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How Was Natural Gas Formed? ... Natural gas is moved by pipelines from the producing fields to consumers. Because natural gas demand is greater in the winter, it is stored along the way in large underground storage systems, such as old oil and gas wells or caverns formed in old salt beds.
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How Was Natural Gas Formed? ... The main ingredient in natural gas is methane, a gas (or compound) composed of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Millions of years ago, the remains of plants and animals (diatoms) decayed and built up in thick layers.
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Natural gas is a mixture of hyrdocarbon gases. It is primarily made of methane. It is considered a fossil fuel which means it is nonrewable. Fossil fuels are believed to be formed over millions and millions of years by remains of plants,ani...
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Natural Gas is one of the principle sources of energy for many of our day-to-day needs and activities. This section provides an overview of some of the characteristics of this vital gas. ... The Background section contains a description of what exactly natural gas is, how it is formed and how it is found in nature.
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www.naturalgas.org/overview/overview.asp
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Natural gas is found deep within the crust of the earth. Millions of years ago animal and plant remains got buried under layers and layers of soil. As time passed the soil matter on top of them got converted into hard rock. All of the matte...
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The prevailing scientific theory is that natural gas was formed millions of years ago when plants and tiny sea animals were buried by sand and rock. Layers of mud, sand, rock and plant and animal matter continued to build up until the pressure and heat from the earth turned them into petroleum and natural gas.
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Most geologists believe that natural gas was formed thousands of years ago when plants and animals died and their decomposed remains were deposited with mud and silt. With time they were covered by sediments and were compressed by the weight of the sedimentary layers.
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The deeper in the ground these compost piles are the more natural gas is formed. Closer to the surface the deposits contain more oil than natural gas because oil contains more carbon molecules than natural gas and the high temperatures aren’t there to break the carbon down.
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