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CSET Earth Resources Fossil Fuels
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1. Intermediate between hard coal and peat
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Gasification of Coal
Primary oil recovery
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
2. 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
Fuel Oil
Lubricating Oil
Primary oil recovery
3. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively less dense
Unconventional Natural Gas
Demonstrated reserves
Units of measuring natural gas
Light crude oil
4. An industrial fuel - also used to make petroleum products
Therms
EROI
Landfill gas
Fuel Oil
5. 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.
Gasification of Coal
Tertiary oil recovery
1/3 of California's total energy requirements.
Energy content of gasoline
6. Burns coal at lower temperatures - reducing the production of nitrogen oxides - and making it easier to remove sulfur oxides.
Fluidized - bed combustion
Lubricating Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
7. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
Gasification of Coal
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Sapropel
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
8. Salt or cemented sandstone
Possible trap materials
Therms
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Composition of source rock
9. 1 Btu = 1055 J
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Source Rock
10. Source rock under a reservoir bed - under a trap.
Heavy crude oil
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Wet natural gas
11. Hard coal - with the second highest energy content
Conventional Natural Gas
EROI
Tar sands or oil sands
Anthracite
12. 1 Btu = 2.931x10-4 kWh
Fluidized - bed combustion
Diesel Oil
Conventional Natural Gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
13. Methane produced by the action of microorganisms on waste in landfills
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Landfill gas
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Reservoir bed
14. Oil with little or no sulfur
Sweet crude oil
Sapropel
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Source Rock
15. Length of time US coal reserves are expected to last...
Reserves
Crude oil
164 years
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
16. 22% of energy consumed in the U.S. comes from the burning of natural gas.
Unconventional Natural Gas
Conventional Natural Gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Stratigraphic trap
17. Fraction of California's total energy requirements provided by natural gas
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18. Length of time global natural gas supply is expected to last.
EROI
400 years
Primary oil recovery
Fuel Oil
19. 70%-90% methane - and small proportions of ethane - propane - and butane. Some carbon dioxide. Trace amounts of other gases.
Composition of Natural Gas
Source Rock
Therms
Kerosene
20. The layer of sediment where oil and gas originate.
Gasification of Coal
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Other uses of natural gas
Source Rock
21. Fuel for jets and tractors
Kerosene
Lignite and Sub - bituminous Coal
Tar sands or oil sands
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
22. For heating - cooking - and making plastics
Petroleum or oil
Butane and propane
Natural Gas
Gasoline
23. Natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid to store and transport.
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Landfill gas
Butane and propane
Sweet crude oil
24. The ratio of the energy return to the energy invested.
Tertiary oil recovery
EROI
Anthracite
Reserves
25. Natural gas that exists in other forms - making it more difficult to extract.
Butane and propane
Source Rock
400 years
Unconventional Natural Gas
26. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that accumulated in marine sediments beginning 300 million years ago
Other uses of natural gas
Reserves
Main origin of oil and natural gas
Possible trap materials
27. 1 Therm = 100000 Btu
Anticline
Conversion of Btu to Therms
Fuel Oil
Light crude oil
28. Formed by changes in rock type or sedimentary features that create a space where hydrocarbons are confined by impermeable layers
Stratigraphic trap
Dry natural gas
Demonstrated reserves
Uses of coal
29. Traps formed by folding or faulting of rock layers
Conventional Natural Gas
Sweet crude oil
400 years
Structural trap
30. An arch of stratified rock - an important geological feature that may be associated with reserves of oil - a type of structural trap.
Lubricating Oil
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Anticline
Gasoline
31. Generate electricity - produce steel - plastics - synthetic fibers - fertilizers - and medicines
Reservoir bed
Wet natural gas
Uses of coal
Dry natural gas
32. Crude oil that contains a mixture of hydrocarbons that are relatively dense
Conversion of Btu to Therms
EROI
Anticline
Heavy crude oil
33. A type of sedimentary rock that - when heated - releases hydrocarbons.
CNG (compressed natural gas)
Sources of coal
EROI
Oil Shale
34. Refined natural gas that contains pure methane.
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Natural Gas
Dry natural gas
Anticline
35. Heat - pressure - dearth of oxygen
Kerosene
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Conditions necessary for the formation of fossil fuels
Reservoir bed
36. 125000 Btu per gallon
Gasification of Coal
Energy content of gasoline
Composition of source rock
Sources of coal
37. A mixture of of hydrocarbons and organic compounds
Petroleum or oil
Sources of coal
Heavy crude oil
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
38. Structural traps and stratigraphic traps
Landfill gas
Trap
Two kinds of traps associated with oil and gas deposits
Units of measuring natural gas
39. Cubic feet - volume - used when gas is at normal temperature and pressure - Dollars per volume in cubic feet - price
Conditions necessary for oil and gas to accumulate in a major deposit
Units of measuring natural gas
Unconventional Natural Gas
Therms
40. Unrefined mixture of methane - ethane - propane - and butane.
Reservoir bed
Wet natural gas
Uses of coal
Indicated or probable reserves
41. The process of drilling for oil and pumping it out. Accounts for 5-15% of the supply.
164 years
Conversion of Btu to Joules
Primary oil recovery
Sources of coal
42. The quantity of oil (or other energy resource) that exists and can be recovered under current operating and economic conditions.
400 years
Wet natural gas
Reserves
Source Rock
43. Natural gas that flows to the surface from an underground reservoir when a well is dug.
Fluidized - bed combustion
Possible trap materials
Tar sands or oil sands
Conventional Natural Gas
44. Fuel for cars
Reservoir bed
Structural trap
Tar sands or oil sands
Gasoline
45. Energy to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F at 1 atm.
Pollution produced by coal - fired plants
Bituminous coal
Btu - energy; 1 Btu
Sweet crude oil
46. Under layers of sedimentary rock like limestone and shale - and over sandstone.
Conversion of Btu to kWh
Sources of coal
Lubricating Oil
Therms
47. Fuel for trucks
Diesel Oil
Light crude oil
LNG (liquified natural gas)
Fuel Oil
48. Peat - formed from plants.
Origin of coal
EROI
Source Rock
400 years
49. Reserves that are not as well known or characterized as proved reserves
Landfill gas
US Consumption of Natural Gas
Demonstrated reserves
Crude oil
50. A layer of cap rock that confines the oil and gas - must be impermeable.
Sources of coal
Units of measuring natural gas
Trap
Diesel Oil