The apatosaurus, a symbol of petroleum’s origin as a fossil fuel, has been the trademark of the Sinclair Oil Corporation since 1930. It may be time for Sinclair to retire its dino. In July three researchers published a study in the journal Nature Geoscience suggesting that the heavy hydrocarbons that compose oil could be produced without dinosaur detritus.
The researchers transformed a simple compound—methane, the chief component of natural gas—into heavier petroleum-like compounds by subjecting it to temperatures and pressures found far below Earth’s surface. They argue that a similar process may have produced petroleum in the past, affecting methane deposited in Earth’s crust as the planet was forming billions of years ago. One of the researchers, Vladimir G. Kutcherov of the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, believes this finding will make it easier for oilmen to locate new petroleum reserves, pushing back against the prediction that global oil production is about to peak.
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|1.4.10 @ 3:53PM|#
Thermal depolymerization?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization
Mike|1.11.10 @ 2:29PM|#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.....eum_origin
This is not a commonly held belief by geologists, But then again neither was plate tectonics.
Kinda funny how rarely Source rock is discussed now days. It used to be much more important, Well i guess it still is. But the thing we look for is actually Porosity. Surface Seismic is actually pretty good at determining the amount of fluids in the ground, and if it ain't water it's gotta be hydrocarbons.
Mike|1.11.10 @ 2:30PM|#
Whoops. Try this:
http://bit.ly/k2gF8
Abiogenic petroleum origin
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