[SeekAndFind]

Click on This link to read about the Deep-Earth theories of the Origin of Petroleum.

Here's how the theory explains the process:

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Eugene Island is an underwater mountain located about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1973 oil was struck and off-shore platform Eugene 330 erected. The field began production at 15,000 barrels a day, then gradually fell off, as is normal, to 4,000 barrels a day in 1989. Then came the surprise; it reversed itself and increased production to 13,000 barrels a day. Probable reserves have been increased to 400 million barrels from 60 million. The field appears to be filling from below and the crude coming up today is from a geological age different from the original crude, which leads to the speculation that the world has limitless supplies of petroleum.

[andyk]

I like the way these articles make liberals’ heads explode.

[joe fonebone]

I have been saying this for decades now.... “fossil fuels” is nothing but a myth... want proof, bury a dead animal in your yard, return in a year and dig it up... you have bones and dirt, not oil.... millions of years will not turn bone or dirt to oil.... ashes to ashes, dust to dust (not ashes to oil, dust to oil).. another econazi myth..

[edcoil]

Oil and gas are renewable resources. Always have been. Anyone in that industry understands it. Only and idiot or fool or government hack believe it comes from “dino-sources”

[apillar]

I remember Rush Limbaugh talking about this years ago. It’s seems that old oil wells are filling back up from farther underground. Which could only mean that either the earth is a LOT older than scientists believe and we are only tapping the “top layer” of oil (which seems unlikely as there are other methods to measure the age of the earth), or at least a portion of the oil is being produced by a non-biological process down near the mantle and working it’s way up (which would mean that the supply of oil is essentially limitless). While this theory is certainly not mainstream, there is some evidence, not the least of which is the abundance of hydrocarbons the moons of Saturn, which certainly weren’t produced by biological means.

[apillar]

I remember Rush Limbaugh talking about this years ago. It’s seems that old oil wells are filling back up from farther underground. Which could only mean that either the earth is a LOT older than scientists believe and we are only tapping the “top layer” of oil (which seems unlikely as there are other methods to measure the age of the earth), or at least a portion of the oil is being produced by a non-biological process down near the mantle and working it’s way up (which would mean that the supply of oil is essentially limitless). While this theory is certainly not mainstream, there is some evidence, not the least of which is the abundance of hydrocarbons on the moons of Saturn, which certainly weren’t produced by biological means.

[GonzoGOP]

Natural gas can obviously be created by non organic means. After all there is no life on Titan and that moon has oceans of methane. In addition unlike petroleum biology creates methane quickly and in vast quantities. If we were ever to find a way to economically extract methane hydrates we would have access to more than twice the amount of energy as contained in all other sources of “fossil” fuel. In addition the hydrates form quickly from decaying plankton. So you mine the area and in a few decades it is filled back up again. More like forestry than than traditional mining.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I’ve always agreed with abiotic oil but would add that we need to determine the “balance point” of our use v. abiotic production.

[Wurlitzer]

Honest question here: Is it possible to used carbon dating on oil?

If it were found to all be millions of years old then yes there is a finite limit based upon how much we are bringing to the surface.

If it were found to be much younger then a case could be made that it is being produced now and then we would need to know how much per decade vs how much we are extracting.

[Red Badger]

Ping!..............

[HamiltonJay]

This has been pretty evident for a while, oil is not a limited resource created by dead and long decayed plat and organic matter, but the end result of processes within the earth.

Of course, can’t say for 100% certainty that is what is going on, but we have never been able to say with 100% certainty that the current believe its created from long dead organic matter is right either. They have based this belief on the fact that coal is obviously created that way, and that organic markers can be found in oil.

However if Oil is produced by microbial action far below the surface, finding organic residue in oil would be expected.

I think the evidence that its not limited supply, has been mounting for a long long time, but no one wants to accept this reality.

[chesley]

I have no idea whether or not this idea corresponds with the facts, or not.

But it is a testable hypotheses, it seems to me. So a government that was concerned with the American people (i.e., one that we haven’t had in a long time) would invest a little money and find out. Or permit private enterprise to do so.

[mo]

Russian geoscientists have always said this. The left can’t stand the idea that someone else runs something......

[silverleaf]

It’s about time

Fossil fuel deniers- advance!

look up “abiogenic oil”

[cookcounty]

I’ve often thought that the sheer volume of petroleum seems a little bit unexplainable by the (relatively) small amount of time in geologic history to explain it. Only an infinitessimal amount of vegetation ends up being transformed into petroleum. So, while 600 million years may seem like a long time, the question to be answered is: “given observable processes, is it really enough?”

[iontheball]

Yes, the Russians have known we are nuts for many years now with our peak oil scare reports. Now, they have another reason as Pravda has reported, blind or feigned ignorance to our own phony dictator.

[PapaBear3625]

This hypothesis keeps getting brought up every few months over the past several years.

It doesn't matter if oil is a renewing resource. What matters is whether new oil is being created at a rate comparable to the rate at which it is being consumed. If it's being created at a rate 0.01% of the consumption rate, then the fact has little importance.

We can be pretty sure that any creation rate is much less than the current consumption rate. If oil had been being created at the current consumption rate over the last million years, the oceans would be filled with oil rather than water.

[Carbonsteel]

I always suspected that oil and gas were never fossil fuels and more of a by product of the Earths natural geologic functions.

Reason is, a buddy of mine in the oil fields of West Texas told me that long dry oil well suddenly had oil in them again.

Had did the oil get there?

Heck, who knows, but don't expect academics to admit anything that doesn't fit their narrative of doing away with oil and gas.

[hummingbird]

Hi, SAF:

This would be sweet!

[bunkerhill7]

Earth and Titan are 2 giant meth labs

[CSM]

Thank you for posting this. It is a re-hash of an old article, but it is very relevent now. I was trying to find that old article, but have not had any success.