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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sources of coal
Trap
2. Energy
Therms
Structural trap
Conversion of Btu to Therms
CNG (compressed natural gas)
3. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Possible trap materials
Conventional Natural Gas
Landfill gas
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
4. Salt or cemented sandstone
Crude oil
Oil Shale
Possible trap materials
Trap
5. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Gasoline
Other uses of natural gas
164 years
Trap
6. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Demonstrated reserves
Therms
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to Therms
7. Peat - formed from plants.
Composition of source rock
Origin of coal
Demonstrated reserves
Composition of Natural Gas
8. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Landfill gas
Composition of Natural Gas
Stratigraphic trap
9. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Crude oil
Fluidized - bed combustion
Wet natural gas
CNG (compressed natural gas)
10. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
EROI
Other uses of natural gas
Reservoir bed
Secondary oil recovery
11. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Dry natural gas
Natural Gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
US Consumption of Natural Gas
12. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Sapropel
Composition of source rock
Structural trap
13. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
Reservoir bed
Structural trap
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Conversion of Btu to kWh
14. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Sapropel
Bituminous coal
Composition of Natural Gas
15. Oil with little or no sulfur
Sweet crude oil
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Therms
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
16. Fuel for cars
Unconventional Natural Gas
Gasoline
Reserves
Conversion of Btu to Therms
17. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Tar sands or oil sands
Oil Shale
Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
18. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Origin of coal
Composition of Natural Gas
Diesel Oil
Source Rock
19. Fuel for trucks
Trap
Diesel Oil
164 years
Uses of coal
20. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Lubricating Oil
Tar sands or oil sands
Demonstrated reserves
Natural Gas
21. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Diesel Oil
Sources of coal
Natural Gas
Possible trap materials
22. An emergency supply of crude oil created by the US government following the oil embargo of 1973-1974. Contains more than 700 million barrels.
Fuel Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Crude oil
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
23. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Reserves
Anthracite
Reservoir bed
Anticline
24. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Landfill gas
Energy content of gasoline
Kerosene
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
25. Fuel for jets and tractors
Demonstrated reserves
Energy content of gasoline
Primary oil recovery
Kerosene
26. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
164 years
Reserves
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Indicated or probable reserves
27. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Butane and propane
Bituminous coal
Anticline
Other uses of natural gas
28. 125000 Btu per gallon
Energy content of gasoline
Gasoline
Diesel Oil
Butane and propane
29. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Anthracite
30. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Light crude oil
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Bituminous coal
31. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Fuel Oil
164 years
Origin of coal
CNG (compressed natural gas)
32. 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.
Anticline
Tertiary oil recovery
Butane and propane
Anthracite
33. 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
Stratigraphic trap
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Petroleum or oil
34. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Natural Gas
Demonstrated reserves
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Landfill gas
35. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Units of measuring natural gas
Other uses of natural gas
Kerosene
Sweet crude oil
36. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Fluidized - bed combustion
Composition of Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
37. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Heavy crude oil
Anticline
Gasification of Coal
38. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Sources of coal
Demonstrated reserves
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Other uses of natural gas
39. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Energy content of gasoline
Uses of coal
Sources of coal
40. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Tar sands or oil sands
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Sapropel
41. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Bituminous coal
Natural Gas
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
42. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
Source Rock
Oil Shale
Bituminous coal
Conversion of Btu to Therms
43. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
Natural Gas
Tertiary oil recovery
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
400 years
44. For lubricating motors
Fuel Oil
Lubricating Oil
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Kerosene
45. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Tar sands or oil sands
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Trap
46. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Reserves
164 years
Sweet crude oil
47. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Composition of Natural Gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Fuel Oil
Wet natural gas
48. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Therms
Gasification of Coal
Stratigraphic trap
Conversion of Btu to Therms
49. Reserves that can reasonably be expected to exist based on geological evidence and projections from proved reserves.
164 years
Indicated or probable reserves
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Anticline
50. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Fuel Oil
Petroleum or oil
Trap
Reserves
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