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Questions

1. How do oil sands and heavy oils form?

2. Refer to the brochure, Canada's Oil Sands by The Canadian Centre for Energy Information, and paraphrase the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) technique. How does it differ from the cyclic steam circulation method?

3. Colin J. Campbell and Jean H. Laherrére suggest that the production of conventional oil will begin to decline about 2008. This contrasts significantly with other estimates. What reasons do the authors give for the disparities between their projections and those of others? Briefly describe the predicted effects of a decline in oil production.

Reading: Campbell, Colin J. and Jean H. Laherrère, "The End of Cheap Oil." Scientific American 278, no. 3 (1998): 78-83.

4. List the four developments at the end of the 1990s that Roger Anderson saw as having potential to boost oil production during the 21st century. Do not go into unnecessary details.

Reading: Anderson, Roger N. "Oil Production in the 21st Century." Scientific American 278, no. 3 (1998): 86-91.

5. Briefly describe the method presented by Safaa Fouda as a practical procedure for converting natural gas to a liquid fuel using ceramic membranes. What advantages do liquid fuels from natural gas offer compared to fuels from petroleum (do not go into unnecessary details)?

Reading: Fouda, Safaa A. "Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas." Scientific American 278, no. 3 (1998): 92-95.