Natural Gas Composition and Specifications |
Natural Gas Composition and Specifications. Natural gas as recovered at the wellhead consists of mostly methane (C 1), but it contains other hydrocarbons, principally ethane (C 2), propane (C 3), butanes (C 4), and pentanes C 5 that constitute the natural gas liquids, as discussed in the previous section. Raw natural gas also contains water vapor, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), carbon dioxide