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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Oil with little or no sulfur
Source Rock
Anthracite
Sweet crude oil
EROI
2. Natural gas that has been compressed and stored at very high pressure in strong containers.
Energy content of gasoline
Reservoir bed
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
CNG (compressed natural gas)
3. A layer of relatively porous and permeable rock in which the oil and gas coming up from the source rock can reside.
Primary oil recovery
Reservoir bed
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
4. 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.
Butane and propane
Secondary oil recovery
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Conversion of Btu to Therms
5. Consist of clay - sand - water and bitumen - a type of oil.
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Tar sands or oil sands
Indicated or probable reserves
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
6. Fuel for cars
Butane and propane
Lubricating Oil
Stratigraphic trap
Gasoline
7. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Conventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Anticline
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
8. Raw material in the production of pain and fertilizer - steel - glass - paper - and other products.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Heavy crude oil
Bituminous coal
Other uses of natural gas
9. Soft coal - with the highest energy content
Composition of source rock
Heavy crude oil
Gasoline
Bituminous coal
10. A mixture of hydrocarbons found in naturally occurring underground reservoirs
Bituminous coal
Natural Gas
EROI
400 years
11. Coal is converted to a gas - making it easier to remove impurities.
Bituminous coal
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Gasification of Coal
US Consumption of Natural Gas
12. Salt or cemented sandstone
Possible trap materials
Heavy crude oil
Therms
Reservoir bed
13. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
Sources of coal
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
14. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Demonstrated reserves
164 years
Composition of Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
15. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Butane and propane
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Fuel Oil
16. Marine shale - limestone - or oil shale
Sapropel
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Secondary oil recovery
Composition of source rock
17. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Uses of coal
Natural Gas
Fuel Oil
Origin of coal
18. For lubricating motors
Unconventional Natural Gas
Primary oil recovery
Units of measuring natural gas
Lubricating Oil
19. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
Sweet crude oil
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Sources of coal
20. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Natural Gas
Primary oil recovery
Demonstrated reserves
21. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Energy content of gasoline
Kerosene
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Units of measuring natural gas
22. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Reservoir bed
Wet natural gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
23. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Structural trap
Landfill gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
EROI
24. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Light crude oil
Anthracite
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
25. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Energy content of gasoline
Composition of Natural Gas
Petroleum or oil
26. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Kerosene
Sweet crude oil
Stratigraphic trap
Structural trap
27. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Secondary oil recovery
Kerosene
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Composition of source rock
28. 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
Lubricating Oil
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Composition of source rock
29. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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30. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Composition of source rock
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Trap
Composition of Natural Gas
31. Soot - sulfur oxides - nitrogen oxides - mercury
Structural trap
Landfill gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
32. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Composition of Natural Gas
Fluidized - bed combustion
Heavy crude oil
US Consumption of Natural Gas
33. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Petroleum or oil
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Dry natural gas
Primary oil recovery
34. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Source Rock
Light crude oil
164 years
Therms
35. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Gasification of Coal
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Gasoline
36. Unrefined oil. May appear thick and brown or black - or clear.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Crude oil
Composition of Natural Gas
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
37. 125000 Btu per gallon
Composition of Natural Gas
Energy content of gasoline
Heavy crude oil
Demonstrated reserves
38. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
164 years
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Heavy crude oil
Natural Gas
39. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Bituminous coal
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Composition of Natural Gas
Heavy crude oil
40. Fuel for jets and tractors
Sources of coal
Kerosene
Structural trap
Conversion of Btu to kWh
41. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Source Rock
Dry natural gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
42. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Fluidized - bed combustion
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Sources of coal
43. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Wet natural gas
Demonstrated reserves
400 years
Main origin of oil and natural gas
44. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Anticline
Units of measuring natural gas
Reserves
45. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Reserves
Secondary oil recovery
Gasoline
Trap
46. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Wet natural gas
Origin of coal
Units of measuring natural gas
Energy content of gasoline
47. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
EROI
Crude oil
Therms
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
48. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Lubricating Oil
Conversion of Btu to Therms
US Consumption of Natural Gas
49. 1 Btu = 1055 J
Therms
Sources of coal
Uses of coal
Conversion of Btu to Joules
50. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Sapropel
Gasoline
Source Rock
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit