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Natural gas in the United States

Index Natural gas in the United States

Natural gas in the United States was the nation's largest source of energy production in 2016, representing 33 percent of all energy produced in the country. [1]

47 relations: American Petroleum Institute, Barnett Shale, Barrel of oil equivalent, BP, Butane, Chesapeake Energy, Coal gas, Compressed natural gas, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Devonian, Eagle Ford Group, Encana, Energy in the United States, EOG Resources, Ethane, Fayetteville Shale, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Fredonia, New York, Gasworks, Geological period, Haynesville Shale, Helium, Henry Hub, Hexane, Hydraulic fracturing in the United States, Hydrocarbon exploration, Liquefied natural gas, Liquefied petroleum gas, Marcellus natural gas trend, National Propane Gas Association, Natural gas, Natural Gas Act of 1938, Natural-gas condensate, Natural-gas processing, New York Mercantile Exchange, Pennsylvania State University, Petrochemical industry, Petroleum in the United States, Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin, Propane, Sulfur, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Wallace Pratt, Wattenberg Gas Field, Williams Companies.

American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry.

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Barnett Shale

The Barnett Shale is a geological formation located in the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin.

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Barrel of oil equivalent

The barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) is a unit of energy based on the approximate energy released by burning one barrel (42 U.S. gallons or 158.9873 litres) of crude oil.

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BP

BP plc (stylised as bp), formerly British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Butane

Butane is an organic compound with the formula C4H10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms.

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Chesapeake Energy

Chesapeake Energy Corporation is an American petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City.

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Coal gas

Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system.

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Compressed natural gas

Compressed natural gas (CNG) (methane stored at high pressure) is a fuel which can be used in place of gasoline (petrol), Diesel fuel and propane/LPG.

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ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States.

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Devon Energy

Devon Energy Corporation is an American independent natural gas, natural gas liquids, and petroleum exploration company focused on onshore exploration and production in North America.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.

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Eagle Ford Group

The Eagle Ford Group (also called the Eagle Ford Shale) is a sedimentary rock formation deposited during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late Cretaceous over much of the modern-day state of Texas.

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Encana

Encana Corporation produces, transports and markets natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs).

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Energy in the United States

The United States was the second-largest energy consumer in 2010 (after China) considering total use.

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EOG Resources

EOG Resources, Inc. (successor to Enron Oil & Gas Company) is an American petroleum and natural gas exploration company organized in Delaware and headquartered in the Heritage Plaza building in Houston, Texas.

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Ethane

Ethane is an organic chemical compound with chemical formula.

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Fayetteville Shale

The Fayetteville Shale is a geologic formation of Mississippian age (354–323 million years ago) composed of tight shale within the Arkoma basin of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce.

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Fredonia, New York

Fredonia is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.

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Gasworks

A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas.

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Geological period

A geological period is one of several subdivisions of geologic time enabling cross-referencing of rocks and geologic events from place to place.

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Haynesville Shale

The Haynesville Shale is an informal, popular name for a Jurassic Period rock formation that underlies large parts of southwestern Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, and East Texas.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2.

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Henry Hub

The Henry Hub is a distribution hub on the natural gas pipeline system in Erath, Louisiana, owned by, a subsidiary of who purchased the asset from Chevron Corporation in 2014.

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Hexane

Hexane is an alkane of six carbon atoms, with the chemical formula C6H14.

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Hydraulic fracturing in the United States

Hydraulic fracturing in the United States began in 1949.

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Hydrocarbon exploration

Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane C2H6) that has been converted to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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Liquefied petroleum gas

Liquefied petroleum gas or liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), also referred to as simply propane or butane, are flammable mixtures of hydrocarbon gases used as fuel in heating appliances, cooking equipment, and vehicles.

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Marcellus natural gas trend

The Marcellus is a large and prolific area of shale gas extraction from the Marcellus Formation of Devonian age in the eastern United States.

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National Propane Gas Association

The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is a U.S. trade organization representing the 3,500 companies in the propane industry.

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Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.

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Natural Gas Act of 1938

The Natural Gas Act of 1938 was the first occurrence of the United States federal government regulating the natural gas industry.

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Natural-gas condensate

Natural-gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields.

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Natural-gas processing

Natural-gas processing is a complex industrial process designed to clean raw natural gas by separating impurities and various non-methane hydrocarbons and fluids to produce what is known as pipeline quality dry natural gas.

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New York Mercantile Exchange

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Petrochemical industry

The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals.

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Petroleum in the United States

Petroleum in the United States has been a major industry since shortly after the oil discovery in the Oil Creek area of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859.

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Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin

Phillips Petroleum Co.

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Propane

Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula C3H8.

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Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wallace Pratt

Wallace Everette Pratt (1885–1981) was a pioneer American petroleum geologist.

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Wattenberg Gas Field

The Wattenberg Gas Field is a large producing area of natural gas and condensate in the Denver Basin of central Colorado, USA.

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Williams Companies

The Williams Companies, Inc. is an energy company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_the_United_States

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