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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Anthracite
Anticline
Heavy crude oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
2. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Bituminous coal
Tertiary oil recovery
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Composition of source rock
3. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Source Rock
Dry natural gas
Petroleum or oil
Conversion of Btu to kWh
4. 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.
Tertiary oil recovery
Butane and propane
Stratigraphic trap
Units of measuring natural gas
5. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
US Consumption of Natural Gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Lubricating Oil
6. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
400 years
Butane and propane
Source Rock
Trap
7. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Natural Gas
Butane and propane
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Oil Shale
8. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Light crude oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Unconventional Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
9. Oil with little or no sulfur
EROI
Kerosene
Sweet crude oil
Anticline
10. Peat - formed from plants.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Origin of coal
Other uses of natural gas
11. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Origin of coal
Kerosene
Fuel Oil
Indicated or probable reserves
12. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Uses of coal
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Units of measuring natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
13. Fuel for jets and tractors
Trap
Composition of source rock
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Kerosene
14. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Butane and propane
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tertiary oil recovery
15. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Possible trap materials
Stratigraphic trap
Primary oil recovery
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
16. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Crude oil
Indicated or probable reserves
Energy content of gasoline
Source Rock
17. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Uses of coal
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Composition of source rock
18. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Gasification of Coal
Structural trap
Stratigraphic trap
19. Fuel for cars
Light crude oil
Sweet crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Gasoline
20. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Unconventional Natural Gas
400 years
Sapropel
21. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Petroleum or oil
Crude oil
EROI
Uses of coal
22. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Conventional Natural Gas
Origin of coal
Sapropel
Therms
23. Fuel for trucks
Fluidized - bed combustion
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Diesel Oil
CNG (compressed natural gas)
24. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Fuel Oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Other uses of natural gas
25. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Diesel Oil
Indicated or probable reserves
26. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Energy content of gasoline
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Other uses of natural gas
27. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Bituminous coal
Sapropel
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to Therms
28. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Dry natural gas
Conventional Natural Gas
400 years
164 years
29. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Heavy crude oil
30. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Conventional Natural Gas
Butane and propane
31. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Butane and propane
Gasoline
32. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
CNG (compressed natural gas)
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
33. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Fuel Oil
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
164 years
34. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Anthracite
EROI
Landfill gas
Therms
35. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
164 years
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Composition of Natural Gas
Heavy crude oil
36. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Sweet crude oil
Petroleum or oil
Trap
37. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Petroleum or oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Stratigraphic trap
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
38. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Gasification of Coal
Petroleum or oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Sources of coal
39. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Gasoline
Tertiary oil recovery
Therms
40. For lubricating motors
Secondary oil recovery
Lubricating Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Composition of source rock
41. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Natural Gas
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Uses of coal
Demonstrated reserves
42. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Possible trap materials
Sources of coal
Oil Shale
43. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Reservoir bed
EROI
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
44. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Reserves
Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
Wet natural gas
45. Energy
Therms
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conversion of Btu to Joules
46. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Reservoir bed
Composition of Natural Gas
Dry natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
47. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Possible trap materials
Natural Gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
48. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Indicated or probable reserves
Fluidized - bed combustion
Tertiary oil recovery
Demonstrated reserves
49. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Tertiary oil recovery
Kerosene
Structural trap
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
50. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Stratigraphic trap
Bituminous coal
Butane and propane
Indicated or probable reserves