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Beneath the Rocky Mountains is one of the largest untapped oil reserves on the planet.
Current estimates are that there is approximately 2 trillion barrels located around 1000 feet below the surface of the mountains.
To put that in perspective there is more oil under the rocky mountains than there is located in every currently tapped oil field on the planet... total.
8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
18-times as much oil as Iraq
21-times as much oil as Kuwait
22-times as much oil as Iran
500-times as much oil as Yemen
There are currently 3 companies with permission from the US government to explore how to extract this oil. The depth of the oil is the first obstacle as it is deeper than most currently tapped oil reserves.
The terrain is also another obstacle as many of the current oil reserves are in flat open areas not mountains.
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Where is crude oil?
under the ocean
Where do you get crude oil from and how do you extract it?
In the ground or under the ocean, by using oil pumps.
Can crude oil can be a liquid or a gas?
Crude Oil is a liquid.
How is crude oil formed and how long does it take?
Crude oil forms from the remains of marine organisms that have been buried under layers of sediment and subjected to high heat and pressure over millions of years. The process typically takes tens of millions of years for crude oil to form under the right conditions.
Where do you get diesel fuel from?
You can buy diesel fuel from a filling station. The filling station gets it from an oil refinery. The oil refinery gets crude oil from a crude oil drilling company and produces lots of different products including diesel and gasoline fuels. The drilling company gets the crude oil from rocks deep down under the surface of the ground or under the sea bed.
Where do you get diesel from?
You can buy diesel fuel from a filling station. The filling station gets it from an oil refinery. The oil refinery gets crude oil from a crude oil drilling company and produces lots of different products including diesel and gasoline fuels. The drilling company gets the crude oil from rocks deep down under the surface of the ground or under the sea bed.
What is Nigeria's position in the world in producing crude oil?
Crude oil is crude..
What can you do with crude oil?
What other thing you can do with crude oil.
Why is crude oil known as crude?
Crude Oil is hydrocarbon and it is mixture of carbon and hydrogen.
How many gallons of gasoline are there in a barrel of crude oil?
Zero. A barrel or crude oil contains... crude oil.
What is the spiked crude oil?
Crude oil blended with condensate or NGLs
What is the major element in crude oil?
the constituents of crude oil are FEUL OIL,LPG, NAPHTHA,GASOLNE ETC
