What are the three main types of conventional gas?

What are the three main types of conventional gas?

• A. Gas Condensate, Wet Gas, Dry Gas
• B. Associated Gas, Nonassociated Gas, Gas Condensate
• C. Associated Gas, Dry Gas, Nonassociated Gas
• D. Wet Gas, Dry Gas, Associated Gas

Answer: (B)

Gas resources are categorized by how they occur with oil and whether liquids are present in the gas. Associated gas is the portion that occurs with oil in the same reservoir. Nonassociated gas is found in reservoirs with little or no oil. Gas condensate refers to gas that contains condensate liquids that can separate out under surface conditions, a common situation in high-pressure, high-temperature gas reservoirs. Taken together, these three—associated gas, nonassociated gas, and gas condensate—form the standard classification of conventional gas types. Other groupings like wet gas or dry gas describe the gas after processing or its liquid content, not the primary way conventional gas is classified, which is why they don’t form the complete, widely used set.

Gas resources are categorized by how they occur with oil and whether liquids are present in the gas. Associated gas is the portion that occurs with oil in the same reservoir. Nonassociated gas is found in reservoirs with little or no oil. Gas condensate refers to gas that contains condensate liquids that can separate out under surface conditions, a common situation in high-pressure, high-temperature gas reservoirs. Taken together, these three—associated gas, nonassociated gas, and gas condensate—form the standard classification of conventional gas types. Other groupings like wet gas or dry gas describe the gas after processing or its liquid content, not the primary way conventional gas is classified, which is why they don’t form the complete, widely used set.