Theoretical and practical rationale for the renewability of oil and natural gas reserves. Analysis of the current state of the problems of the origin of oil and gas
The scientific formulation of the problem of the origin of oil and gas is associated with the names of such prominent scientists as M. Lomonosov (1773 - the organic concept), A. Humboldt (1805), C. Lyle (1840), D. Mendeleev (1877 -mineral (inorganic) concept). Thanks to the work of many generations of scientists in oil and gas geology, two independent, mutually exclusive concepts of the origin of oil and gas have been formed. According to the currently dominant organic concept, oil and gas are formed from organic substances (OS) over a long geological time (from tens to hundreds of millions of years) under the influence of elevated temperatures, pressures and concentrations of OS. The inorganic concept states that hydrocarbons (oil and gas) are synthesized from inorganic substances (carbonates, CO2 and other carbon-containing substances) at great depths in the mantle at temperatures above 1000 ° C and pressures of tens of kilobars. Today, both concepts are experiencing a crisis caused by the inability of the organic and mineral concepts to explain the new facts that have appeared in recent years, confirming the renewability of oil and natural gas reserves. There is only one conclusion: on the scale of both the globe and individual countries, with rational economic management, the depletion of hydrocarbons does not threaten humanity.