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