Lecture 1

Question 1

What is petroleum microbiology?

Answer 1

study of the roles microbes play in the formation, recovery, transport and depletion of petroleum hydrocarbons

Question 2

What was the only useful product distilled from crude oil between the 1860s to 1870s?

Answer 2

Kerosene for lamps, the rest was discarded.

Question 3

What was the primary energy source in the early 1800s?

Answer 3

Coal.

Question 4

In 1947, where was the first Albertan giant oil field discovered, and how many barrels of oil did it result in?

Answer 4

Leduc, 200,000,000 barrels of oil

Question 5

What does OPEC stand for?

Answer 5

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Question 6

Which countries have proven oil reserves of 100 - 300 million barrels?

Answer 6

Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Canada

Question 7

What percentage of refined crude oil is used for transportation?
How many gallons are in a barrel of oil?

Answer 7

66.7%
42 gallons

Question 8

What year did Edson Bastin discover microoganisms were alive in oil fields? What were these Bacteria doing?

Answer 8

1926, These organisms were reducing sulfate (SO4H2) to hydrogen sulfide (SH2).

Question 9

What are some upstream activities of petroleum microorganisms?

Answer 9

Oil formation, generation of heavy oil, souring, corrosion, enhanced oil recovery

Question 10

What are some downstream activities of petroleum microorganisms?

Answer 10

Souring, corrosion, bioremediation of oil spills, biotechnological upgrading.

Question 11

In 2016, what was the global cost of corrosion estimated as?
How much does Canada’s energy transmission pipeline industry spend to monitor/ maintain pipelines?

Answer 11

$2.5 trillion USD/ year.
$3 Billion CAD/ year