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The simple answer is oil, like coal, was formed from ancient forrests that laid down millions of years of vegetation that for some reason (flooding, climate change, continental drift) stopped growing and were trapped into pockets that were covered by layers of rock and eventually pressed into coal fields and oil fields. Its not found everywhere because all the conditions needed for the process to work didn't exist everywhere. Oil is an interesting case. No one knows for sure how exactly it was created. You don't find vegetation fossils in oil like you do in coal beds and oil contains Helium, which is not used by plants. Physicist Tommy Gold (recently died) theorized that oil started as Methane (natural gas) ,which is the most common compound found in the universe, trapped in the earth when it was formed. The gas perculated up into a sub layer, like the water table, and was processed (eaten and crapped out) by microbes into oil. This sublayer of oil (estimated to be about 60 miles down) finds cracks above it, leading to pockets closer to the Earth's surface and slowly percolates up into these pockets, which we discover as oil fields. One way he suggested to test his theory was to revisit old pumped out oil fields and see if they had partially filled back up.
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How much crude oil is left in the world?
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What are the company names of the biggest oil refiners?
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What wind causes the rainy season in certain parts of the world called?
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Where in the world is crude oil produced?
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What parts of the world is underground crude oil most commonly found in?
The Middle East. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, etc.
In which countries can crude oil be found?
Oil is found all over the world.
What day month and year did slavery end in?
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Why are no volcanoes found in certain parts of world?
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What day month and year did slaverey end in?
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What Mexico exports to the world?
Crude Petroleum Cars Computers Video Displays. Vehicle parts Insulated wires.
Where do arctic skuas live?
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Is Catholic the biggest Christian religion?
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What is Nigeria's position in the world in producing crude oil?
Crude oil is crude..
What crude materials does Australia import?
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Why can you view an eclipse only in certain parts of the world?
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