Depends upon what you call major. Idaho Falls ID is about 155 miles from Yellowstone. It has a mall. The nearest city with over a million residents is Denver CO, about 580 miles from Yellowstone. Amused Contestant Â· 6 years ago.
Â­ Crude oil is the term for unprocessed oil, the stuff that comes out of the ground. It is also known as petroleum. Crude oil is a fossil fuel, meaning that it was made naturalÂ­ly from decaying plants and animals living in ancient seas millions of years ago -- most places you can find crude oil were once sea beds. Crude oils vary in color, from clear to tar-black, and in viscosity, from water to almost solid.
Crude oil [crude oil: Crude oil is formed from the remains of small animals and plants that died and fell to the bottom of the sea.Their remains were covered by mud. As the sediment was buried by more sediment, it started to change into rock as the temperature and pressure increased.he plant animal remains were cooked by this process and changed into crude oil.] - sometimes called petroleum-is found in the Earth's crust. Millions of years ago small animals and plants died and fell to the bottom of the sea. Their remains were covered by mud. 1  Page. 2  1. 3  2. 4  3.