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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Conventional Natural Gas
EROI
Reserves
Stratigraphic trap
2. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Indicated or probable reserves
Petroleum or oil
Tertiary oil recovery
Anticline
3. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Anticline
Dry natural gas
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Tar sands or oil sands
4. For lubricating motors
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sapropel
Lubricating Oil
5. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Tar sands or oil sands
164 years
400 years
Kerosene
6. 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.
164 years
Butane and propane
Secondary oil recovery
Oil Shale
7. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Source Rock
Primary oil recovery
8. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Anthracite
Wet natural gas
Energy content of gasoline
9. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Bituminous coal
Uses of coal
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
10. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Light crude oil
Energy content of gasoline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Unconventional Natural Gas
11. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Kerosene
Natural Gas
Butane and propane
Composition of Natural Gas
12. Energy
Therms
Sources of coal
Anticline
Diesel Oil
13. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Gasification of Coal
Reservoir bed
Secondary oil recovery
Possible trap materials
14. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Unconventional Natural Gas
Wet natural gas
Composition of source rock
Units of measuring natural gas
15. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Reservoir bed
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Secondary oil recovery
16. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Heavy crude oil
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
17. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Uses of coal
Composition of source rock
164 years
CNG (compressed natural gas)
18. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Stratigraphic trap
Natural Gas
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Fuel Oil
19. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
Wet natural gas
Reserves
Possible trap materials
Bituminous coal
20. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Energy content of gasoline
Primary oil recovery
Reserves
Sweet crude oil
21. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Other uses of natural gas
Lubricating Oil
Uses of coal
Therms
22. 125000 Btu per gallon
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Energy content of gasoline
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Kerosene
23. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Structural trap
Heavy crude oil
Lubricating Oil
Tar sands or oil sands
24. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
Dry natural gas
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Tertiary oil recovery
25. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Petroleum or oil
Sapropel
Possible trap materials
CNG (compressed natural gas)
26. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Crude oil
Sources of coal
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
27. Oil with little or no sulfur
Lubricating Oil
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sweet crude oil
Sapropel
28. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
CNG (compressed natural gas)
164 years
Light crude oil
29. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Kerosene
Trap
Indicated or probable reserves
Tar sands or oil sands
30. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Tar sands or oil sands
Butane and propane
Dry natural gas
Structural trap
31. Fuel for cars
Reserves
Gasoline
Source Rock
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
32. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Conventional Natural Gas
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Gasoline
Unconventional Natural Gas
33. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Composition of Natural Gas
Other uses of natural gas
Energy content of gasoline
Dry natural gas
34. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Anthracite
Crude oil
Uses of coal
Main origin of oil and natural gas
35. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Tar sands or oil sands
Crude oil
Gasoline
Oil Shale
36. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Possible trap materials
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Diesel Oil
Kerosene
37. 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.
Light crude oil
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
EROI
Tertiary oil recovery
38. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
400 years
Oil Shale
Conversion of Btu to Therms
US Consumption of Natural Gas
39. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Gasification of Coal
Trap
Fluidized - bed combustion
Energy content of gasoline
40. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Reservoir bed
41. Fuel for jets and tractors
Kerosene
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Fluidized - bed combustion
Sapropel
42. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Tar sands or oil sands
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Anthracite
Oil Shale
43. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
400 years
Possible trap materials
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
US Consumption of Natural Gas
44. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Anticline
Light crude oil
Indicated or probable reserves
45. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Butane and propane
Lubricating Oil
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Main origin of oil and natural gas
46. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Light crude oil
Anticline
Fuel Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
47. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Reservoir bed
Primary oil recovery
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conversion of Btu to Joules
48. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tertiary oil recovery
Demonstrated reserves
49. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Heavy crude oil
Landfill gas
Dry natural gas
50. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Trap
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Landfill gas