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Oil production plant

Have you ever seen a machine that squeezes oranges to make orange juice? Well, an oil production plant is like a giant version of that machine but instead of squeezing oranges it takes crude oil from the ground and processes it to make many different products that you use in your everyday life.

First, workers will drill deep into the ground using special machines to find oil deposits. Once they have found some oil they will use a special pump to bring it up to the surface. After that, trucks take the oil to the oil production plant where it is stored in huge tanks.

Inside the plant, there are many machines that use heat and pressure to separate the oil into different components like gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel. These components are then sent to separate tanks so they can be shipped to gas stations, airports, and other places. A special machine called a refinery is used to make sure these components are as clean and pure as possible before they are sent out.

The oil production plant also has machines that make products like plastic, shampoo, detergent, and even medicine. These products are made from the leftover components of the crude oil that couldn't be turned into fuel.

Overall, the oil production plant is like a big factory that takes crude oil and turns it into things we use in our everyday lives like gas for our cars, plastic for our toys, and medicine to help us when we're sick.