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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED ARTSOF TRINIDAD & TOBAGOGOVERNMENT VOCATIONAL CENTRE POINT FORTIN  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OSH 235 LECTURER: MITRA RAMLAKHAN  ASSIGNMENT II  MONITORING FOR AIR QUALITY IN A NATURAL GAS FACILITY  2007.07.31 By AKO KERN LEWISSELVON COARD MARLON McSWEEN  LEON PHILLIP
 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL GAS.....………………………………….3 AIR MONITORING PARAMETERS...................…………………………...5QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CONSULTANT(S)............……………….....8THE AIR QUALITY STUDY ………………....……………………………12THE GAPS
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 DIFFICULTIES……………………………………………….16  APPENDIX I.....…………………………………………………………......18 APPENDIX II.....…………………………………………………………....22 REFERENCES...…………………………………………………………....23
 
 
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 INTRODUCTION 
Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantitiesof ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. It is found in oilfields and natural gas fields and in coal beds (as coalbed methane). When methane-rich gases areproduced by the anaerobic decay of non-fossil organic material, these are referred to as biogas. Sourcesof biogas include swamps, marshes, and landfills (see landfill gas), as well as sewage sludge and manureby way of anaerobic digesters, in addition to enteric fermentation particularly in cattle.Natural gas is an important fossil fuel used in electricity generation, kitchen stoves, heating homes andmany other residential, commercial, and industrial applications. The cleanest of the fossil fuels, thecombustion of natural gas releases fewer pollutants than the combustion of other fossil fuels. Natural gasis also being used as a rich source of hydrogen for fuel cells.Natural gas is often informally referred to as simply gas, especially when compared to other energysources such as electricity. Before natural gas can be used as a fuel, it must undergo extensiveprocessing to remove almost all materials other than methane. The by-products of that processinginclude ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, elemental sulfur,and sometimes helium and nitrogen.Natural gas processing plants, or fractionators, are used to purify the raw natural gas extracted fromunderground gas fields and brought up to the surface by gas wells. The processed natural gas, used asfuel by residential, commercial and industrial consumers, is almost pure methane and is very muchdifferent from the raw natural gas.Raw natural gas typically consists primarily of methane (CH
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), the shortest and lightest hydrocarbonmolecule. It also contains varying amounts of:Heavier gaseous hydrocarbons: ethane (C
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), normal butane (n-C
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),isobutane (i-C
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), pentanes and even higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. When processedand purified into finished by-products, all of these are collectively referred to NGL (Natural GasLiquids).
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