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[JRyan]

I read through it and most was above my understanding. An oil guy such as yourself could make better sense of it for sure. Maybe the oil folks here can summarize it?

Edit I did find another link, a pdf for some reading. I downloaded it and will read later, bedtime.

Abiogenic Origin of Hydrocarbons: An Historical Overview


Abiogenic Deep Origin of Hydrocarbons and Oil and Gas Deposits Formation

Heck, get the book, this is but one chapter.

Talk of diamonds does make sense though.


Figure 3.
Sources of the carbon in the crust (adapted from images by R. Coggon and K. Nakamura).

Thus, abiogenic synthesis of hydrocarbons can take place in the basic and ultra-basic rocks of the asthenosphere in the presence of FeO, donors/sources of carbon and hydrogen. The possible reaction of synthesis in this case could be presented as follows:

reduced mantle substance + mantle gases ? oxidized mantle substance + hydrocarbons or

combination of chemical radicals (methylene (CH2), methyl (CH3). Different combinations of these radicals define all scale of oil-and-gas hydrocarbons, and also cause close properties and genetic similarity of oils from different deposits of the world.