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Analyses of Natural Gases, 1917-85.

PB87232211

Publication Date	1987
Personal Author	Moore, B. J.; Sigler, S.
Page Count	1206
Abstract	The publication contains 14,242 analyses of gas samples from oil and gas wells and natural gas pipelines in 40 States and 24 foreign countries. These gas samples were collected during the period 1917-85 as part of the Bureau of Mines survey for helium occurrences. The gas analyses contained herein were made by several methods over the period covered. Analytical work on samples collected early in the period was done on the Orsat apparatus. The one-cut apparatus and four-cut fractional distillation equipment were added later. A mass spectrometer was acquired in 1949 and used for all gas analyses made after that time. From 1917 to 1978, helium analyses were made on special helium analytical equipment designed and built by the Bureau of Mines Helium Operations Laboratory. In 1978, the apparatus was replaced in the quantitative helium analysis work by a gas chromatograph.
Keywords	Natural gas Gas analysis Samples Helium Chemical analysis Chromatographic analysis Mass spectrometry
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	97K - Fuels 99A - Analytical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Amarillo, TX. Helium Field Operations.
Supplemental Notes	Also available from Supt. of Docs. For system on magnetic tape see PB86-224607. Library of Congress catalog card no. 86-607917.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular/1987.
NTIS Issue Number	198724

Analyses of Natural Gases, 1917-85.

Analyses of Natural Gases, 1917-85.
PB87232211

Publication Date	1987
Personal Author	Moore, B. J.; Sigler, S.
Page Count	1206
Abstract	The publication contains 14,242 analyses of gas samples from oil and gas wells and natural gas pipelines in 40 States and 24 foreign countries. These gas samples were collected during the period 1917-85 as part of the Bureau of Mines survey for helium occurrences. The gas analyses contained herein were made by several methods over the period covered. Analytical work on samples collected early in the period was done on the Orsat apparatus. The one-cut apparatus and four-cut fractional distillation equipment were added later. A mass spectrometer was acquired in 1949 and used for all gas analyses made after that time. From 1917 to 1978, helium analyses were made on special helium analytical equipment designed and built by the Bureau of Mines Helium Operations Laboratory. In 1978, the apparatus was replaced in the quantitative helium analysis work by a gas chromatograph.
Keywords	Natural gas Gas analysis Samples Helium Chemical analysis Chromatographic analysis Mass spectrometry
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	97K - Fuels 99A - Analytical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Amarillo, TX. Helium Field Operations.
Supplemental Notes	Also available from Supt. of Docs. For system on magnetic tape see PB86-224607. Library of Congress catalog card no. 86-607917.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular/1987.
NTIS Issue Number	198724