How is crude oil obtained from the ground?

Answer 1

You drill for it. It's almost never found on the surface.

Answer:

Crude oil is made from the organic materials deposited in sediments millions of years ago. It collects in porous rocks under the ground or in large heavy oil sands on the Earth's surface in several locations such as Alberta Canada. Interestingly the largest source of crude is in these surface deposits.

There are several ways of getting the oil from where it is to where you want it:

• The oil sands are mined for their oil by scooping up the oily sand and washing the oil out with hot water. The collected oil is collected and piped off to refineries.
• Light conventional oil is obtained by drilling down to the oil containing formations. Pressure on the formation forces it up the drilled hole to be captured for refining.
• COnventional oil in some fiels must be pumped up as there is no "push" form cas in the formation.
• Some very heavy oils must be heated up in the formation to allow them to flow easily enough to be pumped up
• Some gas wells contain a significant amount of oil in the natural gas (like water droplets in the steam from a kettle). In this case the gas comes up carrying the oil with it. As the gas cools the oil condenses and is collected.

Answer 2

Well, honey, crude oil is obtained from the ground by drilling deep into the Earth's surface until you hit a reservoir of oil. Once the drill reaches the oil, it's pumped to the surface and then sent off to be refined into various petroleum products. It's a messy business, but hey, that's how we keep our cars running and our economy chugging along.

Answer 3

Well, when we want to get crude oil from the ground, we use a process called drilling. It's like taking a straw and inserting it deep into the Earth to suck up the oil. Just like painting a happy little tree, it's important to do this process carefully and respectfully to the environment.

Answer 4

Oh, dude, it's like this - they drill deep into the Earth's crust, way down there, and suck out that black gold we call crude oil. It's like getting a giant straw and slurping up a milkshake, but way messier and way more valuable. So yeah, they drill, they pump, and voilà, we've got ourselves some crude oil to power our cars and stuff.

Answer 5

Crude oil is obtained from the ground through a process called drilling. In this process, a drill bit is used to penetrate the Earth's surface and reach the oil reservoirs. Once the oil is reached, it is then pumped to the surface for further processing.