Natural Gas
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Conventional vs. Unconventional Natural Gas
Conventional Gas - easy gas in reservoirs; unconventional - hard to extract (oil shale) needs fracking (hydraulic fracking)
conventional gas
crude oil wells - wet natural gas (CH4) + ethane/propane/butane & H2O - Dry consumer-grade natural gas or pipeline quality OR natural gas plant liquid
Ethane/ propane/ butane are __
NGLs
Natural gas is
colorless, odorless, tasteless
what is added to natural gas to detect leaks and smells like rotten eggs
merceptum
Shale can contain ___ and how many states is it found in?
oil and natural gas; 30
Which shale in TX has been producing natural gas for 10+ years
Barrett Shale
Which shale in the appalachian basin is the largest source of natural gas from shale
Marcellus Shale
Natural Gas producing states
Texas - 25% Pennsylvania - 22% Louisiana - 10% West Virginia - 7% Oklahoma - 7% Gulf - 2%
Which country is the #1 natural gas producer
United States
True or False natural gas is very unsafe fossil fuel
false, it is relatively clean
Ordering of CO2 emissions of fossil fuels from Most - Least
Coal, Fuel Oil, Natural Gas