16 Energy Resources II Flashcards
What are the conventional and unconventional fossil fuels? (3) (3)
Conventional
- Coal
- Petroleum
- Natural Gas
Unconventional
- Oil sands
- Shale oil & gas
- Coal-bed methane
What sea creature is the base of petroleum?
Plankton
What is the process of creating petroleum?
Plankton -> sediment -> Kerogen -> Oil
What ocean conditions need to be prevalent for plankton to become petroleum?
Anoxic conditions because the plankton bodies won’t oxidize
Slides 12-18
Permeability and porosity definition?
Porosity: open space in the rock that stores fluid.
Permeability: ease of fluid movement through pore space.
What are the conventional petroleum systems? (4)
Onshore drilling
Offshore drilling
Pumpjack
Wellhead and Christmas tree
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What are the three key facts about the exshaw formation?
- Latest Devonian-earliest Mississippian
- Fine-grained organic black shale
- Deposited in anoxic basin
How many wells are there for the WCSB?
Upward of 700,000 wells
What are two key facts about Norman Wells?
- Most Northern Well in the world at the time
- discovery led to the realization that reefs built by stromatoporoid could be great oil and gas reservoirs
What are three key facts about Turner Valley?
- First well in Alberta
- First discovery of oil in Alberta
- Largest oil producer in the whole commonwealth at the time
What is the key fact about Leduc?
Set off the modern oil sector in Alberta
What age of rock did they find oil in at Turner Valley?
Cretaceous
What two spots are the Leduc #1 and #2?
Nisku bank
Leduc reef
Slide 54
What is the key fact about Montey?
It produces a large amount of Canadian natural gas
What is hydraulic fracturing?
Injecting high-pressure gas with sand and some chemicals
The sand keeps the fractures open for a longer time
Slides 62-63
The cardium formation is a part of what oil field?
Pembina oil field
The Manville Formation is a part of what oil field?
Athabasca oil sands
What important about the Alberta bitumen
deposits?
by 2025, 70% of Canada’s oil production will come from Alberta bitumen deposits
What is bitumen?
Bitumen is oil that has been attacked by bacteria
How old are Alberta’s oil sands?
Early Cretaceous in age (110 Ma)
