[fso301]

According to the article, they must have drilled 30,000feet through the crust to get to it. If it is from plants and animals, how did it get that far under the crust, expecially if it is so light to begin with?

Assume sediments form on a seabed at the rate of .01 inches per year. After 1 billion years, you will have total accumulation of 10 million inches which equals 158 miles!

[BlueDragon]

I'll add to this thread an obligatory mention of Eugene Island 330, with link to brief 10 year old article.

...very likly not abiogenic, as far as I've been informed, but "different" oil than was originally produced at that well.

[blackpacific]

You can’t be serious. How do you know it was sedimentary rock they drilled through?

I think the same calculation was done for the moon dust for the Apollo program. The feet of the LEM were designed to hold the craft up in feet of dust, like snowshoes. When they landed the dust was only about .25 inches thick. Did anyone go back through the calculations to readjust the age of the Moon?