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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
Wet natural gas
Anticline
Demonstrated reserves
2. Energy
Tar sands or oil sands
Therms
Fluidized - bed combustion
Oil Shale
3. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Tertiary oil recovery
Crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
4. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Conversion of Btu to Therms
EROI
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Anthracite
5. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Gasoline
Origin of coal
Stratigraphic trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
6. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Demonstrated reserves
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Other uses of natural gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
7. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Diesel Oil
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Crude oil
8. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Uses of coal
Indicated or probable reserves
LNG (liquified natural gas)
9. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Stratigraphic trap
Light crude oil
Oil Shale
Fluidized - bed combustion
10. Fuel for cars
Composition of source rock
Gasoline
Butane and propane
Fluidized - bed combustion
11. Fuel for jets and tractors
Gasoline
Kerosene
Fluidized - bed combustion
Possible trap materials
12. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Other uses of natural gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
EROI
Trap
13. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Heavy crude oil
Trap
Uses of coal
Bituminous coal
14. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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15. 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.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Secondary oil recovery
Wet natural gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
16. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Landfill gas
Oil Shale
Energy content of gasoline
Conversion of Btu to kWh
17. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Lubricating Oil
Tertiary oil recovery
18. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Light crude oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Primary oil recovery
Sapropel
19. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Demonstrated reserves
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Petroleum or oil
20. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Heavy crude oil
Structural trap
Trap
21. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Kerosene
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Composition of source rock
Sweet crude oil
22. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Sweet crude oil
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Sources of coal
23. 125000 Btu per gallon
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Energy content of gasoline
Natural Gas
Gasification of Coal
24. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Diesel Oil
Dry natural gas
Wet natural gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
25. 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
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Structural trap
26. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Secondary oil recovery
Anthracite
Conversion of Btu to Joules
US Consumption of Natural Gas
27. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Diesel Oil
Wet natural gas
Butane and propane
Primary oil recovery
28. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Conventional Natural Gas
Trap
Unconventional Natural Gas
EROI
29. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Light crude oil
Therms
EROI
Other uses of natural gas
30. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Conversion of Btu to Therms
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Anthracite
Uses of coal
31. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Structural trap
Composition of Natural Gas
Sources of coal
32. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Gasoline
Bituminous coal
164 years
Sapropel
33. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Structural trap
EROI
Anticline
Indicated or probable reserves
34. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Sweet crude oil
Anticline
Fuel Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
35. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Dry natural gas
Composition of Natural Gas
Natural Gas
Tar sands or oil sands
36. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Heavy crude oil
Crude oil
Possible trap materials
164 years
37. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Unconventional Natural Gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Conversion of Btu to Joules
38. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Bituminous coal
Reservoir bed
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Sapropel
39. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Oil Shale
Lubricating Oil
Structural trap
Heavy crude oil
40. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Diesel Oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Tertiary oil recovery
Fluidized - bed combustion
41. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Conversion of Btu to Therms
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Reservoir bed
Stratigraphic trap
42. Salt or cemented sandstone
Tar sands or oil sands
Possible trap materials
Lubricating Oil
Landfill gas
43. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Secondary oil recovery
Kerosene
Anticline
44. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Petroleum or oil
164 years
Heavy crude oil
45. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Therms
Sapropel
Light crude oil
EROI
46. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Structural trap
Reserves
Tertiary oil recovery
Demonstrated reserves
47. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Natural Gas
Source Rock
Wet natural gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
48. Fuel for trucks
Demonstrated reserves
Diesel Oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Wet natural gas
49. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Source Rock
Crude oil
50. Oil with little or no sulfur
Other uses of natural gas
Indicated or probable reserves
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sweet crude oil