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Subsurface reservoir of shell oil and fuel (Petroleum trap) :

Mixture of Water, Shell Oil or Crude and Natural Gas confined in porous rock like sandstone (Clastic). Natural Gas being the lightest occupies the top of the trap a layer of rock which prevents the upward escape of petroleum. Since Gas is lighter it moves upwards in the trap leaving a layer of oil and then water. Water has a greater density than oil leaving the oil layer to move up and water to move downwards in the trap.

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