Where does Natural Gas come from?

Where does Natural Gas come from?

• Conventional Natural Gas
• Unconventional Natural Gas
• Associated Natural Gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
• Deep Natural Gas – Found in deposits at least 15,000 feet below the surface of
the Earth.
• Shale Gas – Obtained from underground fine-grained sedimentary rocks that can
be extracted by fracking.
Unconventional Natural Gas
• Tight Gas – Obtained from underground impermeable and harder rock formation
by means of fracking and acidizing.
Unconventional Natural Gas
• Coalbed Methane – Found along seams of coal that run underground.
Unconventional Natural Gas
• Gas in Geopressurized Zones – Located at great depths of 10,000 – 25,000 feet
below the surface of the Earth, under immense amount of pressure.
• Methane Hydrates – Obtained from cold regions of the world such as in Arctic. It
is trapped under permafrost areas or the bottom of the ocean.
How do we find Natural Gas?
Exploration
• Onshore Seismology – Artificial seismic waves are made by using explosives or
inflict some kind of impact to the ground for underground geologic mapping.
Exploration
• Offshore Seismology – A large air gun equipped to the ship is used for creating
seismic waves and reflection that are necessary for underground geologic
mapping in the ocean.
Exploration
• Magnetometers – Underground geologic mapping by utilizing Earth’s
magnetic field.
• Gravimeters – Underground geologic mapping by utilizing Earth’s
gravitational field.
Exploration
• Exploratory Wells – By digging into the Earth’s crust, a more detailed composition
of underground rock layers is produced.
Extraction
• Productive/Development Wells – If a natural gas deposit has been successfully
found, the exploratory well will be turned into a productive/development well
References
• http://naturalgas.org/naturalgas
• https://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/natural-gas/
• https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained
• http://naturalgassolution.org/natural-gas-come/