How do we extract your fossil fuel from the earth?

Answer 1

It depends on the fossil fuel:

Coal:

• Is dug from the ground by conventional open pit or shaft mines

Oil:

• Is recovered from deep reservoirs by drilling down to them then pumping the oil out or allowing the reservoir pressure to drive it to the surface
• IS recovered from oil sands by mining and processing th bitumen heavy sands
• is recovered from oil sands by in situ processes like SAGD where the oil is steamed from the deposit underground and collected
• is extracted from shale formations like oil sand oil

Natural Gas:

• Is recovered by drilling down to the reservoir and piping the gas to the surface
• Is recovered from coal mine seams by displacing the CH4 with CO2 and collecting the gas

Peat:

• Is collected from peat bogs