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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Sapropel
Structural trap
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
2. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Landfill gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Light crude oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
3. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Possible trap materials
Crude oil
Units of measuring natural gas
Gasoline
4. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Anthracite
Tertiary oil recovery
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
5. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Stratigraphic trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Uses of coal
Sources of coal
6. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Sources of coal
Demonstrated reserves
Gasification of Coal
7. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Source Rock
Therms
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Kerosene
8. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
164 years
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Primary oil recovery
Possible trap materials
9. For lubricating motors
Lubricating Oil
Anthracite
Diesel Oil
Indicated or probable reserves
10. Fuel for cars
Anthracite
Possible trap materials
Gasoline
Sapropel
11. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Natural Gas
12. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Oil Shale
Sweet crude oil
Heavy crude oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
13. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Sapropel
Crude oil
Demonstrated reserves
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
14. Fuel for trucks
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Diesel Oil
Primary oil recovery
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
15. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Sapropel
Tar sands or oil sands
Unconventional Natural Gas
EROI
16. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Anticline
Bituminous coal
Landfill gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
17. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Indicated or probable reserves
Light crude oil
Petroleum or oil
Reserves
18. 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
Bituminous coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Conventional Natural Gas
19. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Light crude oil
Fuel Oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
20. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Uses of coal
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Natural Gas
21. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Bituminous coal
Lubricating Oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Composition of Natural Gas
22. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Demonstrated reserves
Gasification of Coal
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Composition of Natural Gas
23. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Lubricating Oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Gasification of Coal
24. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Reserves
Composition of source rock
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Heavy crude oil
25. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Fluidized - bed combustion
Reservoir bed
Sources of coal
Units of measuring natural gas
26. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Structural trap
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sweet crude oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
27. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Structural trap
164 years
28. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Sapropel
Secondary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Trap
29. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Secondary oil recovery
Reservoir bed
Tertiary oil recovery
Composition of source rock
30. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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31. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Unconventional Natural Gas
EROI
Composition of source rock
32. 125000 Btu per gallon
Conversion of Btu to Therms
EROI
Diesel Oil
Energy content of gasoline
33. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Fuel Oil
Structural trap
Demonstrated reserves
Source Rock
34. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
400 years
Primary oil recovery
Origin of coal
Fluidized - bed combustion
35. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Lubricating Oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
164 years
Conventional Natural Gas
36. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Tar sands or oil sands
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
37. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Trap
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Anthracite
Other uses of natural gas
38. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Light crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Indicated or probable reserves
39. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
400 years
Bituminous coal
Fuel Oil
Reservoir bed
40. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Dry natural gas
Uses of coal
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
41. Peat - formed from plants.
Stratigraphic trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Origin of coal
42. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Reserves
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Light crude oil
43. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Lubricating Oil
Trap
Oil Shale
Dry natural gas
44. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Wet natural gas
Demonstrated reserves
Fluidized - bed combustion
Sapropel
45. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Dry natural gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Origin of coal
Heavy crude oil
46. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Crude oil
Indicated or probable reserves
47. Fuel for jets and tractors
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Therms
Conventional Natural Gas
Kerosene
48. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Therms
Sources of coal
Stratigraphic trap
Composition of Natural Gas
49. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Fluidized - bed combustion
Conventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Reservoir bed
50. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Tar sands or oil sands
Sources of coal
Indicated or probable reserves
Petroleum or oil