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A quick google shows that natural gas is generally capitalised whereas the rule for chemical elements seems to be that they are not. I am writing a text that includes Natural Gas (I cannot replace that with methane) and chemical elements such as helium. I find it odd to capitalise Natural Gas and not helium.

What is the correct way to spell Natural Gas?

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  • Because "Natural Gas" is not just any natural gas. Let me know if you need more detailed explanation.
    – Kris
    Dec 20, 2018 at 8:44
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    "A quick google shows that natural gas is generally capitalised" Your Google must be different from mine. Dec 20, 2018 at 9:42
  • You only capitalize it if you're making money off of it.
    – Hot Licks
    Dec 20, 2018 at 13:02

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Wikipedia writes it in lower-case.

All the dictionaries I have searched write it in lower-case.

(That would be Merriam-Webster, dictionary.com, the Free Dictionary and the Collins Dictionary.)

The only cases you would write it in capital letters would be in a title or name, e.g. the Natural Gas Association.

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