It seems that oil has been about to run out for a long time now. Don't get me wrong, I think that burning them to pollute the atmosphere is a monumental stupidity, but there does always seem to be more oil to be had.
The Russians base their oil geology a great deal on the abiotic oil theory, that it is generated between the magma and the crust and then floats upwards. Sounds strange, but the theory is solid. Also, Saturn's moon Titan is awash with hydrocarbons, and I don't think dinosaurs ever got into space.
Yes we are using it up far too quickly and adding bad guys to the atmosphere in ever increasing amounts. This needs to be stopped.
Jan 31, 2011 Rating
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• Problems of exploiting oil
Drilling for oil
Geologists can often tell where oil is trapped by looking at the structure of the rocks. Oil tends to be trapped where rocks are domed upwards, or where permeable rocks are in contact with impermeable rocks at a fault line.
Oil companies can drill down through the impermeable rocks to get it out. They are then able to turn the oil into products we can use.
Crude oil takes millions of years to form, and we are using it up more quickly than it is created. Present estimates suggest world supplies of crude oil will run out in about 30 years, unless we use it more efficiently. There are additional reserves of oil in rocks called oil shale. However, it is expensive to extract oil from oil shale because it needs to be heated to release the oil.
