2006-11-28 05:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
In the Carboniferous Period, approximately 300 million years ago, what is today Saudi Arabia and vicinity was part of Pangea, and sort of adjacent to the Appalachian Mountains which is today part of America. That's when vast swamps were formed, which originally provided the biomass for underground oil, draining into the Paleo-Tethys Sea. Alas, beginning around the Jurassic Period, Pangea began to break up, forming the new Atlantic Ocean. So, all that oil that originally belonged to America moved away, and by the time dinsosaurs became extinct, the mideast was being formed, and after a while Arabs were living on it, claiming the oil for themselves. It's just not fair.
Check out the website about paleogeography.
2006-11-28 05:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF YOU MEAN UNDER THE SAND, It wasn't always sandy where the oil is. In fact it was a lush jungle/forest.
2006-11-28 05:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by bartman40467 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it under their sand, it is not our oil.
2006-11-28 05:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by waljac6108 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jimmy Carter sold it to them in the late '70s.
2006-11-28 05:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by Gary K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are a moron.
It's not our oil.
2006-11-28 06:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by One Tuff piece of Schist 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋