Explain in detail about natural gas.

•Natural gas is collected over the petroleum in the rocks. The gas which is available with petroleum is called natural gas.

•It is obtained as an oily liquid along with petroleum or independently in the gaseous form. While drilling in the earth’s crust natural gas is obtained first followed by the petroleum.

•In natural gas the main hydrocarbon which is present is called methane . It also contains some other gaseous hydrocarbons like ethane, propane and butane with it.

•It is very easy to transport through gas pipelines and is widely used as a fuel in household uses in urban cities.

•It is also used as fuel to power thermal power plants to produce electricity.