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Natural gas plays a prominent role in meeting the energy needs of the U.S. and will continue to do so for many years to come.  Over time, an extensive network of major pipeline arteries has been constructed across the country for meeting the growing appetite for natural gas consumption. Gas usage historically peaks during the winter months when heating demands by residential and commercial users spikes. In the past 30 years, natural gas has emerged as one of the alternative energy sources over fuels such as oil, coal, hydroelectric and nuclear energy. This trend in the market can be attributed to certain technological developments, and the growing emphasis on greenhouse gas reduction has also enhanced the attractiveness of natural gas for power plant fuel, since it has far fewer CO2 emissions than oil or coal.  Therefore, natural gas has a unique role to play as a “bridge” fuel until such time as renewable energy technologies contribute more significantly to the power market.
     
 
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Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas burns cleaner and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air. Natural gas is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases. While it is formed primarily of methane, it can also include ethane, propane, butane and pentane. Before refining, the composition of natural gas can vary widely, depending on its origin. Natural gas can be converted efficiently into electrical and thermal energy.

 
 
 

Natural gas is a major source of electricity generation. Particularly high efficiencies can be achieved through cogeneration CHP plants. The gas burns more cleanly than other fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, and produces less carbon dioxide per unit energy released. For an equivalent amount of heat, burning natural gas produces about 30% less carbon dioxide than burning petroleum and about 45% less than burning coal.

 
     
 

The process of getting natural gas out of the ground, and to its final destination to be used, is quite complex. There is a great deal of behind-the-scenes activity that goes into delivering natural gas to the consumer. Once a potential natural gas deposit has been located by a team of exploration geologists and geophysicists, it is up to a team of drilling experts to actually dig down to where the natural gas is thought to exist. Once a well has been drilled, and the presence of commercially viable quantities of gas has been verified, the next step is actually lifting the natural gas out of the ground and processing it for transportation.
 



Natural gas, as it exists underground, is not exactly the same as the natural gas that comes through the pipelines to homes and businesses. Natural gas, as we use it, is almost entirely methane. Natural gas as we find it underground, however, can come associated with a variety of other compounds and gases, as well as oil and water, which must be removed. Natural gas transported through pipelines must meet purity specifications to be allowed in, so most gas processing occurs near the well.

Natural gas processing consists of separating all of the various hydrocarbons and fluids from the pure natural gas, to produce what is known as 'pipeline quality' dry natural gas. Major transportation pipelines usually impose restrictions on the make-up of the natural gas that is allowed into the pipeline. That means that before the natural gas can be transported it must be purified.

Ethane, propane, butane, and pentanes must be removed from natural gas. In addition to processing done at the wellhead and at centralized processing plants, some final processing is also accomplished at 'straddle extraction plants'. These plants are located on major pipeline systems. Although the natural gas that arrives at these straddle extraction plants is already of pipeline quality, in certain instances there still exist small quantities of NGL's, which are extracted at the straddle plants.

Distribution is the final step in delivering natural gas to end users. While some large industrial, commercial, and electric generation customers receive natural gas directly from high capacity interstate and intrastate pipelines usually contracted through natural gas marketing companies, most other users receive natural gas from a local distribution company.
 

 
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