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Petroleum reservoir
A
petroleum reservoir
or
oil and gas reservoir
is a subsurface pool of
hydrocarbons
contained in
porous
or fractured
rock formations
. The naturally occurring hydrocarbons, such as
crude oil
or
natural gas
, are trapped by overlying rock formations with lower
permeability
. Reservoirs are found using
hydrocarbon exploration
methods.
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