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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to Joules
164 years
Fuel Oil
2. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Crude oil
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Kerosene
Conversion of Btu to Therms
3. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Source Rock
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Light crude oil
4. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Trap
Indicated or probable reserves
Demonstrated reserves
5. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Primary oil recovery
Uses of coal
Sweet crude oil
Dry natural gas
6. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Demonstrated reserves
Oil Shale
Source Rock
Composition of Natural Gas
7. Energy
Kerosene
Reserves
Therms
Sweet crude oil
8. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Trap
Kerosene
Fluidized - bed combustion
Indicated or probable reserves
9. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
400 years
Fuel Oil
Petroleum or oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
10. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Anthracite
Fluidized - bed combustion
Light crude oil
Composition of Natural Gas
11. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Sapropel
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
12. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Other uses of natural gas
Units of measuring natural gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Conventional Natural Gas
13. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Conventional Natural Gas
14. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Origin of coal
Bituminous coal
Petroleum or oil
Sources of coal
15. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Sweet crude oil
Indicated or probable reserves
Lubricating Oil
Composition of Natural Gas
16. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Trap
Conventional Natural Gas
Fuel Oil
Units of measuring natural gas
17. 125000 Btu per gallon
Structural trap
164 years
Primary oil recovery
Energy content of gasoline
18. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Gasification of Coal
19. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Conventional Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Reservoir bed
20. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Origin of coal
Sweet crude oil
Source Rock
Composition of Natural Gas
21. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Indicated or probable reserves
Primary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Tar sands or oil sands
22. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Oil Shale
164 years
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Landfill gas
23. 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
Anthracite
Heavy crude oil
Reserves
24. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Composition of Natural Gas
Lubricating Oil
Sources of coal
CNG (compressed natural gas)
25. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
Composition of Natural Gas
Bituminous coal
LNG (liquified natural gas)
26. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
EROI
Structural trap
Gasification of Coal
Light crude oil
27. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
400 years
Natural Gas
Structural trap
Secondary oil recovery
28. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Other uses of natural gas
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Origin of coal
LNG (liquified natural gas)
29. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Composition of source rock
Other uses of natural gas
Anthracite
Wet natural gas
30. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Uses of coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Fuel Oil
31. 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.
Units of measuring natural gas
Secondary oil recovery
Other uses of natural gas
Heavy crude oil
32. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Possible trap materials
Trap
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Bituminous coal
33. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Composition of source rock
Source Rock
34. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Demonstrated reserves
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Sapropel
35. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Crude oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Light crude oil
Conversion of Btu to Therms
36. Oil with little or no sulfur
Sweet crude oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Anthracite
37. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Uses of coal
Oil Shale
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
LNG (liquified natural gas)
38. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Demonstrated reserves
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
164 years
39. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
400 years
Demonstrated reserves
164 years
Butane and propane
40. Fuel for cars
Tar sands or oil sands
Gasoline
Trap
Landfill gas
41. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Wet natural gas
Tar sands or oil sands
42. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Reserves
Oil Shale
Indicated or probable reserves
Composition of source rock
43. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Kerosene
Reserves
Tar sands or oil sands
Fluidized - bed combustion
44. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Diesel Oil
45. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Gasoline
Diesel Oil
Sources of coal
Butane and propane
46. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Sapropel
Sources of coal
Natural Gas
Landfill gas
47. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Sweet crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Sapropel
Light crude oil
48. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Possible trap materials
400 years
Composition of source rock
Stratigraphic trap
49. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Stratigraphic trap
Heavy crude oil
Diesel Oil
50. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Sources of coal
Conventional Natural Gas
Dry natural gas