关于石油的简介(中英文对照)

石油是从地下深处开采的棕黑色可燃粘稠液体，这种液体正是有黑色黄金，流动的黄金之称的关乎国民生活和日常的必不可缺的化工材料。石油层是在数亿年前沉积而成,随着时间的流逝,泥沙淹迈了远古的动植的残骸,这些埋藏在沉积盆地的动植在缺氧环境下经细菌作用将碳水化合物中的氧逐渐消耗掉,随着地壳运动的变化,这些有机物越埋越深.随着深度的增加,温度和压力升高,这些沉积的有积物逐渐受热烈解成为石油和石气.这就是石油的产生。

它由不同的碳氢化合物混合组成，其主要组成成分是烷烃，此外石油中还含硫、氧、氮、磷、钒等元素。

我国是世界上最早发现和应用石油的国家。900年前宋代著名学者沈括，对我国古代地质学和古生物学知识方面提出了极其卓越的见解。

In the world, people have used oil obtained from the ground since at least 4,000BC. In the Middle East, crude oil that seeped to the surface was used to waterproof boats and as an adhesive in the construction of buildings and roads.

The modern oil industry began as a result of the search for inexpensive lighting. In order to take advantage of the high prices of illumination, a group of investors hired a railroad conductor named Edwin Drake to head to a location close to where traces of crude oil had been observed on the surface. Thus, the first well was established.

After years of developing, now, petroleum give us an over-abundance of light, speed and even wings and the ability to reach more people, more regions and more objectives in one lifetime. It allows us to put a man on the moon. The power and wealth of nations is determined from their petroleum production. Petroleum has profoundly changed man's way of life, and a peculiar notion that is often overlooked is that with every mile we drive we cremate the remains of our deceased ancestors.Global oil discoveries have declined steadily since the early 1960s despite periods of high prices and advances in exploration and production technology. It means unless consumer behavior changes, the oil industry has a lot of work to do.