Natural Gas My topic will be on natural gas, which is a combination of methane and various other hydrocarbons.In this assignment I'll be writing about natural gases formation,it's imports/exports,and a few other topics and facts about natural gas.This assignment will also include some pictures on what I wrote about (imports) and the references on natural gas from where I got my information at the beginning of this report. So that's a little paragraph summarizing what types of things will be on this paper for the topic of natural gas.
Natural gas is used in to create many different things.They are steel, glass, paper, clothing, brick, electricity, and as a necessary raw resource for many everyday products.Paints, fertilizer, plastics, antifreeze, dyes, photographic film, medicines, and even explosives are some of the different products that use natural gas as a raw material. Natural gas is use for so many products, it's the main source of heating fuel for most people in the United States of America. Not only is natural gas used to power heating fuel, but cooling and urban mass transportation systems, but also in a safe and dependable manner. At least once a day people end up using this source of energy in some way.
The United States produces so much natural gas the USA is a "net importer" which means it imports more natural gas then it exports. Although natural gas imports decreased, because of a problem in its production. On the other hand exports of natural gas increased in 2012, Canada accounted for 61% of natural gas and Mexico accounted for 39% of natural gas since most of the USA natural gas goes to Canada and Mexico anyway. To get all this natural gas back and forth they need to have some type of transportation. To get natural gas around, there are a system of 210 gas pipelines, natural gas is also liquefied then transferred on massive ships. That's a little on imports/exports of natural gas.
The formation of natural gas is a very interesting process to learn about. It all starts millions of years ago with the remains of plants and animals or diatoms that decayed and pile up into layers. After a while all that sand and silt turn to rock, shelter organic material, and confine it under the rock. Soon the pressure and heat changed some of this organic material into coil,oil(petroleum), and finally natural gas or small bubbles of odorless gas.Natural gases process is long and in its own way, complex.
Natural gas has many features that make it clean, efficient, and an economical energy source. On the other hand there are problems with safety and the environment.Various areas that are being explored for natural gas production are too pristine and or are wilderness areas. If there was construction an these areas it would cause huge effects on the areas features. These features include environment,wildlife, and human/animal populations. That's why its hard to set up productions in good places for natural gas, since I said before that it's a safe and efficient fossil fuel.
Three images, all about Petroleum & Natural Gas Formation.The first image is about the Ocean 300 to 400 million years ago. Tiny sea plants and animals died and were buried on the ocean floor. Over time, they were covered by layers of sand and silt.The second image is about the Ocean 50 to 100 million years ago. Over millions of years, the remains were buried deeper and deeper. The enormous heat and pressure turned them into oil and gas.The third image is about Oil & Gas Deposits. Today, we drill down through layers of sand, silt, and rock to reach the rock formations that contain oil and gas deposits.
Period 2 - References
- http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/
3. http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=natural_gas_home-basics US Energy Information Administration (energy kids)http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/energy-overview/natural-gas/
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Natural Gas
My topic will be on natural gas, which is a combination of methane and various other hydrocarbons.In this assignment I'll be writing about natural gases formation,it's imports/exports,and a few other topics and facts about natural gas.This assignment will also include some pictures on what I wrote about (imports) and the references on natural gas from where I got my information at the beginning of this report. So that's a little paragraph summarizing what types of things will be on this paper for the topic of natural gas.
Natural gas is used in to create many different things.They are steel, glass, paper, clothing, brick, electricity, and as a necessary raw resource for many everyday products.Paints, fertilizer, plastics, antifreeze, dyes, photographic film, medicines, and even explosives are some of the different products that use natural gas as a raw material. Natural gas is use for so many products, it's the main source of heating fuel for most people in the United States of America. Not only is natural gas used to power heating fuel, but cooling and urban mass transportation systems, but also in a safe and dependable manner. At least once a day people end up using this source of energy in some way.
The United States produces so much natural gas the USA is a "net importer" which means it imports more natural gas then it exports. Although natural gas imports decreased, because of a problem in its production. On the other hand exports of natural gas increased in 2012, Canada accounted for 61% of natural gas and Mexico accounted for 39% of natural gas since most of the USA natural gas goes to Canada and Mexico anyway. To get all this natural gas back and forth they need to have some type of transportation. To get natural gas around, there are a system of 210 gas pipelines, natural gas is also liquefied then transferred on massive ships. That's a little on imports/exports of natural gas.
The formation of natural gas is a very interesting process to learn about. It all starts millions of years ago with the remains of plants and animals or diatoms that decayed and pile up into layers. After a while all that sand and silt turn to rock, shelter organic material, and confine it under the rock. Soon the pressure and heat changed some of this organic material into coil,oil(petroleum), and finally natural gas or small bubbles of odorless gas.Natural gases process is long and in its own way, complex.
Natural gas has many features that make it clean, efficient, and an economical energy source. On the other hand there are problems with safety and the environment.Various areas that are being explored for natural gas production are too pristine and or are wilderness areas. If there was construction an these areas it would cause huge effects on the areas features. These features include environment,wildlife, and human/animal populations. That's why its hard to set up productions in good places for natural gas, since I said before that it's a safe and efficient fossil fuel.