What is crude oil?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crude\noil is commonly referred to as \u201cpetroleum\u201d. Crude oil is a liquid found within\nthe Earth, comprised of hydrocarbons, organic compounds and small quantities of\ndifferent metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crude\noil is the original source of hydrogen and carbons. These two elements existed\nduring the Primordial Earth, long ago. The elements were required to go through\nan Organic Phase before they were able to combine, and form hydrocarbons, thus,\ncrude oil. So, where is crude oil derived from? Crude oil existed in marine\nplants, such as single-celled planktonic (free-floating) plants, such as\ndiatoms and blue-green algae, and single-celled planktonic animals, such as\nforaminifera, which were in abundance over 542 million years ago, prior to the\nPaleozoic era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since these plants are fossils, crude oil is extracted from beneath the earth\u2019s surface, using drilling wells. These wells could be found in the form of oil rigs in the ocean, or drilling rigs found on land, such as those in Texas USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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