Oil Documentary Notes
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Marine sediment laid down during age of dinosaurs
Buried deep
Special conditions are required for oil to form
Oil is finite, started running out as soon as consumption occurred.
First was used by distilling kerosene from crude, to be used for heating/lighting
Discovery in Pennsylvania (its extraction) let the oil 'genie' out of the bottle.
Monopolies began to form, e.g. Standard oil
Invention of lightbulb let to decrease in demand for kerosene.
Then oil was helped by automotive industries (Ford).
Oil was used for more industries (aviation etc.)
Refineries developed ways to manipulate hydrocarbons (big -> small, small(s) -> big)
Petrochemical industry is everywhere :(
There is an industry for finding where oil is.