ENERGY - fundamental to life
Historical perspective
1. 4000 BC
2. 1100 BC
3. Industrial age
3 primary uses of energy
1.
2.
3.
Supplies - sources of energy
4. wind ...
SOURCES
1. Resources vs. Reserves
a. Resources
b. Reserves
2. Fossil fuels
COAL
1. the most important fossil fuel
2.
3.
4.
a. stages:
b.
c.
d.
e.
5. leading producers
6. US resources
7. Problems with coal
OIL and GAS
1. Historical perspectives
a. Babylonians
b. Assyrians
c. 1847
d. 1852
e. oil discovered
f. first oil well
g. oil burns
2. Petroleum -
3. Hydrocarbons -
4. Requirements for oil and gas formation
a. abundant
b. rapid burial
c.
d. source beds
e. Oil reservoirs
f. Five requirements for oil and gas accumulation
i. reservoir rock
ii. impermeable roof
iii. trap
iv. source rock
v. deformation
g. Distribution of Oil and Gas
i. worldwide
ii. US
iii. geologic history critical
h. Environmental concerns
i. oil release
ii. blow outs
iii. leaking tankers
iv. deliberate pollution
MINERAL RESOURCES
IF IT'S NOT GROWN, IT MUST BE MINED
1. 98% of crust made of 12 elements
2. ORES - rocks with
a. concentration factor
b. ores are found in unusual rocks
c. Ore deposits form from:
i. hydrothermal
ii. igenous rocks
iii. sedimentary deposits
iv. metamorphic rocks