From oil rig to petrol pump / Michael Bright.

By:

Bright, Michael [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Source to resourcePublication details: London Wayland 2016Description: 32 pages; colour illustrations; 28 cmISBN:

9780750296489
0750296488

Other title:

Oil rig to petrol pump

Subject(s):

Petroleum industry and trade -- Juvenile literature

DDC classification:

338.27282 23

Contents:

Essential oil -- Oil -- Oil origins -- History of oil -- Searching for oil -- Extracting oil -- Crude oil -- Transporting crude oil -- Oil refineries -- Crude oil products -- Fuel to the pump -- Oil incidents -- Petroleum-based products -- Oil:the future.

Summary: The vast majority of today's transport depends on fuel that comes from oil. Hundreds of thousands of items we use every day - from trainers to medicines - come from or use products that come from oil. But where does oil come from - and what happens when this ancient resource runs out? Oil is one of the most important resources to man today. It was discovered many thousands of years ago and has become central to the transport and petrochemical industries. Find out about the origins of oil - from its first discovery to its first use in industry. Learn how it is found, mined and processed into many different products that are used all over the world today - including petrol that we fill our cars with each day. Ages 9+

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	338.27282 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00753094

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The vast majority of today's transport depends on fuel that comes from oil. Hundreds of thousands of items we use every day - from trainers to medicines - come from or use products that come from oil. But where does oil come from - and what happens when this ancient resource runs out? Oil is one of the most important resources to man today. It was discovered many thousands of years ago and has become central to the transport and petrochemical industries. Find out about the origins of oil - from its first discovery to its first use in industry. Learn how it is found, mined and processed into many different products that are used all over the world today - including petrol that we fill our cars with each day. Ages 9+

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