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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
Lubricating Oil
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Stratigraphic trap
2. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Fuel Oil
Petroleum or oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
3. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Reservoir bed
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Tar sands or oil sands
4. Oil with little or no sulfur
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Sweet crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
164 years
5. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Sweet crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Sapropel
LNG (liquified natural gas)
6. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Oil Shale
Stratigraphic trap
EROI
7. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Petroleum or oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
8. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
400 years
Primary oil recovery
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Energy content of gasoline
9. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Dry natural gas
Reservoir bed
Unconventional Natural Gas
Bituminous coal
10. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Source Rock
Demonstrated reserves
Wet natural gas
Crude oil
11. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Composition of source rock
Tertiary oil recovery
Trap
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
12. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Natural Gas
Light crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Kerosene
13. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Kerosene
Therms
Tar sands or oil sands
400 years
14. 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.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Lubricating Oil
Structural trap
Tertiary oil recovery
15. 125000 Btu per gallon
Units of measuring natural gas
400 years
Conventional Natural Gas
Energy content of gasoline
16. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Petroleum or oil
Possible trap materials
EROI
Composition of source rock
17. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Primary oil recovery
Fluidized - bed combustion
Tar sands or oil sands
18. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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19. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Butane and propane
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Uses of coal
20. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Uses of coal
Fuel Oil
Unconventional Natural Gas
21. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Therms
Butane and propane
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Anticline
22. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Gasification of Coal
Bituminous coal
Unconventional Natural Gas
Uses of coal
23. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Fuel Oil
EROI
Bituminous coal
24. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Bituminous coal
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Conventional Natural Gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
25. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Reserves
164 years
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Petroleum or oil
26. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Bituminous coal
Conversion of Btu to kWh
LNG (liquified natural gas)
27. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Bituminous coal
Sources of coal
Oil Shale
Units of measuring natural gas
28. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Indicated or probable reserves
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Source Rock
Light crude oil
29. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Demonstrated reserves
Oil Shale
Uses of coal
30. Salt or cemented sandstone
Possible trap materials
Main origin of oil and natural gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Reserves
31. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Primary oil recovery
Heavy crude oil
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Composition of source rock
32. Energy
Diesel Oil
164 years
Sources of coal
Therms
33. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Anticline
Structural trap
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
34. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Unconventional Natural Gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Gasoline
Demonstrated reserves
35. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Demonstrated reserves
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Unconventional Natural Gas
Indicated or probable reserves
36. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
Composition of source rock
Anthracite
US Consumption of Natural Gas
37. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Energy content of gasoline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Primary oil recovery
38. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Units of measuring natural gas
Conventional Natural Gas
39. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Composition of source rock
Wet natural gas
Heavy crude oil
Trap
40. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Bituminous coal
Landfill gas
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Dry natural gas
41. Fuel for cars
Natural Gas
Fuel Oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Gasoline
42. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Reserves
Crude oil
Sweet crude oil
43. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
400 years
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Uses of coal
44. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Reservoir bed
Kerosene
Trap
Other uses of natural gas
45. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Demonstrated reserves
Trap
Sweet crude oil
Structural trap
46. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Primary oil recovery
Reserves
Sources of coal
400 years
47. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Natural Gas
Diesel Oil
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
48. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Other uses of natural gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Possible trap materials
Bituminous coal
49. Fuel for jets and tractors
Petroleum or oil
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Kerosene
Secondary oil recovery
50. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Kerosene
Demonstrated reserves
Secondary oil recovery