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Drill oil wells is called cable-tool or percussion drilling. A hole is punched into the ground by a heavy cutting tool called a bit that is attached to a cable and pulley system. The cable hangs from the top of a four-legged framework tower called a derrick (The steel tower on a drilling rig or platform that is tall enough to store at least three lengths of 30-foot (9-meter) drill pipe.) The cable raises and drops the drill bit over and over again, shattering the rock into small pieces or cuttings. Periodically, those cuttings have to be wetted down and bailed out of the hole.
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Is crude oil a mixture?
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which can be separated by fractional distillation. Oil is NOT an element.
Can crude oil be a liquid or a gas?
Crude Oil is a liquid.
Crude oil is a toxic chemical that is?
Crude oil is inorganic.
What is the sustainability of crude oil?
This is the possibility to extract crude oil for long time.
Does alum react with crude oil?
yes, alum does react with crude oil
Is crude oil made from organic matter?
Well, yes...but crude oil isn't exactly made; they drill a hole in the ground and pump it out.
Why will the US not drill for oil on American soil?
Because there is not enough quality crude oil in the states
Oil rigs are used for?
Oil rigs are used to drill wells in the earth to extract crude oil and natural gas.
What are oil rigs used for?
Oil rigs are used to drill wells in the earth to extract crude oil and natural gas.
Where do you get the crude oil from?
Louisianna beaches (sorry) ancient animal remains, warmed, pressurised, migrate through rocks until trapped, then drill for crude oil. Refine and split into different sizes of oil molecule for oil products.
Where from you get the crude oil?
Louisianna beaches (sorry) ancient animal remains, warmed, pressurised, migrate through rocks until trapped, then drill for crude oil. Refine and split into different sizes of oil molecule for oil products.
How do you collect crude oil out the ground?
It has to be pumped. A drill is used to drill down to the oil and then a pump is setup to get the oil out.
How is crude oil brought to earths surface?
oil rigs- they drill in the ground (or in the ground under the sea) until hey reach a pocket of oil. they then connect the pocket to a pipeline and pump it to the surface
What is crude oil and how is it brought to surface of the earth?
Crude oil, also known as petroleum, is a mixture of hydrocarbons. In many cases it is already under pressure because of the weight of the ground on top of it, so if you drill a hole into the pocket of oil, the oil will come up by itself. However, in some cases it has to be pumped out.
What is Nigeria's position in the world in producing crude oil?
Crude oil is crude..
How are polymers made into crude oil?
Polymers are not made into crude oil. Crude oil is made into polymers.
Is crude oil a mixture?
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, which can be separated by fractional distillation. Oil is NOT an element.
