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  • How is gas delivered to consumers

    Availability of gas trunklines is barely enough for gas to be delivered to ultimate consumers. In order for you to watch a blue flame dancing on the stove burner, gas should flow from a gas trunkline to a gas distribution pipeline, and afterwards run through a household piping.

  • What is associated petroleum gas

    Associated petroleum gas (APG) is gas dissolved in oil. Associated petroleum gas is produced in the process of oil production, so it is actually a derivative. But APG itself is also a valuable raw material for further processing.

  • What are liquefied petroleum gases

    Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) are produced from associated petroleum gas. These are pure gases or special mixtures that can be used to heat buildings, to produce petrochemicals and as a motor fuel.

  • How is natural gas transported

    After gas has been extracted from the land or sea subsurface, it needs to be delivered to consumers. The length of gas pipelines and gas distribution networks multiply exceeds the circumference of the Earth.

  • How are hydrocarbon fields discovered

    Prospecting new fields is the job of geologists and geoscientists. They have technical and chemical means which help identify accumulations of hydrocarbons fairly precisely. However, the only way to know for sure is to drill a well.

  • How is natural gas produced

    Natural gas rises up the well using natural energy. It is produced in America, Europe, Africa, and other regions. One-fifth of the global production falls on Gazprom.

  • How to produce gas from coal beds

    Methane should be extracted from mines to prevent explosions. The United States was the first country that decided to turn it into a commercial enterprise. Ten per cent of gas is produced there using this technique. Production from coal beds is promising in Russia as well.

  • How are subsea gas pipelines built

    Sea can go several kilometers deep. Laying a pipe at the bottom is a challenge. However, 6,000 kilometers of pipelines are laid at the bottom of the North Sea, some of which have been there for 40 years already.

 
 
109 terms in the glossary
Looping, Gas macrojamming, Offshore fields exploration, Aboveground crossing, Directional drilling, Oil and gas formation, Low-temperature separation of gas, Formation, Regasification, Formation testing, Geological exploration risk, Gas separation, Dry gas, Raw gas, Natural gas dew point, Well stock, Associated petroleum gas, Connector, Core sample, Field development techniques, Flammability limit, Gas consumption rate, Gas distribution network, Gas linepipe, Gasholder, Hydraulic fracturing, Natural reservoir, Octane rating, Pipeline route, Gas engines, Sorption, Gas absorption, Gas desorption, Take-or-pay, Spot trading , Diversification, Barrel, Swivel, Aeration tank, Packer, Membrane technology , Stray currents, Distillation-based separation of multi-component fluids, Gas-water contact (GWC), Phase, Main gas generation phase (MGGP) , Fishing tool, Fluid, Gas adsorption, Gas interchangeability, Stabilized condensate, Gas tongue, Reservoir energy, Skin-effect, Oil rim, Gas deposit water cut , Producing (pay) horizon, Fossil (stratum, reservoir, formation) water, Cavernosity, Catagenesis of organic substance, Lithology, Main oil generation phase (MOGP), Lateral coning, Clogging, Bottomhole zone, Aggressive (corrosive) water, Preventer (blow-out equipment, BOE), Barbotage, Barrage, Riser string, Casing string, Lift string, Hydrogen index (pH), Passivization, Free (non-associated) gas, Rock gas saturation, Gas hydrates self-conservation, Gas cap, Reservoir depression, Unstabilized condensate, Oil-water contact (OWC), Hydrogenation, Line pipe operation center, Column equipment, Extreme anhydrous depression, Injection capacity of a well, Well cementing, Flushing out of well, Reservoir temperature, Free-piston pumping, Mofettes, Wellhead pressure, Horizon, Phase transitions of hydrocarbon gases, Fluid dynamics, Geological formation, Satellite soils monitoring, Oil/gas blowout, Secondary (enhanced) recovery methods, Viscosity, Condensate recovery factor, Box-and-pin joint (tool joint), Retrograde phenomena, Cratering, Fore deep, Tubing string, Reservoir impermeable seal, Prospective resources , Mobile CNG station