crude oil questions?

Question

With all of the crude oil that has been taken underground over the years, what replaces the void when it is removed?? How could so many dinosaursd die in the same spot to create such huge oil wells? How many gallons of oil would 1 T Rex yield?

Answer 1

In order to extract oil from underground deposits, oil companies pump salt water down into the cavity, it then sinks because water is heavier than oil and the oil is pushed up and out.

We know oils can be produced by organic matter, such as dinosaurs, under certain conditions but there is a growing number of scientists who believe that oil could be made from inorganic materials such as Water, Marble and Iron ore.

See the article listed in sources, the jist of it is that Scientists have created hydrocarbons from Water, Marble and Iron ore in conditions that exist deep underground.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The voids you speak of are small pores in an oil bearing reservoir target zone. The oil forces it way out(in most cases) to reach hydrostatic pressure. It is a touch and go situation to weight up the drilling fluid usually with Barite in order to keep the reserves at bay until well is capped and production proceeds. Dinosaurs make up a small percentage of the hydrocarbon's. A majority of major oil fields were in fact ancient deltas and valleys rich & lush In flora & Fauna. Due to thousands of years of weathering and the filling in of these areas with sediment and upheaval you have a conducive hydrocasrbon environment.. Organic Material, High Pressure, High Temperture. A T Rex May supply your lawnmower for your life Be Well Jpeppe7 PS The voids in the resouvers need not be replaced . They are actually sandstone or the like and sturdy for a sedamentary rock. This should help a bit. Jpeppe7 Geologist. The water injection method is one of many processes in extracting Hydrocarbons. It is a specialty process utilized when certain parameters exist. More often used as a field is depleting. Research! Later

Answer 3

Good questions. When you pump stuff out of the ground it does leave a void and that's why New Orleans is sinking.

As for dinosaurs....some geologists believe that petroleum is a natural mineral, not a "fossil" fuel. Read "The Deep Hot Biosphere : The Myth of Fossil Fuels" by Thomas Gold if you want the particulars. The most convincing argument is that our solar system is full of hydrocarbons -- it rains liquid methane on Titan, a moon of the planet Saturn, and yet nobody says it's of fossil origin. When we find methane on earth it's called fossil fuel but it isn't necessarily from living material.

Answer 4

Nature abhors a vacuum, whatever is available takes its place. It might be increased compaction of sediments or intrusion of groundwater. And, contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs didn't turn into oil. Much petroleum originated from microscopic creatures that used part of their sunlight energy to make a type of vegetable oil to maintain their position in the water column. Other sources became petroleum or natural gas, but not dinosaurs. I know that some producers inject water into the wells to float the petroleum, but that leads to the formation of algal mats since petroleum is a rich nutrient source. Another common method is to inject carbon dioxide into the fields, since that doesn't encourage the formation of these mats.

Answer 5

The crude oil is replaced by water and the expansion of natural gas dissolved in the oil. Oil was NOT generated from the carcasses of dinosaurs, but mostly from the fat rich cell walls of algae.

Answer 6

When crude is pumped up out of the well it is forced out by injecting water into the well. So when the well is dry of oil its full of water. Dinosaurs were only on small part of the overall process that formed our current oil deposits.

Answer 7

Dinasours dont make oil plankton dose.