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Why is petroleum an important natural resource in the United States?
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Why is petroleum an important natural resource in the United States?

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Over millions of years of intense heat and pressure, these organic remains (fossils) transformed into carbon-rich substances we rely on as raw materials for fuel and a wide variety of products.
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