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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › 10.1111 › j.1751-3928.2006.tb00271.x
Abiogenic Origin of Hydrocarbons: An Historical Overview
The two theories of abiogenic formation of hydrocarbons, the Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins and Thomas Gold's deep gas theory, have been considered in some detail. Whilst the Russian-Ukrainian theory was portrayed as being scientifically rigorous in contrast to the biogenic theory which was thought to be littered ...

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Abiogenic Deep Origin of Hydrocarbons and Oil and Gas Deposits ...
Open access peer-reviewed chapter. 1. Introduction. The theory of the abiogenic deep origin of hydrocarbons recognizes that the petroleum is a primordial material of deep origin [Kutcherov, Krayushkin 2010].This theory explains that hydrocarbon compounds generate in the asthenosphere of the Earth and migrate through the deep faults into the crust of the Earth.

https://www.usnews.com › opinion › blogs › on-energy › 2011 › 09 › 14 › abiotic-oil-a-theory-worth-exploring
Abiotic Oil a Theory Worth Exploring - U.S. News & World Report
Production at the oil field, deep in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, was supposed to have declined years ago. And for a while, it behaved like any normal field: Following its 1973 ...

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