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 (a non-renewable resource) is usually found in underground areas called reservoirs. It is liquid in nature and yellowish black in color. They are composed mainly of hydrocarbons and organic compounds. They are usually discovered by oil prospecting scientists. Sometimes, petroleum and crude oil are used to mean the same thing, but petroleum itself is a broad range of petroleum products including crude oil itself. We use the term 'petroleum products after crude oil is refined in a factory.