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A person who has become rich by allowing natural gas to be extracted from a shale deposit situated below land they own.

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shaleionaire

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Source Word

shaleionaire

Japanese Meaning

自身の所有地の下にあるシェール層から天然ガス採取を許可することで富を得た人物

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After leasing his acreage to the energy company, the retired farmer became a bona fide shaleionaire almost overnight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

所有地をエネルギー会社に貸し出した後、その引退した農夫はほとんど一夜にして、地下のシェール層から天然ガスを採掘させることで裕福になった地権者になった。

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What we have here is a modern-day gold rush or, more correctly, a shale gas rush, which I have termed a shalenanza, which has created many shaleionaires (a term invented by someone else).

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

shaleionaires

（ plural ）

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