Petroleum and Natural Gas are not FOSSIL fuels

A theory about the Earth dynamics that fits the data of reality

Danilo Anton

One of the main processes of internal dynamism of planets is outgassing. This involves the gradual rise of relatively light elements or compounds, which assume a gaseous state at sub-surface and surface pressure and temperature.
The main molecules that are part of the gaseous envelopes of the terrestrial planets are nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and water. Nitrogen is relatively abundant and tends to exudate outward forming "nitrogenous atmospheres" (when the planet's gravity is sufficient to hold them). Because of its chemically stable character it does not combine in its rise or during its stay in the atmosphere.
Carbon and hydrogenated compounds, by contrast, tend to have a much more active, particularly in the presence of some oxygen minerals, such as metal oxides and sulphates.
The fractures in the crust producced by compression, distention and heating as well as astronomical tides, facilitate the rise.
When combined with oxygen, methane: CH4 (which is the most common molecule in planetary interiors) generates CO2, CO and H2O, depending on the availability of oxygen. These carbonaceous fluids are injected into the solid masses generating lateral pressure in the fractures, widening and lubricating them. Thus, the movement of rock blocks, producing earthquakes and gas ejections are possible.
It is considered that most of the atmospheric and ocean carbon is immobilized in the form of carbonates. This composition can be logically explained by the theories of planetary degassing and mineral oil and gas and oxidation processes occurring in the subsurface layers.
Some authors (Thomas Gold, 1992 and 1999) attributed the occurrence of this process to the metabolism of underground bacteria. When methane in its ascent reaches a  depth of 5-10 kilometers with temperatures below 150 degrees Celsius a large underground bactetia flora develop. These bacteria are called hyperthermobacteria belonging to the Archaea biological domain. These bacteria base their metabolism in the oxidation of methane, producing CO2 and H2O from oxides, sulphates and other salts. Thus, reduced  oxides (eg magnetite), sulfides (pyrite, chalcopyrite, etc.) and other comopounds are formed . Part of the generated methane survives and emerges from the ocean floor and continents into the atmosphere being oxidized (forming CO2 amd water).  This water of "biochemical" origin is added to the water aporttadas by comet, asteroids and meteorites.
Upwelling of this set of deep (or "juvenile") water with various salts dissolved accumulates on the surface in oceans and other water bodies. There are methane seeps wherever there are ducts (fractures) to relieve pressure and allow its emergence. On the seabed, where the crust is thinner, there are countless sources of emission of methane and its by-products (water vapor, carbon dioxide). Cold water and results in the formation of methane hydrates which in some ocean floor areas may have hicknesses of several tens of meters.