Part 2 of our new fun quiz. If you haven’t done so already, use this link to complete 20 Things About Oil and Gas Part 1 (Questions 1-10) first. You know it makes sense.
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Footnotes
(Footnotes 1-6 can be found in Part 1 of this two-part quiz)
7.
Energy output of one llb of TNT = 2,300
Energy output per llb of oil = 19,000
Power of oil versus TNT = 19,000 / 2,300 = 8.3
8.
Fake news!
9.
“Encircling the Peak of World Oil Production.” Richard C. Duncan and Walter Youngquist. Natural Resources Research (1999) 8: 219.
10.
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).
11.
Zeroes in a billion? I’m stumped too!
12.
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).
13.
International Energy Agency (IEA) based on detailed study of the world’s 800 largest oil fields, November 2008.
14.
Arc Financial Corporation, Jan 2007.
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IEA.
16.
Bowland Shale resources alone are 1,329 tcf, which at a 10% recovery rate would equate to 133 tcf or 24 Bn boe (at 5.6mmcf/bbl). (BGS press release of 27/06/13)
UK Offshore max. remaining reserves = 1,064 MM tonnes = 7.8 Bn bbl (7.33 bbl/tonne) based on https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/16090/UK_Oil_Reserves_and_EUR_2013_v1.pdf. (Decc 31/12/2012)
Therefore, onshore reserves are >3x offshore reserves for the Bowland Shales alone.
17.
Each 747 Jumbo jet fully loaded at 400 tons needs 90MW to take off and 45 MW whilst cruising;
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Wb98yBRhmyMJ:www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-53.htm+how+many+megawatts+to+make+a+jumbo+jet+take+off&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
Comparable numbers for an A380 with a fully lade weight of 580 tons and 80,000 lbf per engine (Wikepedia) would be c. 160MW and 80MW.
Total UK installed capacity is 10.5GW nameplate (Wikepedia) at an estimated average efficiency of 30% gives 3.1GW, which is also what was generated in 2013 (Wikepedia);
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingdom
Therefore one A380 requires 5% of the UK’s effective capacity.
18.
In 2014, world total primary energy consumption was about 539 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), and U.S. primary consumption was about 98 quadrillion Btu, equal to 18% of world total primary energy consumption.
