User:Jmoinian/Oil

The Black Gold It is the most talked about subject in the mass media and the government; its’ common name is Black Gold. This extremely black substance with unbearable odor is also known as oil. People get killed over it; the head of government aboard gets replaced with a person with the friendlier attitude toward the big oil cartels. People find oil in their land and over night become one the rich and famous.

The unprocessed oil is known as Crude Oil. Nothing gets wasted in our planets. Oil that we use now comes from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions years ago. When an animal or a plant dies the remains settles down on the ground and a layer of mud covers it. If the remains stays undistributed; the heat and pressure transforms them to the crude oil. What color do you think the crude oil is? Black? Well, you are wrong; it is yellowish to black color which is normally found on the underground area by the name of “reservoirs.” All of us have heard the word “petroleum.” The magic liquid substance that makes our car runs. We make plastic like Rubber Maid products and chewing gums are made of oil from rock areas well all know it by the name of “petroleum.”

The Oil Companies have a team of scientists and engineers; their main job is to explore a specific area by researching, exploring, and studding the sample rock. The scientists look over their data and if the ground is promising then the drill team starts drilling. When the drill team is finished, the oil is start flowing to the surface. The major producing oil countries in the world are:


 * 1) Saudi Arabia
 * 2) Iran
 * 3) Russia
 * 4) United States
 * 5) China

More than ¼ of unprocessed oil in the United States are from Offshore which is located in the Gulf of Mexico.

The biggest Crude Oil producers are in the following states of the United Sates


 * 1) Texas
 * 2) California
 * 3) Alaska
 * 4) New Mexico
 * 5) Louisiana

Too many drillings by the Oil Campinas have brought the production of crude oil dramatically down in the USA and by passing each year is getting lower.

When the crude oil comes to the surface some of the oil goes to the refinery through pipelines and the others is being shipped by huge tanker ships or huge special trucks. In the refinery through special processing the crude oils are separated into useable petroleum products. Since the crude oil comes with the barrels; they also measure it under the same name.

The wonderful product has helped humans through the history to use them for fueling car, trucks, or to heat our houses and cook our meals with. It has made it much easier for everyone. But with so many advantages; it has one great disadvantage and that is pollution. Although, over many years the new technologies has made it less accident prone; but when a huge oil tanker turns over or a super tanker skinks the outcome on animals and environment is unbearable. Burning gasoline from cars and the carbon dioxide from the burning fuels of the factories have caused greenhouse effect which has raised the global temperature each year. We need a better environment law to reduce the effect of pollution in order for the future generation to enjoy the Earth and its’ beauty.