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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
EROI
Composition of Natural Gas
2. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Fuel Oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Demonstrated reserves
Landfill gas
3. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Units of measuring natural gas
Gasoline
Composition of source rock
Sapropel
4. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Light crude oil
Landfill gas
Structural trap
5. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Therms
Secondary oil recovery
Anthracite
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
6. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Dry natural gas
Heavy crude oil
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
7. Fuel for trucks
EROI
Possible trap materials
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Diesel Oil
8. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Gasification of Coal
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Wet natural gas
9. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
164 years
Origin of coal
Anticline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
10. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Therms
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Reservoir bed
11. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Energy content of gasoline
Origin of coal
Reservoir bed
Conversion of Btu to Therms
12. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
400 years
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Origin of coal
Light crude oil
13. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Anthracite
Landfill gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Other uses of natural gas
14. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Sapropel
EROI
Gasification of Coal
Uses of coal
15. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Reservoir bed
Fuel Oil
Other uses of natural gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
16. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Reserves
Oil Shale
Composition of Natural Gas
Landfill gas
17. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Butane and propane
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Fluidized - bed combustion
18. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Stratigraphic trap
Composition of source rock
19. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Tertiary oil recovery
Stratigraphic trap
Fluidized - bed combustion
EROI
20. Peat - formed from plants.
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Uses of coal
Diesel Oil
Origin of coal
21. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
22. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Sweet crude oil
Demonstrated reserves
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sapropel
23. 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.
Therms
Tertiary oil recovery
Structural trap
Kerosene
24. Fuel for cars
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Primary oil recovery
Gasoline
Origin of coal
25. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Stratigraphic trap
Origin of coal
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Primary oil recovery
26. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Bituminous coal
Indicated or probable reserves
Primary oil recovery
Sources of coal
27. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Primary oil recovery
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Gasification of Coal
Dry natural gas
28. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Secondary oil recovery
Sources of coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Unconventional Natural Gas
29. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Gasification of Coal
Composition of Natural Gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
30. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Source Rock
Butane and propane
Kerosene
Light crude oil
31. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Indicated or probable reserves
Lubricating Oil
32. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Gasoline
Wet natural gas
33. Oil with little or no sulfur
Sweet crude oil
Natural Gas
Origin of coal
EROI
34. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Conventional Natural Gas
Uses of coal
Other uses of natural gas
Source Rock
35. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Landfill gas
Anticline
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
36. Salt or cemented sandstone
Primary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Possible trap materials
Unconventional Natural Gas
37. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Petroleum or oil
Diesel Oil
164 years
Butane and propane
38. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Tar sands or oil sands
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Dry natural gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
39. 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.
Secondary oil recovery
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conventional Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
40. For lubricating motors
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Wet natural gas
Diesel Oil
Lubricating Oil
41. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Kerosene
Possible trap materials
Gasoline
42. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Possible trap materials
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Sources of coal
Main origin of oil and natural gas
43. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Uses of coal
Energy content of gasoline
Fuel Oil
164 years
44. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Crude oil
Tertiary oil recovery
Sources of coal
45. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Composition of Natural Gas
Anticline
400 years
Trap
46. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Gasification of Coal
Fuel Oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Main origin of oil and natural gas
47. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Units of measuring natural gas
Butane and propane
Therms
48. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Demonstrated reserves
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Energy content of gasoline
400 years
49. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Diesel Oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Uses of coal
Petroleum or oil
50. Fuel for jets and tractors
Light crude oil
Kerosene
Trap
164 years