### Question
What does unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource mean?


### Answer
**Unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 16377*:

> natural gas and other petroleum resource located onshore in an economically inaccessible geological formation, including resources of small producers

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 16377*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 149-NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER IX-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT > Part J-Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources**

