale gas's Commons category is recorded as Shale gas[3].
  • shale gas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shale gas[4].
  • shale gas's topic has template is recorded as Template:Shale gas[5].
  • shale gas's different from is recorded as shale oil[6].
  • shale gas's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[7].

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Definition and Type

shale gas is a type of unconventional gas[2].

Why It Matters

shale gas ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Climate change
    Subclass of → unconventional gas
    Topic's main category → Category:Shale gas
    Different from → shale oil
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27353, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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