Abstract: A new approach to measuring the gases present in the drilling fluid, or “mud”, while drilling oil and gas wells and analyzing the mud at the well surface. The method replaces inconsistent legacy measurements which mix the formation gases with air arbitrarily and report inconsequential values called “units, Equivalent Methane in Air.” This method instead expresses gas values in terms of Volume of Gas Per Volume of Mud, producing values of universal meaning that everyone can standardize upon. The method further improves gas measurement by expressing gas content using the several energy values of the gases. The resulting standard is a summation measurement of the energy of all gas components present, not limited to Methane. The end result is a gas concentration value that is made universally consistent across many logs made at different times in any location or formation.