| We use natural gas to heat and light our homes. | | | | The first place that natural gas is transported is |
| The uses of natural gas are growing in numbers | | | | from the ground to the processing plant. These |
| every day. Oil and gas companies must facilitate | | | | pipes are known as the gathering system, in |
| the movement and processing of these natural | | | | essence gathering the gas that will be cleaned and |
| gasses from the ground to our homes. This | | | | processed into different useable forms. Thiols are |
| process must be executed effectively, efficiently | | | | added to the gas during processing. We add these |
| and safely. Regulations are in place to ensure the | | | | substances because natural gas has no odor and |
| safest best ways to transport and store natural | | | | thiols ensure that we can smell it if it ever leaks. |
| gas. The transportation systems in place to move | | | | Once it is processed, it is carried through an |
| natural gas from its source to our homes are | | | | interstate or an intrastate pipeline network. |
| very elaborate and complicated to describe. | | | | Intrastate pipelines shuttle natural gasses around |
| Natural gas is transported through an intricate | | | | inside of one particular state. Interstate pipelines |
| network of pipelines from the ground and | | | | cross state lines and travel all over the country. |
| processing plants to its destination. | | | | |