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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Dry natural gas
Composition of source rock
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
400 years
2. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
Landfill gas
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Indicated or probable reserves
Natural Gas
3. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Source Rock
Uses of coal
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
4. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Reservoir bed
Petroleum or oil
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conversion of Btu to Therms
5. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
164 years
Heavy crude oil
Indicated or probable reserves
Stratigraphic trap
6. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Uses of coal
Other uses of natural gas
Origin of coal
Primary oil recovery
7. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Sapropel
Sweet crude oil
Light crude oil
Crude oil
8. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Origin of coal
9. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Units of measuring natural gas
Reservoir bed
Trap
Landfill gas
10. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
US Consumption of Natural Gas
164 years
11. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Source Rock
400 years
12. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Other uses of natural gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Fluidized - bed combustion
13. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Tertiary oil recovery
Fluidized - bed combustion
Origin of coal
Reservoir bed
14. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Lubricating Oil
Demonstrated reserves
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Trap
15. 125000 Btu per gallon
Energy content of gasoline
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Units of measuring natural gas
Other uses of natural gas
16. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Reserves
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Anticline
17. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Bituminous coal
Petroleum or oil
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Oil Shale
18. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Anticline
Bituminous coal
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Tar sands or oil sands
19. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Units of measuring natural gas
Landfill gas
20. 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.
Tertiary oil recovery
Petroleum or oil
Diesel Oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
21. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Bituminous coal
Crude oil
Possible trap materials
Therms
22. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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23. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Structural trap
Energy content of gasoline
24. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Therms
Anthracite
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Crude oil
25. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Primary oil recovery
Composition of Natural Gas
Gasification of Coal
Wet natural gas
26. Peat - formed from plants.
Sweet crude oil
Source Rock
Landfill gas
Origin of coal
27. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Possible trap materials
28. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Sources of coal
Sapropel
Structural trap
Demonstrated reserves
29. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Energy content of gasoline
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Fluidized - bed combustion
30. Fuel for jets and tractors
Crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Kerosene
Reserves
31. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Kerosene
Other uses of natural gas
Tar sands or oil sands
Sources of coal
32. For lubricating motors
Lubricating Oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Anticline
Composition of Natural Gas
33. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Uses of coal
Unconventional Natural Gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Fuel Oil
34. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Composition of source rock
Composition of Natural Gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Conventional Natural Gas
35. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Other uses of natural gas
Fuel Oil
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Wet natural gas
36. 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.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Fuel Oil
Secondary oil recovery
Uses of coal
37. Salt or cemented sandstone
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Butane and propane
Conventional Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
38. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Trap
EROI
Primary oil recovery
Demonstrated reserves
39. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Wet natural gas
164 years
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Natural Gas
40. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Tar sands or oil sands
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Dry natural gas
Other uses of natural gas
41. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
400 years
Therms
LNG (liquified natural gas)
42. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Fuel Oil
Anthracite
Fluidized - bed combustion
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
43. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Petroleum or oil
Landfill gas
Trap
Conversion of Btu to Joules
44. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Anthracite
Fuel Oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
45. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Anticline
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Fluidized - bed combustion
Heavy crude oil
46. 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
Stratigraphic trap
Tertiary oil recovery
Reserves
47. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Tertiary oil recovery
Source Rock
Fluidized - bed combustion
Conventional Natural Gas
48. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Light crude oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Lubricating Oil
Sources of coal
49. Fuel for cars
Oil Shale
Landfill gas
Indicated or probable reserves
Gasoline
50. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Origin of coal
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Light crude oil
Units of measuring natural gas
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