Question

Petroleum is extracted using _____ method of mining.

a. Shaft Mining
b. Drilling
c. Quarrying
d. Opencast Mining

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Answer 1

Answer:

Conventional oil is extracted from underground reservoirs using traditional drilling and pumping methods. Conventional oil is a liquid at atmospheric temperature and pressure, so it can flow through a wellbore and a pipeline – unlike bitumen (oil sands oil) which is too thick to flow without being heated or diluted.