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How is petroleum formed? What are its derivatives?
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1) Petroleum is a fossil fuel derived from ancient fossilized organic materials, such as zooplankton and algae. 2)Formation of petroleum occurs from hydrocarbon pyrolysis in a variety of mainly endothermic reactions at high temperature or pressure, or both.
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petroleum was formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms, such as plants, algae, and bacteria. ... Over millions of years under high pressure and high temperature, the remains of these organisms transformed into what we know today as fossil fuels.
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