Petroleum

Shaggy finds crude petroleum inside the Gold City Mine.

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, black liquid found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface, which is commonly refined into various types of fuels. It consists of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and some other organic compounds. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil. It is also called Black Gold.

History

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Season one

Hank, the caretaker of the Gold City Guest Ranch, discovered that there was oil in the abandoned Gold City Mine and surrounding land. He created the Miner Forty-Niner disguise and worked to scare everyone away from the tourist stop so that he could buy the land cheaply and cash in on the previously undiscovered fortune. Mystery Inc. trapped the Miner and discovered Hank's plan after discovering that a jar of a black syrupy liquid, mistakenly identified by Shaggy as chocolate syrup, was really crude oil.

While chasing the Ghost of Redbeard and his pirate crew through their lair full of stolen goods, Shaggy and Scooby encountered a ghost sword that floated in the air and attacked them. Shaggy attempted to battle the sword with a stick of liverwurst, but Shaggy and Scooby ran for cover behind a barrel when that proved unsuccessful. Though the sword tried to chase them, it became lodged in the barrel and caused it to start pouring out its contents. Shaggy and Scooby filled mugs with the liquid and began drinking it, believing it to be a beverage, but quickly spit it out when they discovered that the barrel was full of oil.

Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics)

P.J. Flamboise, using a giant puppet from his helicopter, tried to take oil from Native American land.

Scooby-Doo (Marvel Comics)

Hodad, disguised as the Surfer Ghost and W.W. Shmidlap, tried to drill oil in the sea.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Oil pirates disguised themselves as the Ghost of Redbeard and his crew in order to steal oil.

The Scooby-Doo Show

Season three

Jean Pierre Baptiste had been the operator of a Snow Beast robot in order to steal oil.

Professor Greer disguised himself as the Mantis to get the Vulture's Claw Botanical Gardens because he discovered it had oil. Clive Dickerman knew about the oil on the property so he wanted to get the property as well.

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)

Eddie Drake, had discovered oil beneath the land and had disguised himself as the Sky Skeleton because he wanted to scare Amelia and Greycloud away.

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

Rosey Crans and Gilly Stern, disguised as Sea Demon, in order to steal oil.

Scooby-Doo (Archie Comics)

Steve Frappe controlled the Abominable Skiman robot because he had found oil under Bill Lewis' slopes and wanted it for himself.

Sheriff and his men used holograms of ghosts to scare everyone off Camp Ann Ella to get the oil.

Scooby-Doo (DC Comics)

P. Shelby Snodgrass, disguised as Ghost of Iron, in order to keep people away from oil-rich land and buy it for next to nothing.

Bold Gold CEO, disguise himself the Vampire and Mr. Quarry, tried to get the oil beneath a small town.

Mr. Freen, Rich & Milo operated the Grandma Wasuli robot in order to cover up their operation for mining oil that was claim to be underneath the land belonging to Charlie Workyn's.

Scooby-Doo Mysteries

Clarence Sims disguised himself as the Ghost of General Todey in order to have Todey Fields to drill for oil because there are oil wells underneath various spots which Clarence Sims wanted so he tried to get the land cheap.

Scooby-Doo! Unmasked

The Museum is built over oil deposits. So the Caveman was trying to scare everyone away, so nobody would know that the tar pits outside the museum weren't actually tar but petroleum and the bobbing animatronic dinosaur were covering pumping machines. Joe Grimm even made a deal with Monstrous Fright and Magic, in exchange for mubber that he would give them some of the petroleum he gained from the museum operation.

Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?

In a possible ending for Henrietta Bascombe as the culprit, as her motive was to buy all the land to drill because of untouched oil there.

Scooby-Doo! Comic Chapter Books

David Belastic and Ellie Wilson used Ghost to torn down the Crystal Cove Theater so they will get the oil deposit under the theater.

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Season two

Big Bob McCallister disguised himself as the Phineas Phrag Monster in order to get the oil under Eastside Hospital.

Appearances

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  • 104. Mine Your Own Business
  • 114. Go Away Ghost Ship
• Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics)
  • #30(b). Happy Haunting Grounds
• Scooby-Doo (Marvel Comics)
  • #9. Mystery at Malibu
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  • 112. The Ghostly Creep from the Deep
• The Scooby-Doo Show
  • 303. A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright
  • 310. The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)
  • 106. The Scary Sky Skeleton
• The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
  • 103(a). Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be?
• Scooby-Doo (Archie Comics)
  • #2(b). The Abominable Skiman!
  • #11(a). Camp Scooby-Doo
• Scooby-Doo! (DC Comics)
  • #2(b). Stubble Trouble
  • #72. The Case of the Cold Trail
  • #119(c). The Texas Tooth-Step
• Scooby-Doo Mysteries
  • #11. Scooby-Doo! and the Fairground Phantom
• Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
  • 4. Harum Scare'em at the Museum
• Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?
  • 3. Abandoned Air Field
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  • 120. The Siren's Song
• Scooby-Doo! Comic Chapter Books
  • 5. Curse of the Stage Fright
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
  • 203. The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated continuity

Ernesto and his fellow protestors disguised themselves as Fish Freaks in order to steal and sell oil but it will result in a massive oil spill because of the instability of the ground.

External links

• Petroleum at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia