Table 2.
Average Compositions and Ratios of Light Hydrocarbons from Selected
Soil-Gas Surveys
|
Date
|
C1/∑Cn
(%)
|
C1/C2
|
(C3/C1)
x 1,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sacramento Basin, dry gas
|
1972
|
95
|
55
|
6
|
|
1974
|
95
|
49
|
8
|
|
1975
|
94
|
55
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
San Joaquin basin, oil and gas
|
1972
|
82
|
8
|
46
|
|
1974
|
84
|
7
|
61
|
|
1975
|
82
|
8
|
56
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas-condensate surveys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Southwest
Texas
|
1975
|
89
|
12
|
33
|
Western
Overthrust
|
1976
|
90
|
11
|
30
|
Alberta
foothills
|
1978
|
88
|
12
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil surveys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uvalde,
Texas
|
1975
|
77
|
5
|
77
|
Permian
basin
|
1976
|
75
|
5
|
64
|
|
|
|
|
|
Utah Overthrust
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pineview
|
1976
|
77
|
5
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
|
Appalachian folded belt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rosehill
|
1978
|
73
|
4
|
141
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uinta basin
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duchesne
|
1976
|
68
|
4
|
171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|