How the oil industry works

The Bottom Line by BBC

Jun 11, 202637:53Business

What does it take to drill oil out of the ground and then refine it into petrol, jet fuel or other petrochemical products? The world currently uses about a hundred million barrels of oil a day. However, the daily flow ha...

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