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13 Cards in this Set
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Net Energy
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The usable amount of "high-quality energy" available from a given quantity of an energy resource.
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Petroleum or crude oil
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Oil as it comes out of the ground
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Peak production
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After years of pumping the pressure in a well drops and its rate of conventional crude oil production starts to decline.
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Petrochemicals
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Some of the products of crude oil distillation
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Proven oil reserves
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Deposits from which conventional crude oil can be extracted profitably at current prices and current technology
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Unproven oil reserves
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Deposits that consist of probable reserves with a 50% chance of recovery and possible reserves with a 10%-40% chance of recovery.
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Tar Sand or Oil Sand
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mixture of clay, sand ,water and a combustible material called bitumen
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Bitumen
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A thick, sticky, tarlike heavy oil with a high sulfur content
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Shale oil
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Oil distilled from oily rocks containing hydrocarbons called kerogen
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Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
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When a natural gas field is tapped, propane and butane gases are liquified
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Natural Gas
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A mixture of gases of which 50-90% is methane (CH4) and small amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbons (e.g. propane & butane)
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Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
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Natural gas converted at high pressure and low temp into a highly flammable liquid to be transported. It cam be heated and converted back to the gaseous state to be distributed by pipeline
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Synthetic natural gas (SNG)
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Solid coal that is converted into natural gas by a process called "coal gasification" which removes sulfur & other impurities
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