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Sir Walter Raleigh And Tar Sands, Fathi Habashi
Sir Walter Raleigh And Tar Sands, Fathi Habashi
Fathi Habashi
Petroleum is sometimes ejected from underground to form lakes contaminated with rocks. The volatile components evaporate with time leaving behind a solid mixture known as asphalt or tar sands. Lake Asphalt in Trinidad contains about 40% bitumen. Sir Walter Raleigh (ca 1554 –1618) sailed to Trinidad in search of El Dorado but he discovered the lake instead.