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