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Where is crude oil found...
Learn How Oil is Formed
Crude oil, or petroleum, is formed through a natural processes called diagenesis and catagenesis that take millions of years.
As ancient plants, bacteria, algae, and other small animals and organisms (or diatoms) that lived in the oceans millions and millions of years ago died, they settled down on the ocean floor.
Over time, as more and more of these ancient creatures died and floated down to the bottom of the ocean, they were buried by layers of sand, silt, and rock.
These layers continued to pile up over millions of years and eventually there’s so much pressure and heat coming from the earth that the remains of the plants and animals were transformed into what we now call crude oil, or petroleum.
Crude Oil is a Fossil Fuel, Literally
Crude oil is called a fossil fuel because it’s actually formed from fossils – the diatoms, or ancient plants, bacteria, and algae we mentioned previously.
The word “petroleum” actually means “rock oil” or “oil from the earth.”
Does Oil Come From Dinosaur Fossils?
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