Oil is the most used fossil fuel in the U.S and also has the 11th largest oil reserve in the world. Oil is hard to dig, so people use an oil drill.
We get oil by first mining about 2 to 3 kilometers into the ground. Next the oil flows up pushed by the natural gas. Once it is into the refinery they divide it up and it gets shipped off.
From 80 countries the U.S imported about 10.6 million barrels of petroleum in 2012. The top five countries that imported petroleum to them were Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Russia. We have used oil for over 5,000. The Sumerians and the Babylonians used crude oil.
The price of a barrel of oil cost 106$. The change over the year of 2012 was 1.34$. The U.S uses 20 million barrels of oil a day. We use oil for cars, airplanes, helicopters and boats. We also use oil to make things such as make-up, sports balls, furniture, and even refrigerators.
http://www.oil-price.net/
Oil price.Net
http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=727&t=6
US Energy Information Administration
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-oil
Do Something.org
http://www.preservearticles.com/201101012164/how-petroleum-is-mined.html
Oil is the most used fossil fuel in the U.S and also has the 11th largest oil reserve in the world.
Oil is hard to dig, so people use an oil drill.
We get oil by first mining about 2 to 3 kilometers into the ground. Next the oil flows up pushed by the natural gas. Once it is into the refinery they divide it up and it gets shipped off.
From 80 countries the U.S imported about 10.6 million barrels of petroleum in 2012. The top five countries that imported petroleum to them were Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Russia. We have used oil for over 5,000. The Sumerians and the Babylonians used crude oil.
The price of a barrel of oil cost 106$. The change over the year of 2012 was 1.34$. The U.S uses 20 million barrels of oil a day. We use oil for cars, airplanes, helicopters and boats. We also use oil to make things such as make-up, sports balls, furniture, and even refrigerators.
Canada 28%
Saudi Arabia 13%
Mexico 10%
Venezuela 9%
Russia 5%