Lecture 13

Fossil Fuels

Today's objectives -

• To learn what fossil fuels are and the significance of hydrocarbons.
• To learn how fossil fuels are formed.
• To learn the advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of fossil fuels.

Vocabulary -

Renewable –
Nonrenewable –
Fossil fuel –
Hydrocarbons –
Petroleum (Crude oil) –
Source rock –
Maturation –
Reservoir rock –
Cap rock –
“Trap” –
Secondary recovery –
Gasoline –
Natural gas –
Coal –
Peat –
Bituminous –
Anthracite –
Tar sands –
Oil shale –

Lecture Outline -

What are fossil fuels?
Hydrocarbons –
Formation of fossil fuels
Petroleum –
            Source, Maturation, Migration, Concentration
Natural gas –
Coal –
            Source, Maturation
Tar sands –
Oil shale –