Comments on: Sea-Floor Sunday #22: A actively-growing mound on the sea floor

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:15:59 +0000

How much methane gas will belch if this zit pops? What effect will it have on local life under and above the seabed, and nearby land.

By: OilIsMastery

OilIsMastery — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:50:02 +0000

Thank you Brian…=)

By: Quantum_Flux

Quantum_Flux — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:51:14 +0000

Yeah, thanks Brian.

By: Anaconda

Anaconda — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:16:31 +0000

Brian, Thank you.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:05:55 +0000

I put this message on your site ... but in case you don't see it, I'll put it here too. Since you don't have access to this particular paper, I recommend the ODP publications, they are freely available and might be useful to familiarize yourself with the kinds of measurements and analyses discussed here. This one is actually by the same author as the Santa Monica Basin paper, but from the Blake Ridge. This is the table of contents for the entire Leg 164 volume. And zooming out a bit more, thisis a portal to about 100 ODP leg proceedings, each with numerous chapters discussing topics you would be interested in. Finally, what is great about ODP is that this is essentially data available to the public. YOU can reinterpret, write, and then submit a paper ... researchers do it all the time. What's more, if for some reason you don't like/trust the analysis, you can request samples from the core itself and do your own analysis! A LOT of researchers do this. You can fill out the sample request form here. This is FREE data available to interested researchers. Since you guys are both after the truth, you'll need some data.

By: Brian Pursley

Brian Pursley — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:58:18 +0000

Brian, I’m a philosopher first and a hedge fund operator second. Truth means a lot more to me than money. This means my commitment to the truth cannot be bought but lies most certainly can. Look no further than the incentive bias of petroleum geologists to convince the world hydrocarbons were only formed twice in the history of the universe. Noone even reads my blog and even if they did few people are intelligent and open minded enough to believe the science anyway.

By: Anaconda

Anaconda — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:21:17 +0000

To BrianR:
I can’t speak for Mr. Pursley. But my background is not finance. My motives are clear: Truth for its own sake and the quest for discovery. Man is better off with a correct understanding of the processes of the world around him.

That is why I will continue to “offer an olive branch of peace by way of a shared quest for knowledge & understanding.”

But I will say this: The finance of oil is best when it’s considered rare. “Fossil” theory has promoted that idea of oil.

To suggest oil is plentiful (or more plentiful than commonly realized) goes completely against the historical grain of the oil industry.

Could it be that there are others like me, who, regardless of their background, are also interested in knowledge for its own sake.

If there are beneficail economic consequences, so be it.

Scientific truth is not measured by pluses or minuses on political or economic scales.

Keep an open mind — that’s all anybody can ask.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:59:20 +0000

Pursley … your website sub-title is:

“Abiogenic Petroleum Origin, Abiotic Oil, Inorganic Geochemistry and Petrophysics of Mantle Hydrocarbons, Mantle Oil and Volcanic Gas, Mantle Plumes, Rock Disturbances Theory of Petroleum Emanations, Astrochemistry and Astrogeology, Peak Oil Theory, And How To Profit From Them”

Just curious … since your goal is profit (and your background is in finance), why tell everybody about this theory? Aren’t you giving away valuable information that unknown others reading your blog could profit from?

By: Brian Pursley

Brian Pursley — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:35:53 +0000

As for the application of abiotic theory, every oil well drilled past 15,000 feet TVD and into igneous rock is proof that abiotic petroleum origin has been demonstrated. Due to the success of this theory, Russia is now the biggest producer of petroleum in the world.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:31:59 +0000

Pursley says: “The AAPG sessions you refer to clearly prove hydrocarbons have an inorganic mantle origin.”

Wow … “clearly prove” … I guess it’s settled then!

I’m very glad, I need to get back to work.