Oil digging!

Digging for oil is the way we collect oil, but finding oil is a whole other story. In science class we did an activity on how to find and dig oil. First, we learned that oil is created by dead marine life that was exposed to heat and pressure for millions of years. That is called a source which is one of the three components you need to find oil with. You also need an oil reservoir which is a space underground that holds the oil. The third component is a trap which is a lid over the reservoir that keeps the oil in the reservoir. Later, we were given three maps that said source, trap, reservoir. We then traced each map which made one big map and with that map we found sweet spots which was when all three components overlapped and lots of oil should be there. Then we went to different lab tables and decided on where we should dig for oil and started digging. For the first hole we dug we hit oil!The total cost we spent on the first hole was $825,000. For the next hole no oil but the third one oil. Holes four and five no oil. It was fun but expensive for a low estimate.