| Description |
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 wall chart (58 x 80 cm.). |
| Series |
Eyewitness books |
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DK eyewitness books.
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| Summary |
Provides information about oil and other petroleum products, explaining what they are and how they are used; discussing oil exploration, drilling, and refining; and looking at the problem of pollution and alternatives to oil as a fuel source. Includes clip-art CD-ROM and wall chart. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
King oil -- Ancient oil -- Oil for light -- Dawn of the oil age -- The oil bonanza -- What is oil? -- Where oil comes from -- Natural gas -- Coal and peat -- Oil traps -- Solid oil -- How oil is found -- Getting the oil out -- Offshore oil rigs -- Piped oil -- Oil on the ocean -- Refining oil -- Energy and transportation -- Materials from oil -- Plastics and polymers -- Big oil -- The struggle for oil -- Dirty oil -- Saving oil -- Oil substitutes -- Wind power -- Solar energy -- Water power -- Nuclear power -- Production and consumption -- Timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 1.0 115474. |
| Subject |
Petroleum -- Juvenile literature.
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Petroleum.
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| Added Title |
Eyewitness oil |
| ISBN |
9780756629700 trade bdg. |
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0756629705 trade bdg. |
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