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Because natural gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Distributors add mercaptan to give natural gas a distinct unpleasant odor (it smells like rotten eggs). This added odor serves as a safety measure to help detect leaks in natural gas pipelines.
Natural gas refers coal bed methane (CBM). CBM as a product is still an unexploited resource and activity in this area has been mostly around exploration. The government has a strategy to diversify the energy mix including power production from natural gas.
The following activities are licensed under the Natural Gas Sector as per 36 of the Act;