Oil and gas form from quizlet
Where have crude oil and natural gas come from? When you burn oil or gas, they heat the surroundings. Energy is transferred from the chemicals to the surroundings. The original source of this energy is the Sun. Plants use the Sun's energy to produce sugars and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water, during photosynthesis. In practice conventional oil and gas, or the term of conventional resources, applies to oil and gas which can be extracted, after the drilling operations, just by the natural pressure of the wells and pumping or compression operations. After the depletion of maturing fields, the natural pressure of the wells may be too low