Abstract
A study of the composition of natural gas in the Appalachian Province shows it to have certain definite regional variations. The amounts of the various chemical identities that are present and their areal distribution are shown, (1) in detail for the Elk-Poca and Campbell Creek Oriskany sand fields, Kanawha County, West Virginia, (2) in partial detail for the entire Big Injun sand production in West Virginia, and (3) by a composite for all producing horizons in the Appalachian Province. These regional variations are discussed in relation to structure, sedimentation, and regional metamorphism as indicated by carbon ratios based on coal. The composition of natural gas offers criteria for prospecting for gas and oil, and indicates relative areal positions of gas and oil in a given reservoir.
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