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Here is an article which reviews in great detail the theories of the abiogenic origin of petroleum and explains the chemistry of it.
Deep‐seated abiogenic origin of petroleum: From geological assessment to physical theory
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2008RG000270
Abstract
The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum is a significant part of the modern scientific theories dealing with the formation of hydrocarbons. These theories include the identification of natural hydrocarbon systems, the physical processes leading to their terrestrial concentration, and the dynamic processes controlling the migration of that material into geological reservoirs of petroleum. The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum recognizes that natural gas and petroleum are primordial materials of deep origin which have migrated into the Earth's crust. Experimental results and geological investigations presented in this article convincingly confirm the main postulates of the theory and allow us to reexamine the structure, size, and locality distributions of the world's hydrocarbon reserves.
CONCLUSIONS
Geological data presented in this paper do not respond to the main questions related to the hypothesis of biotic petroleum origin. Only the theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum gives a convincing explanation for all of the above mentioned data. The experimental results discussed in the paper confirm that the CaCO3‐FeO‐H2O system spontaneously generates the suite of hydrocarbons characteristic of natural petroleum. Modern scientific considerations about the genesis of hydrocarbons confirmed by the results of experiments and practical results of geological investigations provide the understanding that part of the hydrocarbon compounds could be generated at the mantle conditions and migrate through deep faults into the Earth's crust, where they form oil and gas deposits in any kind of rock and in any kind of structural position. The experimental results presented place the theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum in the mainstream of modern physics and chemistry and open a great practical application. The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum confirms the presence of enormous, inexhaustible resources of hydrocarbons in our planet and allows us to develop a new approach to methods for petroleum exploration and to reexamine the structure, size, and location of the world's hydrocarbons reserves.
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The west Canadian sedimentary basin attracts great attention also. There is the unique oil/bitumen belt extended as the arc‐like strip of 960 km length from Peace River through Athabasca (Alberta) to Lloydminster (Saskatchewan). This belt includes such supergiant petroleum fields as Athabasca (125 km width and 250 km length), Cold Lake (50 km width and 125 km length), Peace River (145 km width and 180 km length), and Wabaska (60 km width and 125 km length). Here the heavy (946.5–1.029 kg/m3) and viscous (several hundred to several million centipoises) oil saturates the Lower Cretaceous sands and sandstones.