Natural gas for oil refineries, and the fuel source in hydrogen vehicles. Protein rich animal and fish feed is produced by feeding natural gas to Methylococcus capsulatus bacteria on commercial scale. Natural gas is also used in the manufacture of fabrics, glass, steel, plastics, paint, and other products. Natural gas is mainly composed of methane. After release to the atmosphere it is removed by gradual oxidation to carbon dioxide and water by hydroxyl radicals () formed in the troposphere or stratosphere, giving the overall chemical reaction + 2 → + 2. While the lifetime of atmospheric methane is relatively short when compared
China Natural Gas gas retailing company to be publicly traded in the United States. The company is building a local government supported liquefied natural gas processing and distribution plant in Jingbian, Shaanxi province, which was scheduled to be completed in December 2009. China Natural Gas China Natural Gas Inc. is a Chinese energy company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution and sale of natural gas and gasoline to commercial, residential and industrial customers in the Xi'an area and the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China. The company also engages in the construction of pipeline networks. It offers natural