The isotopic compositions of hydrocarbon compounds are like a fingerprint. They can clearly indicate the way in which hydrocarbons like methane, ethane, propane, butane and pentane are formed. When ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with life.

As production of oil and natural gas in the U.S. has grown, so has the production of natural gas liquids (NGLs) like propane, ethane, and butane. The U.S. is a major global supplier of propane and ...

Methane (CH₄), the colorless and odorless gas that makes up most natural gas on Earth, has so far been converted into useful fuels and chemicals via energy-intensive processes that need to be carried ...

According to a 2019 US Energy Information Administration (EIA) study, 510 natural gas processing plants operate in the United States. This amounts to around 80.8 billion cubic feet of processing power ...

It has been about a decade since the U.S. oil and gas industry honed the techniques of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to tap into shale rock formations and release unprecedented amounts ...

Hot vents in the deep sea are home to microbes that feed on ethane. Now researchers have succeeded in finding an important component in the microbial conversion of the gas. They were able to decode ...