GEOL 1 Lecture 22: Geol 1 - Lecture 22
3 Dec 2020
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Oil window narrow temp/press conditions that produce oil. 22% in saudi arabia alone treated very nicely politically. Us uses 7. 5 billion barrels each year. Us had to import 61% of oil we needed (2010) Cost = billion, ,000 per minute. Continue to consume more and more oil, but produce less and less. Using pressurized fluids to shatter rock below ground, creating permeability. Advantage: gets oil out of areas where traditional drilling can"t. Seeing boost in us production in last couple years. Contamination: what"s in the liquid being pumped into the ground (diesel) May 2015 water supplies in pa contaminated with. Fights over regulation of industry fracking fluids. Lots finding new deposits, improving technology to get more out of deposits. Little existing fields producing less, new oil fields found less often and much smaller. Case study: anwr (arctic national wildlife reserve) 30 bbls = enough oil to last us 60 years.
