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What are the social, environmental & economic pros and cons of crude oil and how are they linked to this question: ‘Are we making the best use of crude oil?’

Why did they close 2 refineres in Jan. I know it was a mild month but still. Also, most homes now run on natural gas. I didnt think that needed crude oil. I think it just shows how much price gouging is really out there. Every quarter you hear about the billons of dollars in [...]

then market prices? right now a barrel of crude oil is about 89.00 on the market, could a oil co. sell oil that was drilled on U.S. soil too local refineries in the U.S. for say 65.00 a barrel, they would still make money, right?

what determines the crude oil demand and supply?

is there such a thing as regular oil, or crude oil is the same as regular oil.

I want oil stabilization process in crude oil(Oil well) can any one provide internate site or maerial with process and drawings?

Besides ENERGY, crude oil has many benefits in it that cannot be obtained elsewhere.. Like some medicine ingredients. Can crude oil be made artificilly to obtain these ingredients once the world has run out of it? Like by getting vast amounts of plankton and dead plants and decaying organisms and stuff, and keeping them under [...]

If we can make gasoline that runs off of crude oil and cars that run on that gas, why can’t we do the same for Olive Oil?

I have a friend who works as a broker of crude oil and natural gas. It has been interesting listen to him tell mw about the market, so I wanted to keep in touch with the prices etc. and I am unable to find it on Yahoo!finance.

I have a gcse tomorrow and i was wondering where crude oil came from. I said the earths crust and my friend said the sea, please can you tell me which is right.. Thanks

Please explain to me how the gasoline companies like BP, Shell, and Exxon Mobile work. Do they buy their crude oil from foreign entities and refine and sell to the American public?

I have a gcse tomorrow and i was wondering where crude oil came from. I said the earths crust and my friend said the sea, please can you tell me which is right.. Thanks

some people say that in 50 years there wont be hardly any crude oil for use.
do you think we are using crude oil in a "sustainbale" way?

I need help for my science, I have no idea. Is crude oil renewable and does it last long? Please help!
Thanks

A petroleum company has two different sources of crude oil. The first source provides crude oil that is 35% hydrocarbons, and the second one provides crude oil that is 85% hydrocarbons. In order to obtain 130 gallons of crude oil that is 55% hydrocarbons, how many gallons of crude oil must be used from each [...]

As far as I know crude oil is nothing more then hot pressurized biological matter (for millions of years)… Is there anyway we can manipulate to create crude oil? I heard scientist are making a bug that can crap out crude oil

I need a good replacement of crude oil that will have similar affects to the plant.

I’m doing an experiment and I’m using crude oil to test the effect of oil spills on underwater plant life. But I’m not sure how much crude oil I have to add into brackish water. Please answer. Thanks!

I’ve looked at the consumption rates and production rates of crude oil within a five year period and in the year 2006, the consumption rates are higher than the production rates, why might this be? Would there be any enviromental/social/economical reasons to why? Please help me.

AP: McCain Overstates Impact of Drilling. "McCAIN: ‘Oil drilling offshore now is vital so we can bridge the gap between imported oil … and it will reduce the price of a barrel of oil. … We’ve got to drill offshore and do it now.’ THE FACTS: The government estimates that opening the Atlantic and Pacific [...]

I’m trying to do a project that requires crude oil. Does anyone know a store product that would have the highest percentage of crude oil (as unprocessed as possible)? The closest thing I can think of is motor oil.

I’ve got to ship a certain amount of crude oil from the Russian port of Novorossiysk to the Ukraininan port of Odessa. Where can i get information on how much it will cost? at least approximately (I expect to get figures in dollars per ton)

With new advances in science I’ve read scientists has been able to create a bacteria with DNA they encoded themselves. Would it be possible for them to encode a DNA which causes the bacteria to consume crude oil and clean up the gulf spill?
Heres the article.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/scientists-create-first-self-replicating-synthetic-life/

I work as an agent to a big conglomerate and I currently searching on the best way to get a reliable crude oil expecially the Nigerian Bonny Light. I will appreciate if anyone could assist.

I know what finite means but why is Crude Oil a finite resource?