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Fossilized Sunshine

Oil and gas are the world's major resources but what are they and where are they found?

Oil and gas are the world's major resources but what are they and where are they found? Oil and gas is waste plant and animal matter, effectively fossilized sunshine that has been formed over millions of years.

This is a programme from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1999.

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14 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project