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Chapter 8 PETROLEUM - Pennsylvania State University
Chapter 8 PETROLEUMFor the foreseeable future, oil will remain a critical fuel for the United States and all otherindustrialized nations. [In order to make the economy less dependent on oil,] theNational Energy Strategy proposes initiatives to (1) reduce the economic consequences ofdisruptions in world oil markets, and (2) increase domestic oil and PETROLEUM productsupplies.(National Energy Strategy, Executive Summary, 1991/1992)The growing level of oil consumption raises potential economic and national securityconcerns.
Petroleum forms by the breaking down of large molecules of fats, oils and waxes that contributed to the formation of kerogen (see Chapter 6). This process began millions of years ago, when small marine organisms abounded in the seas. As marine life died, it settled at the sea bottom and became buried in layers of clay, silt and sand. The gradual
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