History



=**History: **=

The first successful oil drill was called the Drake Well. Named after “Colonel” Edwin Drake, who was mainly responsible for the well. It started a world wide search for oil, and consequently changed the way people lived there lives forever (The Pale ontological Research Institution). Recent technology has advanced drilling procedures allowing for more oil to be extracted faster. Recent studies have shown that the world is slowly running out oil reserves.

=**Definition: **=

There are many types of oil. Mineral oils are the oil found in rocks usually deep beneath the earths surface. This oil originated from all types of organic material (plankton amongst others), and was found to be able to undergo various processes to be made into useable products, like petroleum. Oil is carbon based and therefore does leave a substantial carbon footprint once extracted.