Physical and Chemical Papers. 



71 



HEATING VALUES OF NATURAL GASES OF THE 

 MIDCONTINENTAL FIELD. 



By IT. C. Ai.i.KX. 



WHILE a number of new gas pools hove been opened up in 

 the midcontinental field in the last few years, no par- 

 ticular work of a chemical nature has been done on any of these 

 gases since the work of Cady and McFarland.' Results of a 

 preliminary examination of a number of these new gases are 

 given in the following, together with some analyses of gases 

 from the older pools of the field. 



The thing of practical importance to the ordinary consumer 

 of natural gas is its heating power, and these gases are of 

 great interest in this line from the fact that they vary over 

 such a wide range. This is illustrated in the following table: 



Table I. 



No. I 



Location. 

 (Sec, twp., raiiKe.) 



Aucusta. Kan. (500 feet) 



Cowley county, Kan. (24-33-6) 



rhautau(|iia county, Kan. (35-3.3-10). 

 Chautaui|ua county. Kan. ^25-33-10) , 



Ellsworth, Kan 



Ponca City. Okla. (4-2,5-2E) 



Kay county, Okla 



Chautauqua county, Kan. (15-34-13). 

 Chautauqua county, Kan. (15-34-13). 

 Butler county, Kan. (2-28-1) 

 Montgomery county, Kan. . 

 Blackwell, Okla. (13-28-nV) 

 Cushinc Okla. f2.S-I8-7).. 

 Bartlesville. Okla. fl2-26-14) 



CO... 



0.13 

 0.13 

 0.30 

 0.00 

 0.30 

 0.05 

 0.21 

 0.55 

 0.11 

 00 

 0.24 

 0.00 

 tr. 

 0.24 



HHC. 



0.00 

 0.00 



o.no 



0.00 

 0.23 

 0.00 

 0.32 

 0.00 

 0.59 

 0.71 

 0.24 

 1 18 



12 



1 21 



0.,. 



0.00 

 0.37 

 0.18 

 0.40 

 0.09 

 0.40 

 0.00 

 0.81 

 0.98 

 0.14 

 0.25 

 16 

 tr. 

 0.24 



CH,. 



10. 54 

 10.27 

 42,, 38 

 49.01 

 fil 09 

 44 . GO 

 ,i7.91 

 85 .53 

 79 13 

 62.15 

 83.04 

 70 69 

 70.74 

 70. 50 



C,H,. 



1.64 



3.01 



1.85 



3 . 89 



1.09 



14.86 



9.89 



15 



7.79 



18.38 



8.54 



18.65 



21.64 



24.60 



.\11 B.t.u. above are calculated to 0°C. 



tens rHHC). 1627: CH,. 966; C,H„. 1728. 



• Analyzed by Mr. K. E. Lyder. No. ! 



and 760 mm. pressure from the following values: Heavy hydrocar- 

 1 from 530 feet of sand; No. 9 from 580 feet of sand. 



1. University of Kansas Geol. Siirvoy, vol. 9. 



