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Standard VIII
Chemistry
Oil Wells and Reservoirs
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Natural gas is found as:
  1. layer above hot-beds
  2. layer above petroleum oil deep underground
  3. layer below petroleum oil deep underground
  4. layer below the glacier

A
layer above petroleum oil deep underground
B
layer above hot-beds
C
layer below the glacier
D
layer below petroleum oil deep underground
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Natural gas is a very important fossil fuel. It is found in deep underground rock formations or associated with other hydrocarbon reservoirs in coal beds and as methane clathrates. Petroleum is another resource and fossil fuel found close to and with natural gas.
Thus, option C is correct.

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