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Either it comes gushing out because it is under pressure (many feet of heavy rock above) or they pump some liquid (water) down to push the oil out.

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Q: How do they pump the oil out of the ground?
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When oil is first pump out of the ground is called?

Crude Oil


How do you say oil pump out form the ground?

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Second Answer;;People began to pump oil from the ground because, chemists invented a way to convert unprocessed oil, or crude oil into a fuel called kerosene. Kerosene could be used for cooking, heating and lighting. Then there was a sudden demand for oil. It further expanded when Edwin L. Drake proved that it was possible to pump crude oil from the ground. Suddenly wildcatters or oil prospectors drilled for oil in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. In order to obtain raw materials for industry: fuel, lubricants, etc.


What do you do you have changed oil pump oil light still comes on?

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