There are several types of geological formations that trap naturally occurring energy resource. They are categorized as either ‘conventional’ or ‘unconventional’ resources. Conventional Unconventional Conventional oil and gas is trapped in naturally porous reservoir formations that are capped with impermeable rock strata. When intercepted by a well, oil and gas is able to move to […]
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In the distillation process, petroleum is separated into different molecular groups : C1– C4 Gas C5– C10 Gasoline C11– C13 Kerosine C14– C18 Diesel fuel (light gas oil) C19– C25 Heavy gas oil C26– C40 Lubricating oil > C40 Residuum Natural Gas : Natural gas usually consists mostly of methane (CH4) but may contain variable
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Petroleum and natural gas are mixtures of hydrocarbons. On average, they consist of 85% C, 13% H and 2% N,S and (all weight %). The main components of natural hydrocarbons belongs to three groups : Paraffins : or n-alkanes with general formula CnH2n-2. for n = 1 to 4 these are gases, from n =
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