August 2006

Test Your Gas Knowledge

How much do you know about natural gas?

1. Natural gas consists mostly of _____.

    a. oxygen          c. methane

    b. propane         d. nitrogen

 

2. The energy produced from natural gas is measured in _____.

    a. British Thermal Units (BTU)    c. Megawatt (MW)

    b. amperes                             d. volts

 

3. Natural gas is produced from _____.

    a. natural gas wells.       c. oil wells.

    b. coal-seam gas           d. all of the above.

 

4. Natural gas begins its transmission process at the _____.

    a. Destin Dome              c. U.S. Compression Station

    b. Henry Hub                 d. none of the above.

 

5. The large pipelines that transmit natural gas across several states into Georgia vary in diameter from _____ inches wide.

    a. 52 to 55         c. 10 to 15

    b. 26 to 30         d. 38 to 42

 

6. In the United States alone, natural gas supplies more than _____ of the energy consumed.

    a. 25 percent      c. 54 percent

    b. 15 percent      d. 77 percent

 

7. When natural gas is separated from oil, it goes through a _____ process.

    a. heating           c. melting

    b. cracking          d. steaming

 

8. Natural gas vehicles can reduce exhaust emissions like carbon monoxide by _____ percent.

    a. 5                    c. 70

    b. 18                   d. 35

 

Answers: 1-c; 2-a; 3-d; 4-b; 5-d; 6-a; 7-b; 8-c.

 

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