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Describe how crude oil is formed.

Describe how crude oil is formed.-example-1
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it’s made of the remains of dead organisms
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Step-by-step explanation:

crude oil takes thousands of years before forming.

it takes place when animals and plants die...later they decompose especially the ones in water ..the ones on land burn as fossil fuels and go back to the atmosphere through combustion..the decomposed materials turn into crude oil in the ocean where it's extracted and separated through fractional distillation into several oils such diesel, petroleum, coalter e.t.c

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