what is the purpose of the crude oil found inside the earth other than what man ues it for???
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It's just an organic mineral like coal. It is created with enormous amounts of heat and pressure over millions of years from fossils. It really doesn't have a purpose it's just under the surface of the earth.
302330
To find the weapons of mass destruction. No, wait, to find Osama Bin Laden. Wait, no, that's not it -- it was to find Sadam. No wait, it was because of oil.\n\nOh, damn, who knows...
571568
oil is not a sustainable resource, so it will not last forever. \n\nSustainable resources, like sustainable agriculture, and sustainable development is  a way that we can configure human development a society in such a way that it does not compromise the need of future inhabitants of earth, this includes not just your children, by your childrens children and so on. I have included a link on sustainability it is packed with information and tons of resources to learn more about why it's essential to our existence. People are getting together everyday in this country (and with other countries) and around the world to create and improve sustainability.
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Yes of course it is. Since oil was discovered in the middle east we have been trying to get our hands on it. There is a reason these people hate us and it isnt for our freedoms or our religious beliefs, or their religous beliefs.  Especially not that oil is running out.
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Click below for much more.\n\n\n\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum
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They are tiny little spaces found in the rock. These rocks are often referred to as porous permeable rock which means they have tiny interconnected spaces which allows the oil to reside.\n\nOil is usually sitting on top of water. That is how it is naturally found. When it is pumped out, the residual water fills up the spaces.\n\nRemember there are no big voids or holes made in the ground during this process. Oil doesn't sit in large underground cavarns or holes.
964603
because bush wants their oil
77980
Usually the geology of the rocks prevents the oil sepage.  oil is normally found in large reservoirs formed by permeable rocks deep underground.  They are capped by a layer of impervious rocks, this prevents the oil and any natural gas present from escaping.
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I am a geologist and have never heard the tem Petroferous before.  Are you sure this is the item you are to research.  \nHere is a bit of info concerning a heavy oil deposit in India.\nSaturday, February 04, 2006\nWORLD DEPOSITS \nOrigin\n\nThere is no single explanation for the origin of all heavy and extra-heavy crude oils or bitumens. There is evidence that light ends have been lost through differential migration or microbiological attack on some medium and light oils while in their reservoirs. It has also been suggested that some heavy and extra-heavy crude oils and bitumens are formed as a result of oxidative processes that occur when oxygen-bearing ground water invades a petroleum-bearing reservoir. Neither of these processes, however, can account for the particularly high content of vanadium or combination of vanadium and sulfur, in some of these crude oils and bitumens.\n\nOccurrences\n\nHeavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen occurrences are widespread, being known on all continents, at depths as great as 4,000 metres, in rocks of various lithologies and ages, and under all climatic regimes both on and offshore. Reliability of information on these occurrences has been improving with time in the last few years. In the past, such information was scarcely available even with respect to heavy and extra-heavy crude oil deposits discovered and left “behind the pipe” to produce higher quality reservoirs, plugged and abandoned, or else never tested. The amount of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen resources estimated in the world today and recoverable by existing or presently visualized technology exceeds 160 billion metric tons (1,000 billion barrels). Estimates of the total amount of resources in-place range between 600 and 1,000 billion metric tons (3,800 and 6,100 billion barrels). Current annual world heavy and extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen production is believed to be in excess of 190 million metric tons (1.2 billion barrels) and cumulative production in excess of 7 billion metric tons (45 billion barrels); these estimated are incomplete with respect to the Russia and China. The countries with the largest reserves of heavy oil and bitumen are Kuwait, Former Soviet Union, Venezuela and Canada. In Canada, Alberta and Saskatchewan have the majority of the deposits; there is a small deposit at Hay River in northeastern British Columbia.\n\nHeavy Oil in India\n\nThere is only one major heavy oil deposit here at Mehsana in Gujerat state containing about 150 million m3 of 12-17º API oil of viscosity 60-550 cp. The Kalol sand, 10-20 m thick, is located at a depth of 1000 m, has a strong bottom water drive. Two in-situ combustion pilots were performed here. After primary production 8-21% recovery was obtained.
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Try Reading the END OF OIL by Paul Roberts.\nIt'll run out a darn-sight sooner than we thought!\nOIL companies have/did lie about the amount of oil they have left.\nThe oil that is being pumped now has 2 go thru more refining than ever B4 & is down 2 the amount of Sea water they pump in 2 the fields.\nEverytime a alternative 2 oil is investigated the Oil companies surpress the data.  They R not going 2 give up on oil until every last drop has been extracted & no-one can predict exactly what affect this will have on the Planet. I'm sure that any warnings would proberly supressed by the oil companies 2.
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As some rapper once said (sorry, not a rap fan), and it applies to everything the government has done forever...\n\n"If it don't make dollars then it don't make sense."\n\nThe article should clear up exactly how oil is involved in our situation...to say we are going to war to get the oil is putting it too simply, that's not the end reason.  The reason we need the oil is to cover for our weak dollar and our manufacturing going over-seas.
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Have you checked the fuel prices lately?  I think people are looking for an alternative fuel source because of the rising prices of gas.  Not only that, this whole gas exploration thing creates such a power play in the world and even causes wars and embargoes.
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Petroleum Engineers... they hunt for good areas of oil reserves based on the type of ground layers... geology...
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This is what bothers me.  The whole freakin oil issue.  I think that is the worst abuse on mankind AND the earth.  Because oil is the reason for this whole damn war and also oil is the earth's life blood.  How would we like it if someone was mining blood out of us and not replacing it?  We are sucking the life blood out of this planet and every single one of us is guilty!!  The rain forests are vanishing, global warming is so damn obvious but weather it is just natures course or our doing is another question I struggle with.  Maybe a bit of both.  We are probably excellurating (sp) it!\nDon't get me started.  I just had 11 hours of sleep and I could just kick anyone's butt over this whole abusing earth issue.  I know it sounds crazy but sometimes I hope man destroys himself before he destroys the planet.  \nIs that rocket ready yet baby?  We gotta get the hell out of here.
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As other people have pointed out, the oil is converted into combustion products (carbon dioxide, water, and assorted partial combustion products), all of which stick around in the atmosphere and therefore remain part of the Earth's mass. The energy comes from the binding energy of the hydrocarbon molecules. There is some mass associated with this energy, but it's minuscule.\n\nSecondly, even if the mass all that oil were destroyed, the change in Earth's overall mass would be insignificant.
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There's oil under the water. I am not sure how oil is made, I assume it has to do with the fossils of animals - in this case mammals, fish, and plants.
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uh... WHAT OIL would that be, Sparky? Liberals keep whining about it but no one can ever seem to answer the question as to WHERE *EXACTLY* THAT STOLEN OIL IS LOCATED.\n\nJust a guess, but I suspect that the question WON'T get answered here either... Go figure.