explain the process of formation of petroleum
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A fossil fuel, petroleum is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, mostly zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock and subjected to both intense heat and pressure. Petroleum has mostly been recovered by oil drilling (natural petroleum
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Petroleum was formed from organisms living in the sea. ... Over millions of years, absence of air, high temperature and high pressure transformed the dead organisms into petroleum and natural gas.
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