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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Gasoline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Composition of Natural Gas
2. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Uses of coal
Sweet crude oil
Crude oil
164 years
3. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Sources of coal
Units of measuring natural gas
Conventional Natural Gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
4. Energy
Other uses of natural gas
Composition of Natural Gas
Energy content of gasoline
Therms
5. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Indicated or probable reserves
Fluidized - bed combustion
Structural trap
400 years
6. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Gasification of Coal
Composition of Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
Butane and propane
7. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Butane and propane
Therms
Bituminous coal
8. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Light crude oil
Reservoir bed
Therms
Indicated or probable reserves
9. For lubricating motors
Diesel Oil
Primary oil recovery
Lubricating Oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
10. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Other uses of natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Lubricating Oil
11. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Units of measuring natural gas
Kerosene
Reservoir bed
Gasification of Coal
12. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Reserves
Wet natural gas
Conventional Natural Gas
Composition of source rock
13. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Butane and propane
Conversion of Btu to kWh
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Energy content of gasoline
14. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Anticline
Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
Sources of coal
15. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Trap
Tertiary oil recovery
Landfill gas
164 years
16. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Gasification of Coal
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tertiary oil recovery
Crude oil
17. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Sources of coal
Reserves
Anthracite
Heavy crude oil
18. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Other uses of natural gas
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Kerosene
19. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Composition of source rock
Uses of coal
Dry natural gas
164 years
20. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Light crude oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Sources of coal
21. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Landfill gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
Tar sands or oil sands
22. Remaining oil is made more fluid so as to bring it up more easily. Brings up another 5-15% of the supply - but is much more costly.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Tertiary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Sweet crude oil
23. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Gasification of Coal
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Trap
24. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Indicated or probable reserves
Fuel Oil
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Sources of coal
25. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Kerosene
Heavy crude oil
EROI
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
26. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Bituminous coal
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conventional Natural Gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
27. Fuel for jets and tractors
Light crude oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
164 years
Kerosene
28. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Fuel Oil
Diesel Oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Uses of coal
29. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Source Rock
Other uses of natural gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
30. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Bituminous coal
Fuel Oil
31. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Kerosene
Other uses of natural gas
Tar sands or oil sands
164 years
32. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Dry natural gas
Gasification of Coal
Structural trap
33. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Stratigraphic trap
Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Petroleum or oil
34. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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35. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Oil Shale
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Composition of Natural Gas
36. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
164 years
37. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Crude oil
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Anthracite
38. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Crude oil
Oil Shale
Anthracite
Primary oil recovery
39. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Unconventional Natural Gas
Trap
Landfill gas
Stratigraphic trap
40. Peat - formed from plants.
Dry natural gas
Origin of coal
Crude oil
Tertiary oil recovery
41. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Therms
Sapropel
Energy content of gasoline
Wet natural gas
42. Oil with little or no sulfur
Sources of coal
Dry natural gas
Sweet crude oil
Trap
43. 125000 Btu per gallon
Energy content of gasoline
Sources of coal
Primary oil recovery
Structural trap
44. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Sources of coal
Anticline
164 years
Tar sands or oil sands
45. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Gasoline
Composition of Natural Gas
Anthracite
Reserves
46. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Primary oil recovery
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
47. Fuel for cars
Gasoline
Sapropel
Fuel Oil
Sweet crude oil
48. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Dry natural gas
Reserves
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Secondary oil recovery
49. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Reserves
Fluidized - bed combustion
Tar sands or oil sands
50. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Units of measuring natural gas
Light crude oil
Anticline
Composition of Natural Gas