FOSSIL

FUELS
FORMATION
 Remains from animals and
plants.

Primary energy source ---

FOSSIL FUELS transportation, electricity, and
industries.

Non- renewable energy

MAJOR TYPES OF FOSSIL FUELS

1. COAL
2. OIL
3. NATURAL GAS
COAL

 Important and primary fossil fuel present on Earth.

 It is found predominantly where forest trees, plants and
marshes existed before being buried and compressed
million years ago.
 PHILIPPINES - approximately 50% coal resource to
produce energy and electricity.
 COAL

BITUMINOUS SUBBITUMIN
ANTHRACITE LIGNITE
- Has an high OUS
- It is hard, heating value - known as
brittle, and - it is black in
and most brown coal,
black lustrous color and dull, lowest grade
common type has a higher
coal (high of coal used in coal with the
percentage of heating value least
electricity than lignite.
carbon and generation. concentration
low (shiny and of carbon.
percentage of smooth at first
volatile matter) glance)
OIL

 It is an organic material, mostly algae, which was buried

in mud at the bottom of the sea and lakes.
 It is used mainly to produce transportation fuels and
petroleum- based products.
 Philippines imports crude oil and petroleum from Saudi
Arabia and Russia.
NATURAL GAS
 It is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas with the
mixture of methane.
 Earth’s cleanest fossil fuel and is odorless and colorless
in it's natural state.
 Produced from sedimentary rock formation by forcing
chemicals,
 The Philippines’ main domestic source of energy is the
Malampaya Natural Gas field which is located at
Palawan Island.
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■ Fill in the table below of the corresponding
characteristics, uses and sources of each type of fossil
fuel.
TYPE OF CHARACTERISTICS USES SOURCES
FOSSIL
FUELS
COAL

OIL

NATURAL GAS