What is petroleum? Where does it occur ? Name two places in India where it is found?
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ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟᴇᴜᴍ ɪs ʀᴇғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀs “ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ɢᴏʟᴅ.” ᴛʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪᴛsᴇʟғ ɪs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ɪᴛs ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs. ᴄʀᴜᴅᴇ ᴏɪʟ ɪs ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ “ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏᴅɪᴛɪᴇs” ᴀs ɪᴛ ɪs ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀɴᴜғᴀᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴘʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴄᴇᴜᴛɪᴄᴀʟs, ᴘʟᴀsᴛɪᴄs, ɢᴀsᴏʟɪɴᴇ, sʏɴᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ғᴀʙʀɪᴄs, ᴇᴛᴄ. ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟᴇᴜᴍ ᴏʀ ᴏɪʟ ʜᴀs ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ’s ʟᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ s.ᴄᴏᴀʟ, ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ɢᴀs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟᴇᴜᴍ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ғᴏssɪʟ ғᴜᴇʟs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴs. ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟᴇᴜᴍ ɪs ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴠᴀsᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴏɪʀs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ sᴇᴀs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ᴘᴇᴛʀᴏʟᴇᴜᴍ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀs ɪɴ sᴇᴅɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ʀᴏᴄᴋs ᴏғ ᴛᴇʀᴛɪᴀʀʏ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ғᴏssɪʟ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴏsɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘᴀssɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʜɪɢʜ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴍᴇɴsᴇ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ғᴏssɪʟ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴜᴅᴇ.
ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ʜᴀs sᴇᴅɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ʙᴀsɪɴs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏғ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏxɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ . ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ sǫ. ᴋᴍs. Godavari and Krishna