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Nickbat

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Where does oil come from?
« on: 15 July 2008, 22:17:02 »
No, I don't mean the region, I mean how is it formed?

Give an answer and your degree of confidence in that answer (in %)

I'll come back later to mark your papers!! ;)
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #1 on: 15 July 2008, 22:19:10 »
Cue Debs !

Think it's got something to do with organic residue ...  :-/
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #2 on: 15 July 2008, 22:22:25 »
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Cue Debs !

Think it's got something to do with organic residue ...  :-/

Sure she will give a good answer,  :y :y and at least this post is not another bl@@dy joke. ::)
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #3 on: 15 July 2008, 22:22:50 »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil

All oils, with their high carbon and hydrogen content, can be traced back to organic sources or space. Mineral oils, found in porous rocks underground, are no exception, as they were originally the organic material, such as dead plankton, accumulated on the seafloor in geologically ancient times. Through various geochemical processes this material was converted to mineral oil, or petroleum, and its components, such as kerosene, paraffin waxes, gasoline, diesel and such. These are classified as mineral oils as they do not have an organic origin on human timescales, and are instead derived from underground geologic locations, ranging from rocks, to underground traps, to sands.
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #4 on: 15 July 2008, 22:24:37 »
Well, they're not called fossil fuels for nothing.  :)
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #5 on: 15 July 2008, 22:24:42 »
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil

All oils, with their high carbon and hydrogen content, can be traced back to organic sources or space. Mineral oils, found in porous rocks underground, are no exception, as they were originally the organic material, such as dead plankton, accumulated on the seafloor in geologically ancient times. Through various geochemical processes this material was converted to mineral oil, or petroleum, and its components, such as kerosene, paraffin waxes, gasoline, diesel and such. These are classified as mineral oils as they do not have an organic origin on human timescales, and are instead derived from underground geologic locations, ranging from rocks, to underground traps, to sands.

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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #6 on: 15 July 2008, 22:34:18 »
bin this pls!
« Last Edit: 15 July 2008, 22:34:58 by SteveD »
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #7 on: 15 July 2008, 22:36:15 »
More than likely your camcover gaskets ::)
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #8 on: 15 July 2008, 22:36:16 »
My rocker cover gasket!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
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HolyCount

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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #9 on: 15 July 2008, 22:37:00 »
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bin this pls!

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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2008, 22:38:39 »
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Well, they're not called fossil fuels for nothing.  :)


Well, you may all be WRONG!

I have read a few articles in the last couple of months which suggest that oil may actually be abiotic, meaning that it is not organically produced - so you may need to stop calling it a fossil fuel. Rather, the earth itself produces oil deep down at pressures of 30Kbar. In the laboratory, pure solid marble (CaCO3) and iron oxide (FeO), wet with triple-distilled water, are subjected to pressures up to 50 kbar and temperatures to 2000 C. With no contribution of either hydrocarbons or biological detritus, the CaCO3-FeO-H2O system spontaneously generates, at the high pressures predicted theoretically, the suite of hydrocarbons characteristic of natural petroleum.

If oil is truly abiotic, there is no "peak oil" to worry about as this process will theoretically continue for millions of years.

Links: http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2008/02/as-oil-seeps-abiotic-oil-not-if-but-how.html
http://www.gasresources.net/index.htm

Interesting, huh?  ;)
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2008, 22:40:56 »
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Well, they're not called fossil fuels for nothing.  :)


Well, you may all be WRONG!

I have read a few articles in the last few months which suggest that oil may actually be abiotic, meaning that it is not organically produced - so you may need to stop calling it a fossil fuel. Rather, the earth itself produces oil deep down at pressures of 30Kbar. In the laboratory, pure solid marble (CaCO3) and iron oxide (FeO), wet with triple-distilled water, are subjected to pressures up to 50 kbar and temperatures to 2000 C. With no contribution of either hydrocarbons or biological detritus, the CaCO3-FeO-H2O system spontaneously generates, at the high pressures predicted theoretically, the suite of hydrocarbons characteristic of natural petroleum.

If oil is truly abiotic, there is no "peak oil" to worry about as this process will theoretically continue for millions of years.

Links: http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2008/02/as-oil-seeps-abiotic-oil-not-if-but-how.html
http://www.gasresources.net/index.htm

Interesting, huh?  ;)


..............and, theoretically, can be produced to demand, hence no shortage.

I wonder what the economics would be
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #12 on: 15 July 2008, 22:41:30 »
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Well, they're not called fossil fuels for nothing.  :)


Well, you may all be WRONG!

I have read a few articles in the last couple of months which suggest that oil may actually be abiotic, meaning that it is not organically produced - so you may need to stop calling it a fossil fuel. Rather, the earth itself produces oil deep down at pressures of 30Kbar. In the laboratory, pure solid marble (CaCO3) and iron oxide (FeO), wet with triple-distilled water, are subjected to pressures up to 50 kbar and temperatures to 2000 C. With no contribution of either hydrocarbons or biological detritus, the CaCO3-FeO-H2O system spontaneously generates, at the high pressures predicted theoretically, the suite of hydrocarbons characteristic of natural petroleum.

If oil is truly abiotic, there is no "peak oil" to worry about as this process will theoretically continue for millions of years.

Links: http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2008/02/as-oil-seeps-abiotic-oil-not-if-but-how.html
http://www.gasresources.net/index.htm

Interesting, huh?  ;)

What a load of nonsense. Next thing, they'll be telling us that the world is round and that the earth revolves around the sun. Bloody heretics!!!!   >:(
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #13 on: 15 July 2008, 22:43:27 »
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Well, they're not called fossil fuels for nothing.  :)


Well, you may all be WRONG!

I have read a few articles in the last couple of months which suggest that oil may actually be abiotic, meaning that it is not organically produced - so you may need to stop calling it a fossil fuel. Rather, the earth itself produces oil deep down at pressures of 30Kbar. In the laboratory, pure solid marble (CaCO3) and iron oxide (FeO), wet with triple-distilled water, are subjected to pressures up to 50 kbar and temperatures to 2000 C. With no contribution of either hydrocarbons or biological detritus, the CaCO3-FeO-H2O system spontaneously generates, at the high pressures predicted theoretically, the suite of hydrocarbons characteristic of natural petroleum.

If oil is truly abiotic, there is no "peak oil" to worry about as this process will theoretically continue for millions of years.

Links: http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2008/02/as-oil-seeps-abiotic-oil-not-if-but-how.html
http://www.gasresources.net/index.htm

Interesting, huh?  ;)

What a load of nonsense. Next thing, they'll be telling us that the world is round and that the earth revolves around the sun. Bloody heretics!!!!   >:(

It can't be -- I can see the edge :-/
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Re: Where does oil come from?
« Reply #14 on: 15 July 2008, 22:45:20 »
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bin this pls!

Huh?  >:(
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