Damian
How does petroleum form?
Petroleum
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giotto22
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Geologists believe that petroleum forms due to compression of organic materials over long periods of geological time.
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swewing
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Today's oil formed from the remains of prehistoric plankton and algae that settled to the bottoms of lakes and seas in large quantities.