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