From Algae to Sealed Rock: How Crude Oil Forms
In short: Algae, bacteria and the organisms that feed on algae supply most of crude oil's organic matter. Buried and gently heated in the oil window, it becomes crude oil, which migrates until a low-permeability seal holds it.
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Sources used in this film: Springer (Springer Nature), chapter in Springer Geology series, co-published with Petroleum Industry Press, “Oil Generation from Marine and Lacustrine Environments”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Springer (Petroleum Geoscience, ed. Knut Bjørlykke, University of Oslo, 2015), “Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry”; Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), “Hydrocarbon Seal and Migration- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology”.
Sources used in this film
- Springer (Springer Nature), chapter in Springer Geology series, co-published with Petroleum Industry Press — Oil Generation from Marine and Lacustrine Environments · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Springer (Petroleum Geoscience, ed. Knut Bjørlykke, University of Oslo, 2015) — Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry · View →
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) — Hydrocarbon Seal and Migration- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Springer (Springer Nature), chapter in Springer Geology series, co-published with Petroleum Industry Press: Oil Generation from Marine and Lacustrine Environments
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica
- Also: www.eia.gov — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Springer (Petroleum Geoscience, ed. Knut Bjørlykke, University of Oslo, 2015): Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry
- Also: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS): Hydrocarbon Seal and Migration- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
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