Abiogenic petroleum origin

id: abiogenic-petroleum-origin-171-12138845
title: Abiogenic petroleum origin
text: The abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis proposes that most of earth's petroleum and natural gas deposits were formed inorganically, commonly known as abiotic oil. Scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports a biogenic origin for most of the world's petroleum deposits. Mainstream theories about the formation of hydrocarbons on earth point to an origin from the decomposition of long-dead organisms, though the existence of hydrocarbons on extraterrestrial bodies like Saturn's moon Titan indicates
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description: Fringe theory about the origin of petroleum
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin
date created: 2004-05-10T18:29:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T12:18:04Z
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