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[[Petroleum]] is believed by most to be formed only from the remains of buried plant or animal material. '''Abiotic [[oil]]''' however might be formed from the reaction of [[carbonates]] with [[iron]] oxide and [[water]] in the region called the [[mantle]], deep in the [[Earth]] where there is a great amount of heat and pressure. Furthermore, the mantle is such a huge reservoir that the amount of reactants consumed in the reaction hasn't depleted it since the formation of the oil. In short, according to this idea petroleum is not a fossil fuel and has no intrinsic connection with plant or animal remains.<ref>J. F. Kenney [http://www.gasresources.net/Introduction.htm An introduction to the modern petroleum science, and to the Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins] Russian Academy of Sciences - Joint Institute of The Physics of the Earth.</ref>

[[Petroleum]] is believed by most to be formed only from the remains of buried plant or animal material. '''Abiotic [[oil]]''' however might be formed from the reaction of [[carbonates]] with [[iron]] oxide and [[water]] in the region called the [[mantle]], deep in the [[Earth]] where there is a great amount of heat and pressure. Furthermore, the mantle is such a huge reservoir that the amount of reactants consumed in the reaction hasn't depleted it since the formation of the oil. In short, according to this idea petroleum is not a [[fossil fuel]] and has no intrinsic connection with plant or animal remains.<ref>J. F. Kenney [http://www.gasresources.net/Introduction.htm An introduction to the modern petroleum science, and to the Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins] Russian Academy of Sciences - Joint Institute of The Physics of the Earth.</ref>

There are two theories of abiotic oil:

There are two theories of abiotic oil: