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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Butane and propane
Sapropel
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Heavy crude oil
2. 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
Light crude oil
Origin of coal
Stratigraphic trap
3. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Energy content of gasoline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
4. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Crude oil
Reserves
Therms
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
5. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Indicated or probable reserves
Units of measuring natural gas
6. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Composition of source rock
Crude oil
Primary oil recovery
Diesel Oil
7. 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.
Tar sands or oil sands
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Gasification of Coal
Secondary oil recovery
8. Energy
Lubricating Oil
Therms
400 years
Sources of coal
9. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Source Rock
Tertiary oil recovery
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Sapropel
10. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Possible trap materials
Fluidized - bed combustion
Wet natural gas
Tar sands or oil sands
11. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Wet natural gas
Composition of Natural Gas
Trap
Dry natural gas
12. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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13. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Primary oil recovery
Source Rock
Energy content of gasoline
14. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Other uses of natural gas
Diesel Oil
LNG (liquified natural gas)
164 years
15. For lubricating motors
Other uses of natural gas
EROI
Conventional Natural Gas
Lubricating Oil
16. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Natural Gas
Oil Shale
Gasification of Coal
Sources of coal
17. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Reservoir bed
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Lubricating Oil
400 years
18. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Unconventional Natural Gas
164 years
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tar sands or oil sands
19. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Energy content of gasoline
Composition of Natural Gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Uses of coal
20. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Therms
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
164 years
Gasification of Coal
21. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Units of measuring natural gas
Therms
Lubricating Oil
Source Rock
22. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Landfill gas
Structural trap
Primary oil recovery
23. 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
Demonstrated reserves
Diesel Oil
Landfill gas
24. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Secondary oil recovery
Bituminous coal
Natural Gas
Reservoir bed
25. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Crude oil
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Indicated or probable reserves
Demonstrated reserves
26. 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.
Sweet crude oil
Tertiary oil recovery
Unconventional Natural Gas
Natural Gas
27. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Fluidized - bed combustion
Other uses of natural gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
28. Fuel for cars
Natural Gas
Gasoline
Anthracite
Main origin of oil and natural gas
29. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Landfill gas
Diesel Oil
Lubricating Oil
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
30. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Demonstrated reserves
Primary oil recovery
Structural trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
31. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Origin of coal
Secondary oil recovery
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Conversion of Btu to kWh
32. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Anthracite
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Light crude oil
33. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Reservoir bed
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Anticline
Conversion of Btu to kWh
34. 125000 Btu per gallon
Uses of coal
Energy content of gasoline
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
35. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Reservoir bed
Wet natural gas
Anticline
Landfill gas
36. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Wet natural gas
Primary oil recovery
Butane and propane
Indicated or probable reserves
37. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Uses of coal
Lubricating Oil
38. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Dry natural gas
Energy content of gasoline
Tertiary oil recovery
CNG (compressed natural gas)
39. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Crude oil
Primary oil recovery
Structural trap
Conversion of Btu to kWh
40. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Conversion of Btu to Joules
164 years
Demonstrated reserves
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
41. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Demonstrated reserves
400 years
CNG (compressed natural gas)
42. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Oil Shale
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Indicated or probable reserves
Conventional Natural Gas
43. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Fuel Oil
Indicated or probable reserves
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
44. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Anthracite
Energy content of gasoline
Indicated or probable reserves
Stratigraphic trap
45. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Anticline
Heavy crude oil
Reservoir bed
Sweet crude oil
46. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Natural Gas
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Sources of coal
47. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Fuel Oil
Landfill gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
48. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Uses of coal
Possible trap materials
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Indicated or probable reserves
49. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Anthracite
Dry natural gas
Sources of coal
Conversion of Btu to Joules
50. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Landfill gas
400 years
Fuel Oil
CNG (compressed natural gas)
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