[Hawken54]

I try to keep an open mind about this and listen to both sides. One thing puzzles me though, and it is this. If oil is constantly produced, why are we not pumping oil out of the old fields in places like Pennsylvania once again. I tend to believe there is quite a bit of oil left, but that it is not as easy to get at as the old reserves. I am not sure I buy into the Russian “Abiotic” theories. If they are true what is the mechanism or process for oil regeneration?

[mad_as_he$$]

I restarted two wells in Southern Missouri that had been shut down for 20 years. The new oil was chemically different than the old oil. I suspect that is true in PA but does not get much press. Also the fields in PA tend to be very shallow. That may have something to do with it.

[MNJohnnie]

Geological processes, like oil creation, take millennial to effect changes. We started pumping oil out of PA fields about 150 years ago. It would be unreasonable to expect a commercially feasible amount of new oil to be created in that short a time in old oil fields.

[editor-surveyor]

“I am not sure I buy into the Russian “Abiotic” theories. If they are true what is the mechanism or process for oil regeneration?”

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What we do know, based on how much oil we’ve already pumped, and the depth at wich oil is usually found, is that the old theory is absolutely nonsense.