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Article #8955Re: Primordial Hydrocarbons
From: Mike Wooding
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 04:22
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 04:22
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In article <662@tekno.chalmers.se>, f86_lerner@tekno.chalmers.se (Mikael Lerner) writes: < In article <291@v7fs1.UUCP>, mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes: < > <Thomas Gold, an astronomer/geologist, has suggested that there are plenty of < > <hydrocarbons on Earth that are _not_ due to metamorphosis of dead plant < > <and animal matter. Having heard him speak on this topic, I can say that < > <he makes a convincing case. Some outfit in Sweden is digging for some of < > <his "primordial" hydrocarbons on the rim of an ancient meteor strike. < > < > As luck would have it, last night's NOVA episode was on exactly < > this topic. The outfit in Sweden found methane, but not enough < > to make the well viable at this time. They said that the gas < > had been verified as being of non-biological origin, but they < > didn't explain how they had verified this. < < Please, notice the word 'digging'! The drill hasn't stopped < yet! Almost a kilometer of drilling remains. The goal is < 7500 m, where the large amounts of gas is thought to be found. When do they expect to finish the hole? Are they finding more/less gas/oil than expected? Sources? m wooding
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!sgi!daisy!wooding From: wooding@daisy.UUCP (Mike Wooding) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Primordial Hydrocarbons Summary: More data please? Message-ID: <2888@daisy.UUCP> Date: 4 Apr 89 04:22:08 GMT References: <space-request+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU> <662@tekno.chalmers.se> Organization: Daisy Systems, Mt. View, CA Lines: 22