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The Bureau of Mines, in carrying out one of the provisions of its organic act-to disseminate information concerning investigations made-prints a limited free edition of each of its publications.

When this edition is exhausted copies may be obtained at cost price only through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who is the authorized agent of the Federal Government for the sale of all publications. The Superintendent of Documents is not an official of the Bureau of Mines. His is an entirely separate office and he should be addressed:

SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS,
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C.

The general law under which publications are distributed prohibits the giving of more than one copy of a publication to one person. Additional copies must be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents. The cost of this bulletin is 15 cents.

First edition. February, 1915.

CONTENTS.

Introduction....

General statement regarding wastes of natural gas.

Occurrence of gas and oil..........

Factors affecting flow of gas and oil in different sections of the same field or

in neighboring wells.....

Effect of drilling neighboring wells..

Effect of formation of waxy sediment..

History of the making of gasoline from natural gas.

Two successful plants in 1904...

Early methods...

Later improvements..

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Patents issued....

Production of gasoline from natural gas in the eastern part of the United States.

The gasoline industry in West Virginia.

The industry in Pennsylvania..

The industry in California..

Production in 1912....

Noteworthy interest in the industry..

Marketing the product..

Distribution of plants..
Methods employed.........

Details of equipment.......

Importance of water supply....

Specific gravity and price of product. The industry in the Mid-Continent field Details of production....

Quantity and value of condensate..

Future of the industry in Oklahoma....... Development of industry in foreign countries.. Total gasoline production in the United States.

Production in 1911 and 1912......

Production in 1913....

Chemistry of natural gas...

Natural-gas analyses made by the bureau.
Notes.....

Comments on the analyses..

Method of analysis used.....

Properties of the paraffin hydrocarbons.

Occurrence of gasoline in casing-head gas..

Relation of character of oils in the sand..

Effect of pressure and temperature on gases in the strata.

Testing natural gases for gasoline content...
Classification of kinds of natural gas..

"Dry" natural gas...

"Wet" natural gas.

Specific gravities and absorption numbers of natural gases used for con-

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