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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Structural trap
Lubricating Oil
Natural Gas
Gasoline
2. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
EROI
Bituminous coal
Oil Shale
Gasification of Coal
3. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Gasoline
Reservoir bed
Kerosene
Bituminous coal
4. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Uses of coal
Sapropel
Sources of coal
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
5. 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.
Bituminous coal
Tertiary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Structural trap
6. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Indicated or probable reserves
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
7. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
164 years
Kerosene
Anticline
Reservoir bed
8. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Possible trap materials
Natural Gas
Heavy crude oil
9. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Sources of coal
Sweet crude oil
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Conventional Natural Gas
10. Peat - formed from plants.
EROI
Reservoir bed
Origin of coal
Uses of coal
11. Fuel for jets and tractors
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Demonstrated reserves
Kerosene
Diesel Oil
12. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Butane and propane
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Fluidized - bed combustion
13. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Conventional Natural Gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Diesel Oil
Other uses of natural gas
14. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Natural Gas
Wet natural gas
Crude oil
Sapropel
15. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Composition of source rock
Tertiary oil recovery
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Butane and propane
16. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Demonstrated reserves
Reserves
Therms
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
17. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Possible trap materials
Diesel Oil
Source Rock
Composition of Natural Gas
18. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Natural Gas
Heavy crude oil
Butane and propane
19. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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20. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Dry natural gas
400 years
Gasification of Coal
21. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Composition of source rock
Composition of Natural Gas
Light crude oil
Units of measuring natural gas
22. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Source Rock
Composition of Natural Gas
Crude oil
Diesel Oil
23. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Gasification of Coal
Gasoline
Dry natural gas
24. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Reservoir bed
EROI
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to Therms
25. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Source Rock
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Other uses of natural gas
Reservoir bed
26. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conventional Natural Gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Anticline
27. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Fluidized - bed combustion
Secondary oil recovery
Dry natural gas
28. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Primary oil recovery
Energy content of gasoline
Source Rock
Composition of source rock
29. Salt or cemented sandstone
Natural Gas
Other uses of natural gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
30. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Light crude oil
Heavy crude oil
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Composition of Natural Gas
31. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Tar sands or oil sands
Units of measuring natural gas
Petroleum or oil
Diesel Oil
32. 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.
Tar sands or oil sands
Secondary oil recovery
Unconventional Natural Gas
Main origin of oil and natural gas
33. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Uses of coal
Dry natural gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Possible trap materials
34. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Natural Gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Wet natural gas
Therms
35. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Demonstrated reserves
Sapropel
Units of measuring natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
36. For lubricating motors
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Reserves
Sources of coal
Lubricating Oil
37. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Gasification of Coal
Conventional Natural Gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Stratigraphic trap
38. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Dry natural gas
Tertiary oil recovery
US Consumption of Natural Gas
164 years
39. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Anthracite
Unconventional Natural Gas
40. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Tertiary oil recovery
Origin of coal
Trap
Conversion of Btu to kWh
41. Fuel for cars
Gasoline
Lubricating Oil
Energy content of gasoline
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
42. 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
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Fluidized - bed combustion
Indicated or probable reserves
43. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Conventional Natural Gas
Composition of Natural Gas
Structural trap
Conversion of Btu to Therms
44. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Anthracite
164 years
Heavy crude oil
Lubricating Oil
45. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Secondary oil recovery
46. Oil with little or no sulfur
Composition of Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
Energy content of gasoline
Demonstrated reserves
47. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Composition of Natural Gas
Secondary oil recovery
Butane and propane
Gasification of Coal
48. Energy
Structural trap
Reservoir bed
Therms
164 years
49. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Origin of coal
Trap
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Conversion of Btu to kWh
50. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Diesel Oil
Composition of source rock
Main origin of oil and natural gas
EROI