Question

how petroleum formed

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Answer 1

Answer:

petroleum was formed by the fossils which are buried million of years ago. under excessive heat and temperature , fossils compressed and turn into petroleum.

Foosils are the dead remains of plants and animals formed million of years ago

Answer 2

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 springs are rare).