Robert Urbanek
Platinum Member
We may have more oil and gas than previously thought, as noted in the study THE NON-ORGANIC THEORY OF THE GENESIS OF PETROLEUM.
Among the points for a non-organic source for at least some hydrocarbons:
The concentration of oil in the Middle East implies that that region must have been exceptionally prolific in plant and animal life over long periods of the Earth’s history. This is unlikely, since life tends to be more dispersed.
Methane occurs in giant ocean rifts, in continental rifts and the lakes that occur nearby, e.g. dissolved in the waters of the East African Lake Kivu, as methane hydrates in permafrost, in active volcanic and mud volcanic regions, as well as at great depths of more than 10 km as geopressured gas etc. A biological origin for this methane can be virtually ruled out.
Source: http://cds.cern.ch/record/360632/files/9610011.pdf
The author is Samar Abbas, a physicist in India. His only “agenda” seems to be the hope that a non-organic theory would support further exploration for petroleum in India, which, by conventional theories, is considered a poor prospect for oil exploration. He argues that as the result of experimental drilling in Sweden “the case appears to have recently swung in favour of the non-organists.”
Nevertheless, we still need to use these resources judiciously to avoid contaminating our environment.
Among the points for a non-organic source for at least some hydrocarbons:
The concentration of oil in the Middle East implies that that region must have been exceptionally prolific in plant and animal life over long periods of the Earth’s history. This is unlikely, since life tends to be more dispersed.
Methane occurs in giant ocean rifts, in continental rifts and the lakes that occur nearby, e.g. dissolved in the waters of the East African Lake Kivu, as methane hydrates in permafrost, in active volcanic and mud volcanic regions, as well as at great depths of more than 10 km as geopressured gas etc. A biological origin for this methane can be virtually ruled out.
Source: http://cds.cern.ch/record/360632/files/9610011.pdf
The author is Samar Abbas, a physicist in India. His only “agenda” seems to be the hope that a non-organic theory would support further exploration for petroleum in India, which, by conventional theories, is considered a poor prospect for oil exploration. He argues that as the result of experimental drilling in Sweden “the case appears to have recently swung in favour of the non-organists.”
Nevertheless, we still need to use these resources judiciously to avoid contaminating our environment.