Let’s begin with a real-life analogy. Imagine you’re trying to extract honey from a sponge. If the sponge is soft and porous, honey flows out easily when you squeeze. But what if it’s a hard, tight sponge with almost no holes? Even if honey is inside, it won’t come out easily. You’ll need special techniques—maybe…
Let us begin with a basic definition. Shale gas is a natural gas, just like the one used in our LPG cylinders or piped cooking gas. The main component of this gas is methane (CH₄)—a clean-burning fuel. Along with methane, there are small quantities of ethane, propane, butane, and trace amounts of gases like carbon…
Imagine coal not just as a solid fuel buried underground, but as a gas reservoir in disguise. Yes, inside coal seams—deep underground—lies a form of natural gas, and that gas is what we call Coal Bed Methane (CBM). 🔹 What is CBM? Think of it like a soda bottle. The fizz you see is carbon…
In the quest for sustainable and secure energy sources, unconventional gas reservoirs have emerged as significant contributors to the global natural gas supply. Unlike conventional reservoirs where gas flows freely through porous rock formations, unconventional gas is trapped in low-permeability geological formations, requiring advanced extraction techniques. The primary types of unconventional gas include Coal Bed…
Imagine you get raw milk from a cow. Can you drink it directly? Technically, yes—but it’s not safe or usable in its best form. You first pasteurize it, remove impurities, and sometimes add things like vitamins. Similarly, natural gas that comes from the earth is not immediately usable. It contains a mixture of useful and…
When we talk about natural gas, we’re talking about one of the cleanest-burning fossil fuels. It’s not just an energy source—it is also a geo-economic asset. Countries with large natural gas reserves often hold strategic influence in global geopolitics, industrial growth, and energy security. Let’s break it into three parts to make it simple: 🛢️…
Introduction to Natural Gas – Understanding the Basics Imagine nature’s own cooking gas, formed deep within the Earth—not in years, not in centuries, but over millions of years. This is Natural Gas—a non-renewable energy resource, meaning once it’s used, it’s gone forever (at least for the next few million years). Now, what is it exactly?…
Introduction: What is the Petrochemical Industry? As we have already studied comprehensively, crude oil, or petroleum, is a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons found beneath the Earth’s surface. But crude oil in its raw form is not very useful. So, what do we do? We refine it — that is, we process it through a…
🧬 How Did Petroleum Form in India? To understand where petroleum is found in India, we must first grasp how and when it formed.Think of the Tertiary period—roughly 3 million years ago—as a long, slow natural chemical factory running under the Earth 😊. At this time: 🔁 Key Point: Most of this transformation happened during…
Oil Reserves ≠ Oil Production Let’s begin with a very interesting observation:👉 Just because a country has the largest oil reserves doesn’t mean it produces the most oil. Think of it like this—someone might own a massive gold vault but may choose to sell only a portion of it each year, while another person with…
