Where Natural Gas Comes From
In short: How buried organic matter, heat, pressure and microbes create methane-rich natural gas, where it gets trapped underground, and how it is processed and carried to consumers.
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Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Natural gas explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Natural gas - Composition, Properties, Uses | Britannica”; OPIS, A Dow Jones Company, “NGL or LPG or LNG – Definitions and Common Uses - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company”; Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature), “Thermogenic methane and hydrogen generation in subducted sediments of the Nankai Trough - Communications Earth & Environment”; Nature Index (Springer Nature), Nature Research Intelligence topic summary, “Characterization of Kerogen Structures in Oil Shales | Organic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index”; Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by J. Gholinezhad, J.S. Fianu and M. Galal Hassan, School of Engineering, University of Portsmouth (SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering, 201…, “Shale Gas Reservoirs—A Comparative Approach”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Delivery and storage of natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Natural gas explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Natural gas - Composition, Properties, Uses | Britannica · View →
- OPIS, A Dow Jones Company — NGL or LPG or LNG – Definitions and Common Uses - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company · View →
- Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature) — Thermogenic methane and hydrogen generation in subducted sediments of the Nankai Trough - Communications Earth & Environment · View →
- Nature Index (Springer Nature), Nature Research Intelligence topic summary — Characterization of Kerogen Structures in Oil Shales | Organic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by J. Gholinezhad, J.S. Fianu and M. Galal Hassan, School of Engineering, University of Portsmouth (SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering, 201… — Shale Gas Reservoirs—A Comparative Approach · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Delivery and storage of natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Natural gas explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Natural gas - Composition, Properties, Uses | Britannica
- Also: OPIS, A Dow Jones Company: NGL or LPG or LNG – Definitions and Common Uses - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company
- Also: Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature): Thermogenic methane and hydrogen generation in subducted sediments of the Nankai Trough - Communications Earth & Environment
- Also: Nature Index (Springer Nature), Nature Research Intelligence topic summary: Characterization of Kerogen Structures in Oil Shales | Organic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Cham), chapter by J. Gholinezhad, J.S. Fianu and M. Galal Hassan, School of Engineering, Univ: Shale Gas Reservoirs—A Comparative Approach
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Delivery and storage of natural gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica
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