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Explainthe process of formation of petroleum.

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Petroleumwas formed from dead organisms that gotburied in the sea millions of years ago. These dead bodies gotcovered with layers of sand and clay. Lack of air, high temperature,and high pressure transformed these dead organisms into petroleum andnatural gas.


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