OIL SHALE – contains Kerogen
Tar sands – contain bitumen
Coal Deposits of the World - coal is the most widely distributed fossil fuel resource
World Coal Reserves
Coal Production
Coal Bed Methane Extraction
Methane Hydrates: methane surrounded by a cage of water molecules at low temperatures/high pressures - estimated to contain over 2X the carbon of all other fossil fuel sources combined……
Estimated world reserves of Methane Hydrates: 400 million trillion ft 3 (400,000,000,000,000,000,000) (compared to 5,500 trillion ft 3 of traditional gas reserves)