Highlight the importance of petroleum. Explain the occurrence of petroleum in India.
Answer:
Importance of Petroleum:
- Petroleum is the major energy source in India.
- Provides fuel for heat and lighting.
- Provides lubricant for machinery.
- Provides raw material for a number of manufacturing industries.
- Petroleum refineries act as nodal industry for synthetic, textile, fertilizer and chemical industries.
Its occurrence:
- Most of the petroleum occurrences in India are associated with anticlines and fault traps.
- In regions of folding, anticline or domes, it occurs where oil is trapped in the crest of the upfold.
- Petroleum is also found in fault traps between porous and non-porous rocks.