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What does natural gas mean?

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Noun
  1. A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
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The Texas coast is home to a quarter of the country's oil refineries and is also the source of much of the country's natural gas.
Scotland is surrounded by the North Sea, offering fish, oil and natural gas, and potentially tidal and wave power.
And this time, the U.S. is finally beginning to run out of domestic oil and easily recoverable natural gas.
In American homes, natural gas is used in furnaces, stoves, water heaters, clothes dryers, and other appliances.
Other mineral resources include wolframite, gold and unexploited natural gas reserves.
We have vast untapped potential in hydro power and in natural gas from the Arctic.

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