There is blood on many hands, it starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor. Pedro Paulo: Nothing is behind schedule when it comes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, city hall has prepared to host the Games from an economic and fiscal point of view.
Quick Answer. Petroleum is found in conventional oil fields, such as those in Texas, Saudi Arabia and the North Sea. Petroleum is also found in oil shale deposits, such as the Bakken formation in North Dakota.
While tar sands are found in many places worldwide, the largest deposits in the world are found in Canada (Alberta) and Venezuela, and much of the rest is found in various countries in the Middle East. In the United States, tar sands resources are primarily concentrated in Eastern Utah, mostly on public lands. The in-place tar sands oil resources in Utah are estimated at 12 to 19 billion barrels. See the Maps page for additional maps of tar sands resources in Utah.