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Question 1

Which of the following basins has the biggest reserve of petroleum in US?

Answer 1

Permian (TX, NM)

Question 2

What is the form of petroleum in Canada’s reserve before extraction?

Answer 2

Tar sands

Question 3

Keystone XL was a proposed pipeline exporting crude oil to US from

Answer 3

Canada

Question 4

Which of the following fossil fuels is known to be “cleanest” (i.e. with the lowest CO2 emission) among them?

Answer 4

Natural gas

Question 5

Which US city first used commericalized wells of natural gas?

Answer 5

Fredonia, NY

Question 6

Roughly what would be the increase in atmospheric CO2 if all natural gas reserves are burned (given that half of the natural gas-related emission is to be absorbed by the ocean and the terrestrial biosphere)?

Answer 6

20 ppm

Question 7

Which of the following shale plays has the biggest reserve of shale gas in US?

Answer 7

Marcellus (PA, VA, OH, NY)

Question 8

Why do natural gas and petroleum often coexist in the same oil well?

Answer 8

Both were fossils of ancient marine life but decomposed under different pressures and temperatures.

Question 9

Which of the following is a hazard of fracking that is known to have happened already?

Answer 9

Escape of extracted methane to the atmosphere.

Question 10

Who was George Mitchell?

Answer 10

the father of fracking