Back أصل نفطي غير حيوي Arabic Origen inorgànic del petroli Catalan Abiotisk olie Danish Origen inorgánico del petróleo Spanish منشأ نفتی غیرزیستی Persian Théorie du pétrole abiotique French Origine abiotica del petrolio Italian Abiotische olie Dutch Teoria nieorganiczna powstawania ropy naftowej Polish Teoria do petróleo abiogênico Portuguese
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.[2][3] 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 that hydrocarbons are sometimes naturally produced by inorganic means. A historical overview of theories of the abiogenic origins of hydrocarbons has been published.[3]
Thomas Gold's "deep gas hypothesis" proposes that some natural gas deposits were formed out of hydrocarbons deep in the Earth's mantle. Earlier studies of mantle-derived rocks from many places have shown that hydrocarbons from the mantle region can be found widely around the globe. However, the content of such hydrocarbons is in low concentration.[4] While there may be large deposits of abiotic hydrocarbons, globally significant amounts of abiotic hydrocarbons are deemed unlikely.[5]
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