He has copious links at his site.We don’t know for sure what process makes oil and there are sound reasons to think that it is still being created in large quantities. For example, the Middle East oil fields have an astounding rate of pumping, yet they have more oil in them now as “reserves” than before the pumping began.
One very good explanation for “why” is the possibility that iron acts as a catalyst to turn CO2 rich rocks, in the presence of H2 propbably from water, into hydrocarbons in geologic subduction zones (which would explain the oil locations in places like Indonesia and coastal California with active subduction zones).
Much as we do it synthetically (heat, pressure, CO2, H2 or water, and metal catalysts – Fischer Tropsch in a nutshell); nature may be doing the same thing. Take a look at how: Oil may come from subduction of rocks.
Peak Oil?
Peak Oil?
http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2009/03/20 ... -shortage/
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
Re: Peak Oil?
MSimon wrote: http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2009/03/20 ... -shortage/
He has copious links at his site.We don’t know for sure what process makes oil and there are sound reasons to think that it is still being created in large quantities. For example, the Middle East oil fields have an astounding rate of pumping, yet they have more oil in them now as “reserves” than before the pumping began.
One very good explanation for “why” is the possibility that iron acts as a catalyst to turn CO2 rich rocks, in the presence of H2 propbably from water, into hydrocarbons in geologic subduction zones (which would explain the oil locations in places like Indonesia and coastal California with active subduction zones).
Much as we do it synthetically (heat, pressure, CO2, H2 or water, and metal catalysts – Fischer Tropsch in a nutshell); nature may be doing the same thing. Take a look at how: Oil may come from subduction of rocks.
For the Record, I have always believed in the Abiotic theory of oil.
Hmmm, personally I am agnostic about this. There are also other geological theories, that IIRC state that oil is produced somewhere in the mantle.
I am wondering though, since we have more than one plausible theory about how oil is created, maybe there is more than one way it is happening? I mean how unlikely is it, that (maybe depending on where it is found) oil has been created by a different process?
I am wondering though, since we have more than one plausible theory about how oil is created, maybe there is more than one way it is happening? I mean how unlikely is it, that (maybe depending on where it is found) oil has been created by a different process?