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.
The oil we find underground is called crude oil. Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons-from almost solid to gaseous. These were produced when tiny plants and animals decayed under layers of sand and mud millions of years ago.Crude oil has to be changed before it can be used for anything.This happens in an oil refinery.rude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons-from almost solid to gaseous. These were produced when tiny plants and animals decayed under layers of sand and mud millions of years ago. Crude oil has to be changed before it can be used for anything. This happens in an oil refinery.