Geography videos
Open pit mines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMm2q36Gm10
Fracking (worksheet below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA
Canadian Tar Sand (worksheet below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw
Oil Sand (video 7:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw
1) Another name for tar sand is o_____ sand
2) Some people believed that the tar sand projects may be the most d__________ project on earth
3) Tar sand is a naturally occurring mixtures of s______, c_______, other m________, w_______ and most importantly bitumen
4) Bitumen is a t_______ and s_______ oil that coats the o_______ of the sand grain
5) Tar sand must be treated properly before using it in the refinery to produce fuel such as g________ and d__________
6) Tar sand or oil sand are found in countries such as V__________, US, R________ and C_________
7) Canadian government officially calls this the oil sand because some of the mixtures do not contain t________
8) Oil sand or tar sand is more d_______ than conventional oil
9) In 2011, it was estimated the Athabasca Basin stores 170.2billion barrels of oil, _____% of the world oil reserve
10) In 2012, about _______ million barrels of oil was produced from this region in Canada
11) Only 20% of the oil sand is located close to the s________ of the ground
12) The rest of the oil sand is located ______ metres below the surface
13) Most of the oil produced from the oil sand is shipped to the _________- (country)
14) Trans-Canada wanted to build the Keystone p________ to export oil US refinery
15) However, while refining oil sand into fuel, three times more g_________ gases will be produced compared to the refining of conventional oil
16) Companies need a lot of n_________ g_______ to produce oil from oil sand
17) Extraction of oil sand also leads to the destruction of f__________ and contamination of w_________ in the area
18) The left over sand is dumped into t_________ ponds, which leak chemicals to f______ and other wild animals
19) The people in Fort Chipewyan suffered from high rate of i_________ such as cancer because d_________ w________ is contaminated from the left over bitumen
20) European Union threatened to ban the import of oil sand from C_________ to the EU
Fracking (5:03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA
21) Most of the energy consumed is supplied by fossil fuel such as c_______ and n_________
22) The full name for fracking is H___________F_________
23) This method tries to r__________ natural gas from deep layers of rock under the Earth
24) The companies use w_______, s_______ and c__________ to release the enclosed natural gas
25) The method of fracking is known and developed since ___________
26) Fracking became more popular in the last ten years because most of the natural gas fields are e_________ in US and Europe
27) P_________ of natural gas has risen steadily
28) Right now, more than _______% of the oil/ natural gas wells are developed with fracking
29) After the drills penetrate horizontally, w_______, fracking f_______ (or chemicals) and s_____ to crack the rocks
30) Everyday, about ________ million litres of water is used for fracking. That’s enough water supply for ___________ people
31) The chemicals in fracking fluids kill off the b______, and dissolve m________ in rocks
32) Afterwards, fracking fluids will be pumped out, and n_________ g_______ will be recovered
33) When the well is exhausted (no more natural gas left), the drill holes will be s_______
34) Risks: water can be c___________, which is highly t_______
35) The water contains so much chemicals, it cannot be removed in t___________ p_______
36) There are _______ chemicals in fracking fluids, and they are extremely h_________ and toxic
37) Large amount of g__________ g_______ will be released during fracking
38) Companies also use a lot of e_________ during the fracking process
39) About _____% of the natural gas cannot be captured, and will be lost to the atmosphere
40) In the short term, fracking will meet the d______ of energy but there is far more long term risks
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