[mmercier]

>> the point is something created it there and that something was not life

Oil did not come from decomposing swamps, that much now we (think) believe.

Velikovsky was I think vindicated on this point in the 80's when oil was found in a granite deposit in Finland where no primordial vegetation was possible.

I just hope the first probe on Titan does not have a short circuit, then we will have a baby star burning off for a decade.

[Smokin' Joe]

Velikovsky was I think vindicated on this point in the 80's when oil was found in a granite deposit in Finland where no primordial vegetation was possible.

Is the granite of igneous or metamorphic origin?

Regardless, it must be fractured, or there would be no reservoir.

Petroleum migrates--even to the surface.

It can be found in fractured volcanics, too, but they overlie the sedimentary rocks which are believed to be the source of the oil.

"Refilling" reservoirs are commonly in severely faulted areas, in relatively young rock, geologically speaking, and may be filling with oil and gas migrating along those faults and fractures from reservoirs that lie in deeper strata.

Until someone drills deeper there no one will know for certain, but why drill deeper if the oil is migrating to existing wellbores now? Fracture sets and faults which allow fluid migration really complicate drilling a well, and the production is already happening.

Many, many people have been taken in by this inorganic mantle source hype, and all they ever got was snake oil for their money.

[cpdiii]

"Velikovsky was I think vindicated on this point in the 80's when oil was found in a granite deposit in Finland where no primordial vegetation was possible."

You will find that a sedimentary layer is in close proximity to the granite. The granite is merely acting as a reservoir for the oil that came from the sedimentary rock.