Some of the Largest Crude Oil Reserves in the World

question 39

Multiple Choice

Some of the largest crude oil reserves in the world, collected in an anticline trap, are found ________.

• A)on land in Texas
• B)in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico
• C)in Saudi Arabia
• D)on the continental slope in the North Sea

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