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Underground Coal Gasification: Trend Worth Watching
The well-known, tried and true technology may provide a way to gasify coal reserves underground. With adoption of shale-gas technologies, prices are falling. This bears watching.
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The well-known, tried and true technology may provide a way to gasify coal reserves underground. With adoption of shale-gas technologies, prices are falling. This bears watching.
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