Natural Gas

Natural gasBy Nicole Piazza + Austin Blodgett

Contents What is Natural Gas?What is in Natural Gas?Where does it come from?Renewable? Or not?What makes Natural Gas different from other fossil fuels?What is methane?Petroleum trapHow is Natural Gas formed?How was Natural Gas found?Who was the first to learn how to use it? And how did they use it?Is natural gas one of the cleanest forms of fossil fuels?What is Natural Gas used for?Total energy used.Result of.Pictures.Links.

What is Natural Gas?Natural gas is almost pure methane when in its in its purest form. Natural gas is colorless, shapeless, and odorless in its purest form.Its a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases.

What is in Natural Gas?Natural gas is made up of:70-90% Methane0-20% Ethane 0-20% propane0-20% butane0-8% Carbon dioxide 0-0.2% Oxygen 0-5% Nitrogen 0-5% Hydrogen SulphideTrace Rare GasesWhere does it come from?Natural gas is found underneath the surface of the earth.

Renewable? Or not?Natural gas is a non renewable source and takes centuries to be made.

What makes Natural gas different from other fossil fuels?Unlike Most other fossil fuels natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air.

What is methane?Methane is a molecule made up of one carbon atom and 4 hydrogen atoms and referred to as CH4