Commentators who predict a surge in
natural gas demand from electric utilities likewise overlook the scope that power producers have to switch between coal and natural gas at their plants, depending on which thermal fuel offers the best economics.
Not exact matches
The drivers behind OPEC's forecast include steadily rising economic activity around the world, strong
demand for transportation fuels like gasoline and jet fuel and a growing petrochemical industry, which turns byproducts
from oil and
natural gas into chemicals.
Natural gas, of which we're the second - largest exporter today, as well as copper and nickel
from northern Ontario, and potash and uranium
from Saskatchewan, will see steady
demand.
By the mid 2020s, the IEA expects the U.S. to become the world's biggest exporter of liquefied
natural gas,
demand for which is set to rise strongly as China, India, and Southeast Asia all turn away
from coal to cleaner energy sources.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including
natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and
natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased
demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by
natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting
from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related
demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1
Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas generally took its downward price cues
from elevated US production and growth in the
natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas - focused rig count, which increased
from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale -
gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total
natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain su
natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for
gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain suppli
gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying
demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.
China's
natural gas demand has been boosted by price cuts aimed at switching users
from coal to the cleaner - burning fuel, according to one of the country's biggest
gas distributors.
Prices for liquefied
natural gas (LNG) have collapsed, global
demand is faltering and the first of what is likely to be a wave of competing shipments has just set sail
from the unlikeliest of exporters, the United States.
In 2008,
demand for
natural gas crashed, as did Devon shares (
from $ 120 to $ 60).
As the global economic crisis took hold manufacturing has been scaled back significantly resulting in a reduced
demand for
natural gas from factories across the US and further afield.
With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse
gas emissions and climate change on
natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer
demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives
from governments.
The campaign for new nuclear projects has run into depressed electricity
demand due to the recession and the prospect of competition
from low - priced
natural gas from shale deposits.
In their analysis, the team found that bio-methane produced
from all available food waste and dairy manure in the US annually would offset about.74 percent of annual
natural gas demand.
Over the years, consumers have learned to expect electricity on
demand from power plants that run on coal,
natural gas or oil.
Should the market
demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen
from domestic energy sources, such as
natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.
The infant solar power companies, however, must gain their foothold by taking business away
from the incumbent and politically powerful coal,
natural gas and nuclear power providers, at a time when overall growth in U.S. electricity
demand is still slowed by an underperforming economy.
The report, «Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and
Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West,» compares the cost of renewable electricity generation (without federal subsidy)
from the West's most productive renewable energy resource areas — including any needed transmission and integration costs — with the cost of energy
from a new
natural gas - fired generator built near the customers it serves.
The shale
gas in recent exploration in the United States, that could meet the domestic
demand of the country for
natural gas at current levels of consumption for over 100 years, is extremely negative for the environment because it generates half the carbon emissions
from coal, and pollutes the sheets underground aquifers.
According to the International Energy Agency, the
demand for oil and
natural gas from China will increase greatly in the decades ahead.
There will thus be a greater
demand for oil and
natural gas from companies like Petrobras Brasileiro.
-- If
natural gas prices were to rise
from their depression - like lows, HAWK could experience a significant boost in
demand for its services.
The seasonal trend for vessel utilization can be disrupted by hurricanes, which have the ability to cause severe offshore damage and generate significant
demand for our services
from oil and
natural gas companies to restore shut - in production.
The CO2 Scorecard report, by contrast, examined changes in electricity at the regional level using data
from grid operators, which showed researchers greater detail about where
natural gas had replaced coal or renewables; where renewables replaced coal; and where electricity consumption simply declined because of reduced
demand.
While generators used more
natural gas for electricity generation, overall CO2 emissions
from natural gas were down because of lower
gas heating
demand this winter when temperatures were significantly above the historical average for the season.
Increased
demand from the electric sector, with low - priced
natural gas burn totaling about 2,600 Bcf
from April through June of 2012, up 27 %
from just over 2,000 Bcf burned during the same period in 2011.
Moderating electric sector
demand, but a continuing trend towards
natural gas: Natural gas accounted for slightly less than 32 % of total electricity generation in 2017, down from nearly 34 % i
natural gas:
Natural gas accounted for slightly less than 32 % of total electricity generation in 2017, down from nearly 34 % i
Natural gas accounted for slightly less than 32 % of total electricity generation in 2017, down
from nearly 34 % in 2016.
The United States faces a vexing challenge in switching
from conventional to clean sources to generate electricity: How do we replace fossil fuel when
natural gas costs $ 4 per million BTU and
demand for electricity is expected to increase by over 20 % by 2035?
Cheap
natural gas, stagnant power
demand, and power prices that have fallen significantly since 2008 have jeopardized the economics of about two - thirds of the nation's 100 - GW nuclear capacity, according to a working paper
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
Natural gas leaks from drilling sites, processing plants, storage facilities, and pipelines that move natural gas from areas of supply to areas of
Natural gas leaks
from drilling sites, processing plants, storage facilities, and pipelines that move
natural gas from areas of supply to areas of
natural gas from areas of supply to areas of
demand.
The plants join a series of generators recently stricken by financial pressure primarily by competition
from cheap
natural gas, expanding renewable capacity, and lethargic power
demand growth.
This is why oil giants like ExxonMobil are investing more these days in
natural gas,
demand for which is expected to grow as electric utilities in Canada, the United States and Europe switch
from coal to
gas - fired power generation.
There is evidence that the Midwest is steadily decarbonizing its electricity generation through a combination of new state - level policies (for example, energy efficiency and renewable energy standards) and will continue to do so in response to low
natural gas prices, falling prices for renewable electricity (for example, wind and solar), greater market
demand for lower - carbon energy
from consumers, and new EPA regulations governing new power plants.
In the next 25 years, the world will turn increasingly to renewables and
natural gas to meet energy
demand, turning away
from coal, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2017 (WEO).
Given the scale of energy
demand, and the relatively small base
from which renewable energy sources begin, hydrocarbons such as oil and
natural gas will necessarily continue to play a predominant role.
A separate article,
from Utility Dive, reports how new
natural gas, not renewables, is the culprit in beating down
demand for nuclear generation.
However, beginning in 2009, the gap between coal and
natural gas prices narrowed, as large amounts of
natural gas produced
from shale formations changed the balance between supply and
demand in U.S.
natural gas markets.
Production of
natural gas from shale regions across the country, along with investments in pipeline infrastructure, allows
natural gas to meet the growing
demand for clean, affordable electricity.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Al Gore and other big thinkers say cleaner burning
natural gas is a bridge
from the harms of coal to mid-century, when the cost and scale of renewables will be adequate to meet
demand.
To your knowledge, does California have enough regulatory authority to
demand PG&E replace Diablo Canyon only with the renewables and with energy conservation measures; and further, to directly and explicitly prevent PG&E
from placing greater reliance on
natural gas for servicing California's electricity
demand?
Does California have enough regulatory authority to
demand PG&E replace Diablo Canyon only with the renewables and with energy conservation measures; and further, to directly and explicitly prevent PG&E
from placing greater reliance on
natural gas for servicing California's electricity
demand?
To satisfy the increase in world liquids
demand in the Reference case, liquids production increases by 28.3 million barrels per day
from 2010 to 2040, including the production of both petroleum (crude oil and lease condensate,
natural gas plant [NGPL], bitumen, extra-heavy oil, and refinery gains), and other liquid fuels (coal - to - liquids [CTL],
gas - to - liquids [GTL], biofuels, and kerogen).
With warmer summer weather and increased electric
demand for air conditioning,
demand will increase, requiring increased output
from both coal - and
natural gas - fired generators.
The United States has scarcely 3 percent of the world's proved
natural gas reserves, yet even without the increased
demand that would result
from an NGV fleet, the country already consumes nearly a quarter of the world's
natural gas.
Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low
natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation
from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power
demand.
In the next 25 years, the world will turn increasingly to renewables and
natural gas to meet energy
demand, turning away
from coal, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA's) World Energy
Due to an increase in
demand for
natural gas for space and water heating, and limitations imposed by
natural gas pipeline constraints, electricity generation
from gas was unable to scale up, and the burden was transferred to oil as dual fuel generators switched over.
This drop resulted largely
from the fracking boom that boosted a shift toward cleaner - burning
natural gas and the Great Recession that depressed energy
demand.
Okay, let's drive down oil
demand — but the actual proposal includes
natural gas vehicles, which is moving our transportation
from one fossil foolish system to another.
The project has been plagued by billions of dollars in cost overruns, stagnant
demand for electricity, competition
from cheap
natural gas plants and renewables, and the bankruptcy of Westinghouse Electric, the lead contractor and the designer of the AP1000 reactor that was supposed to be the foundation of a smarter, cheaper generation of nuclear power plants.
Fossil Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct
Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or d
Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured
from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile
natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or d
natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and
Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or d
Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made
from coal («Coaline») or
from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then
natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or d
natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as
demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damaged.