ENVS 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Titusville, Pennsylvania, Continental Shelf, Gas Natural
31 Mar 2016
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Include hydroelectricity, nuclear, renewables and fossils fuels. Fossil fuels - highly combustible substances formed from remains of dead organisms. Main source of energy are fossil fuels because of high-energy content which makes them efficient to burn, ship, and store. Each type of fossil fuel has unique extraction processes and environmental impacts. Proven reserves of oil and natural gas. Oil: people have used solid forms of oil (i. e. tar) for centuries, the age of oil with extraction and widespread use began in the 1850s (with the. How is oil extracted: crude oil - found in droplets in porous rock that can be extracted by drilling oil wells, phases: Oil forced out by pressure from water injection (20-40%) Oil forced out by pressure from steam or co2 injection (60% of. How is oil processed? remaining oil: oil contains many impurities so refining processes are required.
