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Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable.

Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering or bedding less than one centimeter in thickness, called fissility.

Mudstones, on the other hand, are similar in composition but do not show the fissility.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane C2H6) that has been converted to liquid form for ease of storage or transport.

It takes up about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in the gaseous state.

It is odorless, colorless, toxic and non-corrosive.

Hazards include flammability after vaporization into a gaseous state, freezing and asphyxia.

The liquefaction process involves removal of certain components, such as dust, acid gases, helium, water, and heavy hydrocarbons, which could cause difficulty downstream.

The natural gas is then condensed into a liquid at close to atmospheric pressure by cooling it to approximately; maximum transport pressure is set at around.

The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.

The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol).

Petroleum (oil) is also the raw material for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, and plastics.

The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream, midstream and downstream.

Midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category.

An oil well is a boring in the Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface.

Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil.

A well that is designed to produce mainly or only gas may be termed a gas well.

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream, midstream and downstream.

The upstream oil sector is also commonly known as the exploration and production (E&P) sector.