What are the conditions necessary for the formation of petroleum?

      

Give the conditions that are necessary for the formation of petroleum.

  

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Maurice
(i) Deposition or presence of flora and fauna over a long period of time.

(ii) Presence of porous rocks or presence of non-porous underneath in the deposits of the flora and fauna.

(iii) Deposition of other layers of rocks over the remains of flora and fauna.

(iv) Compression of the remains of flora an fauna due to folding of the layers of rocks.

Conditions that favour formation of crude oil.

- Presence of abundant remains of dead creatures /animals remains.
- Presence of sedimentary rocks
- Extreme pressure to convert animals remains into soil
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 21, 2017 at 06:10


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