Other gas

Other gas
  Includes manufactured gas, coke-oven gas, blast-furnace gas, and refinery gas. Manufactured gas is obtained by distillation of coal, by the thermal decomposition of oil, or by the reaction of steam passing through a bed of heated coal or coke.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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