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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Anticline
Trap
Anthracite
Crude oil
2. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Petroleum or oil
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Stratigraphic trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
3. 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.
400 years
Tertiary oil recovery
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Origin of coal
4. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Fuel Oil
LNG (liquified natural gas)
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
5. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Composition of Natural Gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Wet natural gas
6. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Crude oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Diesel Oil
7. 125000 Btu per gallon
Main origin of oil and natural gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Energy content of gasoline
Anticline
8. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Sources of coal
Oil Shale
Landfill gas
Light crude oil
9. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Sources of coal
Fluidized - bed combustion
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
EROI
10. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Natural Gas
Butane and propane
Light crude oil
Heavy crude oil
11. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Other uses of natural gas
Gasification of Coal
Origin of coal
12. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Crude oil
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Reservoir bed
Units of measuring natural gas
13. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Lubricating Oil
Demonstrated reserves
Conventional Natural Gas
Units of measuring natural gas
14. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Indicated or probable reserves
Tar sands or oil sands
Source Rock
Kerosene
15. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Light crude oil
Demonstrated reserves
Reservoir bed
Heavy crude oil
16. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Composition of Natural Gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
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
Fuel Oil
Heavy crude oil
Wet natural gas
18. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Conventional Natural Gas
Other uses of natural gas
164 years
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
19. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
164 years
Tar sands or oil sands
Trap
Butane and propane
20. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Tar sands or oil sands
Crude oil
Composition of Natural Gas
21. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Fuel Oil
Demonstrated reserves
Sources of coal
Anticline
22. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Primary oil recovery
Uses of coal
Origin of coal
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
23. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Lubricating Oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Stratigraphic trap
24. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Other uses of natural gas
Demonstrated reserves
Uses of coal
Source Rock
25. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Composition of Natural Gas
Tertiary oil recovery
Fluidized - bed combustion
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
26. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Light crude oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conventional Natural Gas
27. Fuel for cars
Gasoline
Primary oil recovery
Dry natural gas
Possible trap materials
28. Fuel for jets and tractors
Kerosene
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Natural Gas
Reserves
29. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Bituminous coal
Unconventional Natural Gas
Secondary oil recovery
Landfill gas
30. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Demonstrated reserves
Composition of Natural Gas
164 years
31. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Reservoir bed
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Unconventional Natural Gas
Structural trap
32. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Anthracite
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Butane and propane
164 years
33. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Anthracite
Gasoline
Dry natural gas
400 years
34. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Possible trap materials
Heavy crude oil
35. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Diesel Oil
Oil Shale
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
36. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Source Rock
Heavy crude oil
Sources of coal
Gasification of Coal
37. For lubricating motors
Kerosene
Composition of Natural Gas
Lubricating Oil
Therms
38. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Composition of source rock
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Primary oil recovery
Sources of coal
39. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Reserves
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
EROI
40. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Source Rock
400 years
Uses of coal
Anticline
41. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Units of measuring natural gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
42. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Dry natural gas
43. Energy
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Anthracite
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Therms
44. Oil with little or no sulfur
Origin of coal
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Therms
Sweet crude oil
45. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Reserves
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
Stratigraphic trap
46. Salt or cemented sandstone
Petroleum or oil
Sweet crude oil
Possible trap materials
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
47. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Unconventional Natural Gas
Secondary oil recovery
Light crude oil
48. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Structural trap
Primary oil recovery
Conventional Natural Gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
49. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Anticline
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Trap
50. Fuel for trucks
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Possible trap materials
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Diesel Oil