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Petroleum is not considered a rock. The definition of rock includes the word 'solid'.
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What is petroleum migration?
Petroleum migration is the movement of hydrocarbons from a source rock to a reservoir rock in which the hydrocarbon is impede by traps
What are the geological components necessary to have a petroleum resource?
Source rock; reservoir rock; cap rock
What is the importance of structural geology in petroleum industry?
It's important to the petroleum industry because most of the petroleum accumulations have migrated from their source rock into the geological structural traps such as faults and folds.
Petroleum and natural gas are most often mined from?
Permeable sedimentary rock
Geology of petroleum?
Petroleum is derived from source rock over time. Fluid migration, rock lithology, and other constraints dictate the current location of the oil. Generally speaking it migrates toward the surface until it is trapped by an impermeable rock. That is all I can reply to a three word question.
What is considered to be the reservoir rock for natural petroleum?
limestone
What is petroleum migration?
Petroleum migration is the movement of hydrocarbons from a source rock to a reservoir rock in which the hydrocarbon is impede by traps
What can be considered a mineral resource petroleum or coal or ice or water?
petroleum
What type of rock is petroleum found in?
Sedimentary rock such as shale or limestone
What are the geological components necessary to have a petroleum resource?
Source rock; reservoir rock; cap rock
Where does the word petroleum come from?
The word petroleum come from Latin words that mean rock oil -- petra, meaning stone/rock and oleum, meaning oil.
What Petroleum forms in permeable rock due to?
Carbonization
Which of these is a method of obtaining petroleum?
Drilling ocean rock
Is Petroleum the same as Crude Oil and why?
Petroleum = petra, Greek = rock, and oleum, Latin = oil. So we have an oil from rock. And by common usage, all substances deriving from it.
Is petroleum jelly considered toxic?
No! it is Vaseline!
How is petroleum stored in ground formations?
Petroleum occurs in porous and permeable rock which is surrounded by less porous and impermeable rock which prevents or slows its eventual escape to a body of water or the surface.
Is Petroleum a RenewableEnergy or a Nonrenable Energy?
Petroleum is considered a non-renewable energy because it is a fossil fuel.
