Crude oil
Oil is either dug up from the ground or separated from vegetables like olives.
Oil in the Bible
Oil appears over two hundred times in the Bible.
Oil, particularly olive oil, is used in drink offerings to God, but not in sin offerings.[1]
Oil is used for anointing the priests of God by pouring it on their heads. This sanctifies them and makes them holy[2]
Oil is used for lighting lamps.[3]
New kings of Israel were anointed with oil.[4]
In a miracle, Elisha allowed a widow to fill all of her pots, and her neighbor's pots, with oil.[5]
As the twenty-third Psalm says: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Formation of Oil
Oil was formed at the same time as coal during the Great Flood.