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The abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis proposes that most of earth's petroleum and natural gas deposits were formed inorganically, commonly known as abiotic oil. [1] Scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports a biogenic origin for most of the world's petroleum deposits.
Kudryavtsev introduced a number of other relevant observations into the argument about the theory of abiogenic petroleum origin. Columns of flames have been seen during the eruptions of some volcanoes , sometimes reaching 500 meters in height, such as during the eruption of Mount Marapi in Sumatra in 1932.
An alternative mechanism to the one described above was proposed by Russian scientists in the mid-1850s, the hypothesis of abiogenic petroleum origin (petroleum formed by inorganic means), but this is contradicted by geological and geochemical evidence. [75] Abiogenic sources of oil have been found, but never in commercially profitable amounts.
Upon examination of the source rock and oil content, petrogeologists have emphasized that the oil's components indicate a lacustrine organic facies with lipid-rich, land-plant debris and fresh-water algal material, refuting theories of abiogenic origin in this area. [4]
In 1945, Porfiriev began a new phase of his career, beginning with his relocation to Lviv in the Western Ukraine. There he organized the Lviv Branch of the Institute of Geological Sciences, the Lviv Seological Society, the Physical Geology Department at Lviv State University and established the Oil and Gas Fields Geology and Exploration Department at Lviv Polytech Institute, the first ...
Russell demonstrated that alkaline vents created an abiogenic proton motive force chemiosmotic gradient, [226] ideal for abiogenesis. Their microscopic compartments "provide a natural means of concentrating organic molecules," composed of iron-sulfur minerals such as mackinawite , endowed these mineral cells with the catalytic properties ...
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Chekaliuk E.B. and Boyko G.E., 1982. Geo-thermodynamic evidences for abyssal genesis of oil. In: Peculiarities of the Earth's crust abyssal structure and theoretical provisions of inorganic origin of petroleum. – Kiev, Naukova Dumka Publ. - pp. 185–210 (in Russian) Chekaliuk E.B., 1986. Towards the problem of oil synthesis at great depths.