Essay on Oils: How We Use Them to Live

When people hear the word oil it is commonly interpreted as gas, but the oil that we drill is not what goes into our cars. The oil that is retrieved from the ground is called crude oil, Oil in its raw natural form and when it becomes refined it is used in plastics, rubber, and gasoline. ”Gasoline is a volatile, flammable liquid obtained from the refinement of petroleum, or crude oil. It was originally discarded as a byproduct of kerosene production.” The first oil well was found and harvested in Titusville, Pennsylvania by a man named Edwin L. Drake, in 1859. The well was about 70 feet deep (How gas). It pumped between 20-40 barrels a day

Petroleum is created over millions of years from dead alagae that goes to the bottom of the ocean and is buried beneath the surface.

On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake found oil in oil creek Pennsylvania. Oil did not become popular (or a major industry) until the late 1800’s. It was still a great improvement and (in today's time) one of the most important advancements all-time It is important because most everything that is in the world requires oil in order to run properly. Oil fuel our airplanes, cars, and trucks, to heat our homes, and to make products like medicines and plastics. It pollutes our environment. It causes danger to plants and animals d spilled. When the oil spilled n the sea, it caused tremendous danger to the sea animals. Oil helps because after being distilled it causes tarry residue which helps road surfacing, and for roofing. When

Oil production is crucial for humans. Overall, 33 out of 48 countries have now hit a peak in oil production, resulting that oil is going to hit a decline in production. This peak is in countries such as Mexico and Russia, potentially signifying the end of the Industrial revolution. However, oil itself is not running out, just the rich, thick oils, that are high quality. In the near future, the only oil that Earth will have will be thin, and not good enough to use in motor vehicles or for electricity. Additionally, cheap and easy to extract oil will be at a decline, and also oil will be in unaccessible places, or within dangerous areas. Oil production needs to stay at pace with the human demand.

Crude oil comes from plants and animals that have died millions of years ago. The heat and pressure turns most of the materials into a thick dark oil called crude oil or it is also called petroleum. There are three types of crude oil: Heavy crude oil, which is found in Lloydminster and in Kindersley, medium crude, oil is found in southwest Saskatchewan, and light crude oil is found in Weyburn, Estevan and Kindersley.

So what is this mysterious black gold substance that everyone refers to as crude oil? Basically, crude oil is a petroleum based substance that is naturally formed from plants and animals that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. These microorganisms settled deep within our Earth’s crust and comprises of numerous minerals, hydrocarbons, organic compounds and inconsequential traces of metals. Crude oil cannot just be drawn up from the ground and shoved into someone’s gas tank without first being refined

Besides the ideal physical structure for oil and gas reservoirs formed in the Gulf of Mexico, the nature also prepared all of other necessary conditions to form and accumulate oil and gas, such as organic source, pressure and temperature. According to the chemical and biological description, Oil is basically a mix of naturally occurring organic compounds from within the earth that contain primarily hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. Dead animals, algae and bacteria, which are considered as the fundamental source to form oil and gas, were absolutely abundant at the early Jurassic era, when the Gulf of Mexico basin was just well formed. After the death of living creatures such as animal and plants, most of their bodies are destroyed by bacteria. Some of these organic material settled down to the bottom of the seafloor, where there was no oxygen at all, being protected from the bacterial actions. Through certain chemical reaction, the leftover organic material mixed with sediments turned into a substance named Kerogen .

What is crude oil? Crude oil is found trapped in the underground rock; it is a natural occurring mixture of hydrocarbon compounds, cause from dead marine life and vegetation from millions of years ago. These materials had died and settled on the bottoms of streams, lakes, and oceans; where sediment had then covered this thick layer of organic materials, which applied heat and cooked this layer of materials to form what we now extract from the ground as petroleum.

Petroleum is a thick and flammable mixture of gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earth’s surface. It can be separated into fractions including natural gas fuels, lubricating oils and so on. There are some major oil producing regions around the globe. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’s crude oil fields are the largest. But in Texas, the former world’s major oil region is now almost completely dry. The real catalyst for petroleum production is World War I. It is being produced in large amount during the war. Petroleum is a commercial product in this modern era. Sometimes, petroleum and crude oil are used to mean the same thing, or in other words, petroleum products after crude oil is refined in a factory. There are

Crude oil is used to produce transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity generation, asphalt and road oil, and the feedstocks used to make chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials found in nearly everything we use today. According to the U.S Energy Information Administration, “about 76% of the 6.97 billion barrels of petroleum products that were consumed in the United States in 2014 were gasoline (47% of total petroleum consumption; includes biofuels), heating oil and diesel fuel 21%, and jet fuel 8%.” (pg.1) The Exxon Valdez was most likely transporting Class C crude oil to be used as gasoline and tar in California.

New and improved methods for extracting oil were being developed. Billions of dollars would be poured into the discovery of new wells and the hunt wasn’t slowing down. Governments were willing to do anything to secure a steady supply of oil, even if that meant fighting for it. Some of the most destructive world conflicts all started from the desire of that sticky liquid that comes from the ground. But on the positive side, oil has been at the base of some of the most important developments in modern history. Due to the speedy development of oil, a byproduct of the drilling process kick started the agricultural revolution, resulting in the rapid growth of the earth’s population. Millions of people can now eat due to the advancements of fertilizers, which main ingredient ammonia is produced from oil drilling. Oil became a huge part of society’s advancement in technology, and is still a driving force in the world of science and

In 1866, Medical Doctor John Ellis was trying to determine if there were any medicinal properties of crude oil. He did not find any medical properties, but realized that there were potentials in lubrication for steam engines. At that time, lubrication was mainly animal or vegetable fat, and that has started to come back around full circle, but has potential since new technology for refining those fats into a more usable lubrication. He then founded the Predecessor to Valvoline oil, Continuous Oil Refining Company and put his medical practice on hold indefinitely. He patented several refining methods

It has been argued that Conventional oil production has reached its peak and is now on a terminal, global decline however, it must be noted that oil is not finishing anytime soon but certain forms of it are being experimented in terms of chemicals, geography, geological and economically. Others allege the era of oil is coming to an end. But certainly not

It is defined as being a fossil fuel. Thus, it is the product of decades old decay of sea plants and animals and is found in abundance in very old sea beds. Crude oil is a hydrocarbon, which means it contains hydrogen and carbon. These hydrogen-carbon bonds contain within them a lot of energy and so, through a refining process, crude oil can be used to produce many high-energy compounds such as fuels, namely gasoline. Crude oil is also a rich source of many other natural occurring elements besides hydrogen and carbon. Examples of these are Nitrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur. It is these qualities of crude oil that make it one of the most highly demanded resources in the

We need oil because it burns to produce energy. We use it to run a vehicle, to heat a building, and to produce electric power in a generator. My family use it for our car which is important because our car gets us to school, my mother to work, and my sisters to their school activities. Oil is also used as a raw material to create products such as plastics, and hundreds of other intermediate goods. Those goods include; paint for houses, carpets, trash bags, and tool boxes. Some other materials that are made from oils are hair coloring, nail polish, shampoo, and vitamin capsules. One of the main types of oils we use everyday is gasoline. Gasoline is the main petroleum product consumed in the United States. Another type of oil consumed is distillate fuel oil, which includes diesel fuel and heating oil. Diesel fuel is used in the diesel engines of heavy construction equipment, trucks, buses, tractors, boats, trains, some automobiles, and electricity generators. Heating oil, also called fuel oil, is used in boilers and furnaces to heat homes and buildings, for industrial heating, and for producing electricity. Hydrocarbon gas