Living In The Environment
Living In The Environment
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781285969725
Author: G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The two key concept for this section. The concept of crude oil (petroleum), peak production for an oil well or field, refining, and petrochemicals. The process of detection and removal of crude oil from the Earth. The importance of petrochemicals. The percentages of the commercial energy used in the world and in the United States are provided by conventional crude oil. The countries that are the world’s three largest producers and consumers of oil.

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