Thanks. So when people use the term "gas well" would it be more accurate to say methane well? And how does propane figure in?Methane is odorless and colorless. They add methyl mercaptan (my dad called it “skunk p*ss”) to natural gas so you’ll notice a leak.
Methane is primarily thought to be a product of organic decomposition, but I saw a program about 20 years ago that theorized that the methane in natural gas was naturally occurring independent of any decay processes. Methane is one of the simplest organic compounds in existence.