Cooking up Crude | About IPRB | Petro Pockets | From the Ground Up | Math and Science |
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From what was petroleum made?
Tiny Plants and Animals
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What does IPRB stand for?
Illinois Petroleum Resource Board
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What term refers to the percentage of holes in rocks?
Porosity
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What are substances made of carbon and hydrogen atoms
Hydrocarbons
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What is the equation for calculating speed?
S=D/T
Speed = Distance/Time |
What are the remains of animals or plants preserved in rocks?
Fossils
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What is one of our most important mission?
Energy Education
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What is the term used to describe the passing of a fluid through porous rock?
Permeability
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What is the simplest hydrocarbon and the main component in natural gas?
Methane
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How do you calculate Flow Rate?
Volume divided by time in seconds
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What is the rock type where most fossils are found?
Sedimentary Rocks
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What is the cost of the workshop and conference to participants?
Free
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What term is used to describe one medium moving in to replace another?
Displacement
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What is water or sediments in crude oil called?
Contamination
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What method is used most to transport oil and natural gas?
Pipeline
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What three things are needed to change sediment into rock?
Heat, Time and Pressure
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Reclaimed land is restored in what 2 uses?
Agricultural and Commerical
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What term is used to describe a rock that does not allow liquid to travel through?
Impermeable
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What are two types of recovery?
Primary and Secondary
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What is the principle of fractional distillation dependent upon?
Boiling Point
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What element is essential for the decaying of organisms?
Oxygen
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Where does funding for IPRB generate?
Voluntary Contributions, Natural Gas Producers and Illinois Royalty Owners
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Wellbore ia also known as what other term?
Borehole
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What state is methane at room temperature (25 degrees Celsius)?
Gas
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What factor causes the change in flow rate as pipe length increases?
Friction between the tube and the fluid
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