Geography
Oil Geology
From Crude to Fuel
ND Oil Facts
Everyday Oil
200
A depression in the earths surface that may have held water and was a point for vegetation and sediment to settle.
What is a basin?
200
Heat and compression of these two things produced oil.
What are plant and animal material?
200
One of these is found in North Dakota.
What is a refinery?
200
The approximate barrels of oil produced in North Dakota per day.
What is 1.1 - 1.2 million barrels?
200
Approximately 28 of these are found in North Dakota.
What is an oil rig?
400
North Dakota's oil is found primarily in this region of the state.
What is the west?
400
Of the 3 types of rocks - this holds most oil.
What is sedimentary rocks?
400
This process relies on the different boiling points of the hydrocarbon molecules to separates raw crude oil into usable components called "fractions".
What is distillation?
400
The first year a major oil discovery was made in North Dakota.
What is 1951?
400
These move oil from wells to tank batteries to refineries.
What are pipelines?
600
This rock holds most of North Dakota's oil.
What is Bakken shale?
600
These bonds are broken to form different fuels?
What are carbon-hydrogen bonds?
600
This is produced in addition crude oil and captured for use.
What is natural gas?
600
Number of people needed to run a drilling rig in a 24 hour time frame.
What is 15-25?
800
An upward curve in rock layers that may trap oil and gas.
What is an anticline?
800
Number of gallons of gas produced from one barrel (42 gal) of oil.
What is 19-20?
800
The only North Dakota county where an oil well has not been drilled.
What is Traill County?
800
The world consumes ______ barrels of oil every single day.
What is 95-100 million barrels?
1000
This structure prevents oil and gas from migrating upwards to the surface.
What is a cap/seal?
1000
This type of drilling made oil drilling profitable in North Dakota.
What is horizontal drilling?
1000
The largest user of fuels produced from crude oil?
What is transportation?