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Composition of natural gases
Component Type of gas field Natural gas separated from crude oil
Dry gas, Los Medanos, Sour gas, Jumping Gas-condensate, Paloma, Ventura, California
California (mol%) Pound, Canada (mol%) California (mol%)

400 lb (mol%) 50 lb (mol%) Vapor (mol%)
Hydrogen sulfide 0 3.3 0 0 0 0
Carbon dioxide 0 6.7 0.68 0.30 0.68 0.81
Nitrogen and air 0.8 0 0 0 0 2.16
Methane 95.8 84.0 74.55 89.57 81.81 69.08
Ethane 2.9 3.6 8.28 4.65 5.84 5.07
Propane 0.4 1.0 4.74 3.60 6.46 8.76
Isobutane 0.1 0.3 0.89 0.52 0.92 2.14
n-Butane trace 0.4 1.93 0.90 2.26 5.02 NATURAL
Isopentane 0 0 0.75 0.19 0.50 1.42
n-Pentane 0 0 0.63 0.12 0.48 1.41
Hexane 0 0.7 1.25 0 0 0
Heptane 0 0 0 1.05 1.05 4.13 GASES
Octane 0 0 6.30 0 0 0
Nonane 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 AND
Separator pressure in psi (pounds per square inch). CONDENSATES