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