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