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WatGas calculates Water-Natural gas phase behavior, and includes the following types of calculations:

- Hydrate formation calculations
- Water content predictions of natural gases
- Inhibitor quantities (methanol/glycols) to avoid hydrate problems in pipelines
- Solid CO2 formation predictions

The program handles gases with known compositions and non-compositional gases (only gas gravity is needed). Note that the compositional model is more reliable than the non-compositional model, although they give similar results.

Almost all gases contain some water vapor. When leaving the producing formation, gas is saturated with water vapor, which is in equilibrium with reservoir liquid water at temperatures and pressures prevailing there.

Knowing the water content of natural gases is essential to the design and operation of production, dehydration and transmission systems. Water may condense in production and gathering systems. This may result in hydrate formation and plugging of flow systems and damage to internals of production equipment.

Condensed water may form water slugs, which will tend to decrease flow efficiency and increase the pressure drop in a line. Presence of free water in pipeline systems may also cause corrosion. If carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide are present, the gases may form carbonic acid and sulphurous acid respectively if dissolved in water.