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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Composition of Natural Gas
Sapropel
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Oil Shale
2. 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.
Wet natural gas
Tertiary oil recovery
Gasoline
Unconventional Natural Gas
3. Energy
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Composition of source rock
Natural Gas
Therms
4. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Natural Gas
Landfill gas
Energy content of gasoline
5. For lubricating motors
Lubricating Oil
Tar sands or oil sands
Anthracite
Landfill gas
6. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Diesel Oil
Wet natural gas
Gasification of Coal
Oil Shale
7. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Bituminous coal
Sweet crude oil
Kerosene
8. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Structural trap
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Bituminous coal
9. 125000 Btu per gallon
Heavy crude oil
Energy content of gasoline
Bituminous coal
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
10. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
EROI
Lubricating Oil
Kerosene
400 years
11. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Butane and propane
Natural Gas
Fuel Oil
Gasoline
12. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Demonstrated reserves
Crude oil
CNG (compressed natural gas)
LNG (liquified natural gas)
13. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Units of measuring natural gas
Reservoir bed
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
14. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Wet natural gas
Secondary oil recovery
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
164 years
15. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Anthracite
Units of measuring natural gas
Sweet crude oil
Sapropel
16. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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17. 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.
Secondary oil recovery
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conventional Natural Gas
Origin of coal
18. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Dry natural gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Butane and propane
19. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Light crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Indicated or probable reserves
20. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Oil Shale
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Origin of coal
Composition of source rock
21. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Source Rock
Energy content of gasoline
Demonstrated reserves
22. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Secondary oil recovery
EROI
400 years
Wet natural gas
23. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Structural trap
Sweet crude oil
Uses of coal
Unconventional Natural Gas
24. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
EROI
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tar sands or oil sands
Demonstrated reserves
25. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Kerosene
Anticline
Primary oil recovery
26. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Therms
Fluidized - bed combustion
Heavy crude oil
Composition of Natural Gas
27. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Diesel Oil
Stratigraphic trap
Sources of coal
Tar sands or oil sands
28. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Therms
Unconventional Natural Gas
Uses of coal
Fuel Oil
29. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Petroleum or oil
Light crude oil
Heavy crude oil
Butane and propane
30. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Gasification of Coal
Dry natural gas
Gasoline
Wet natural gas
31. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Gasoline
Sources of coal
Anticline
Composition of source rock
32. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Gasification of Coal
Source Rock
33. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Oil Shale
Other uses of natural gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Stratigraphic trap
34. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Reserves
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Fuel Oil
Dry natural gas
35. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Reserves
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Natural Gas
400 years
36. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Stratigraphic trap
Gasification of Coal
Anticline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
37. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
164 years
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
LNG (liquified natural gas)
US Consumption of Natural Gas
38. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Therms
Reservoir bed
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Sweet crude oil
39. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Light crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
40. Salt or cemented sandstone
Possible trap materials
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Composition of Natural Gas
Conventional Natural Gas
41. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Demonstrated reserves
Stratigraphic trap
Sources of coal
Wet natural gas
42. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Other uses of natural gas
Uses of coal
Lubricating Oil
164 years
43. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Butane and propane
Sources of coal
Crude oil
Sapropel
44. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Possible trap materials
Butane and propane
Conventional Natural Gas
Bituminous coal
45. Fuel for jets and tractors
Kerosene
Crude oil
Anticline
US Consumption of Natural Gas
46. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Natural Gas
47. Oil with little or no sulfur
Dry natural gas
Origin of coal
Sweet crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
48. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Crude oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Oil Shale
49. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Petroleum or oil
Gasification of Coal
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Primary oil recovery
50. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Primary oil recovery
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Energy content of gasoline
Conversion of Btu to kWh