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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
164 years
Gasoline
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Sources of coal
2. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Anthracite
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
3. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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4. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Dry natural gas
Anthracite
Tertiary oil recovery
Unconventional Natural Gas
5. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Demonstrated reserves
Possible trap materials
Tertiary oil recovery
Dry natural gas
6. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Bituminous coal
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Diesel Oil
7. Salt or cemented sandstone
Anticline
Dry natural gas
Possible trap materials
Demonstrated reserves
8. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Composition of source rock
Reservoir bed
Source Rock
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
9. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Source Rock
Fluidized - bed combustion
Primary oil recovery
10. Water or gas is injected into the reservoir to increase the pressure - bringing the oil to the surface. Begins when the oil no longer rises naturally to the surface. Accounts for 15-45% of the supply.
Lubricating Oil
Petroleum or oil
Primary oil recovery
Secondary oil recovery
11. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Other uses of natural gas
Crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Wet natural gas
12. Peat - formed from plants.
Energy content of gasoline
Tertiary oil recovery
Origin of coal
Uses of coal
13. Energy
Therms
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Anticline
14. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Conventional Natural Gas
Dry natural gas
Gasoline
Butane and propane
15. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Heavy crude oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Composition of source rock
Possible trap materials
16. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Energy content of gasoline
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Sapropel
Composition of Natural Gas
17. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Bituminous coal
Composition of Natural Gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Reserves
18. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Tar sands or oil sands
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Tertiary oil recovery
Structural trap
19. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Crude oil
Anthracite
20. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Fluidized - bed combustion
Demonstrated reserves
Unconventional Natural Gas
21. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Primary oil recovery
Natural Gas
Fuel Oil
22. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Crude oil
Anthracite
164 years
23. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Light crude oil
Anticline
Possible trap materials
Crude oil
24. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Sapropel
Possible trap materials
Structural trap
25. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Energy content of gasoline
Source Rock
Sapropel
EROI
26. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Stratigraphic trap
Anthracite
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
27. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Gasoline
28. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Composition of source rock
Source Rock
Bituminous coal
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
29. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Possible trap materials
Other uses of natural gas
30. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Petroleum or oil
Lubricating Oil
Therms
Dry natural gas
31. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Fuel Oil
Light crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Landfill gas
32. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Composition of source rock
Fluidized - bed combustion
Conventional Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
33. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Anthracite
Origin of coal
Uses of coal
Trap
34. For lubricating motors
Energy content of gasoline
Lubricating Oil
Sapropel
Structural trap
35. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Butane and propane
Light crude oil
Reserves
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
36. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
US Consumption of Natural Gas
400 years
37. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Crude oil
Tar sands or oil sands
Reservoir bed
Primary oil recovery
38. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Indicated or probable reserves
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Gasoline
39. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
400 years
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Stratigraphic trap
Conversion of Btu to Therms
40. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Source Rock
Origin of coal
Bituminous coal
41. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Trap
Reservoir bed
Other uses of natural gas
Conventional Natural Gas
42. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Heavy crude oil
Petroleum or oil
Wet natural gas
Energy content of gasoline
43. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Sapropel
400 years
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Primary oil recovery
44. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Indicated or probable reserves
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Fuel Oil
45. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
Light crude oil
Units of measuring natural gas
Origin of coal
46. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Petroleum or oil
Fuel Oil
Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
47. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Kerosene
Bituminous coal
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Origin of coal
48. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Butane and propane
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Fluidized - bed combustion
49. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Gasification of Coal
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Petroleum or oil
Primary oil recovery
50. 125000 Btu per gallon
Indicated or probable reserves
Secondary oil recovery
Sweet crude oil
Energy content of gasoline