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2

• Made of

- Marine microorganisms

- Bodies of dead plants/animals

• Takes millions of years

• Tons of heat/pressure

•Causes chemical reactions

-Forms oil 6

• Heat/Pressure

• Sediment

• Millions of years

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• Top 10 producers •Barrels per Day

1. Saudi Arabia 10,782

2. Russia 9,790

3. United States 8,514

4. Iran 4,174

5. China 3,973

6. Canada 3,350

7. Mexico 3,186

8. United Arab Emirates 3,046

9. Kuwait 2,741

10.Venezuela 2,643

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4

•Oil buried in sediment

-Sediment turns to sedimentary rock

•Rock absorbs oil

•Oil found in sedimentary rock

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12

• Shale/best source rock

- Oil moved in to storage rock

• Storage rock sedimentary

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• Supplies

- Eyedropper

- Mineral oil

- 2 samples/sandstone

- 2 samples/limestone

- 2 samples/shale

- Magnifying glass

- Stopwatch w/ second hand

- Paper plates (6)

• Procedure

1. Place samples on plate

2. Drop 5 drops/mineral oil/sample

3. Start stopwatch

4. Stop stopwatch/when oil/soaked in

5. Record in data table

Hypothesis:If oil is poured on sandstone, limestone, and shale,

then sandstone will absorb oil the quickest.

Why:

Because sandstone feels the most porous.

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•Variable

-Type of rock

-Sandstone/Limestone/Shale

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10

Shale 1 2:21.36

Shale 2 2:32.77

Limestone 1 3:00.14

Limestone 2 3:02.88

Sandstone 1 2:13.76

Sandstone 2 2:12.61

1. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/60371622_1641c74ffd.jpg

2. http://www.dreamstime.com/oil-drop-thumb979723.jpg

3. http://www.studyabroad.com/saudi-arabia/map.html

4. http://www.thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/05/post_3.shtml

5. http://retnowati1071112275.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fire.jpg

6. http://www.geotech.org/survey/geotech/Oil.pdf

7. http://energytechstocks.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/shale-rock330.jpg

8. http://www.ced.ltd.uk/Img/10780.jpg

9. http://jg.msdpt.k12.in.us/Technology/images/Limestone.jpg

10. http://geology.com/rocks/pictures/shale.jpg

11. http://geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca/nsask/images/rocks1_e.jpg

12. http://www.well-surveillance.com/observerapps_files/oil-rig.jpg

13. http://nazret.com/blog/media/blogs/new/oil_drill2042909.jpg