Hydrocarbons (from crude oil) + oxygen > carbon dioxide + water
Unless there is not enough oxygen around. Then fuels will combust incompletely:
Hydrocarbons + oxygen > carbon monoxide + carbon + water
Carbon monoxide combines with heamaglobin in red blood cells, meaning they can't carry oxygen around the body.
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