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