How Is Oil And Natural Gas Formed
Olivia Luz

Deep in the earth oil and natural gas are formed from organic matter from dead plants and animals.
The formation of oil takes a significant amount of time with oil beginning to form millions of years ago. Oil or petroleum is a readily combustable fossil fuel that is composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen and is thus known as a hydrocarbon. While many people joke about fossil fuels being the converted remains of dead dinosaurs the fossil fuels we use today were actually formed much earlier in the earth s history than the age of reptiles. How oil and gas deposits are formed.
70 of oil deposits existing today were formed in the mesozoic age 252 to 66 million years ago 20 were formed in the cenozoic age 65 million years.
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