EGEE 101 – Homework 2 – Energy and Environmental Engineering –
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Why is a lower viscosity ideal for good crude oil? - ANS ✔✔-faster and smoother flow
-requires less energy to transfer lubrication throughout the engine
-reduce friction between the piston compression rings and the cylinder walls, minimizing metal-to-metal
contact and prolonging the life of your engine components
Properties of good crude oil - ANS ✔✔Low sulphur, low density, low viscosity
what is currently the largest industrial use of CO2 - ANS ✔✔Enhanced oil recovery
What is enhanced oil recovery? - ANS ✔✔-techniques used to get more oil out of reservoirs that have
been exhausted by the conventional pumping methods.
-heating oil to reduce viscosity, hydraulic fracture to increase permeability, and the injection of water or
CO2 to "push" oil up towards a production well.
Where does oil and gas come from? - ANS ✔✔remains of microscopic photosynthetic organisms
(phytoplankton)- formed 100-500 million years ago
What does methane smell like? - ANS ✔✔· It is odorless. The smell is an additive.
How does oil reside in the ground? - ANS ✔✔In porous rocks, like water in a sponge
Which sector uses the most of petroleum? - ANS ✔✔transportation
How much of the transportation sector is fueled by petroleum? - ANS ✔✔92%
Do you think there is more oil to be found? - ANS ✔✔Yes, we are no where near peak oil.
assignment material
Why is a lower viscosity ideal for good crude oil? - ANS ✔✔-faster and smoother flow
-requires less energy to transfer lubrication throughout the engine
-reduce friction between the piston compression rings and the cylinder walls, minimizing metal-to-metal
contact and prolonging the life of your engine components
Properties of good crude oil - ANS ✔✔Low sulphur, low density, low viscosity
what is currently the largest industrial use of CO2 - ANS ✔✔Enhanced oil recovery
What is enhanced oil recovery? - ANS ✔✔-techniques used to get more oil out of reservoirs that have
been exhausted by the conventional pumping methods.
-heating oil to reduce viscosity, hydraulic fracture to increase permeability, and the injection of water or
CO2 to "push" oil up towards a production well.
Where does oil and gas come from? - ANS ✔✔remains of microscopic photosynthetic organisms
(phytoplankton)- formed 100-500 million years ago
What does methane smell like? - ANS ✔✔· It is odorless. The smell is an additive.
How does oil reside in the ground? - ANS ✔✔In porous rocks, like water in a sponge
Which sector uses the most of petroleum? - ANS ✔✔transportation
How much of the transportation sector is fueled by petroleum? - ANS ✔✔92%
Do you think there is more oil to be found? - ANS ✔✔Yes, we are no where near peak oil.
