«Proceedings of Gubkin University»

Natural gas as the basis of energy supply for sustainable development of the world economy

UDC: 622.279
DOI: 10.33285/2073-9028-2022-4(309)-94-103

Authors:

¹ Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), Moscow, Russian Federation
² KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
³ NewTech Services, Moscow, Russian Federation

Keywords: energy, energy consumption, renewable energy sources, hydrocarbons, natural gas, concept of abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons

Annotation:

Despite the fact that over the past twenty years, energy production based on renewable energy sources has been growing fast, its share in the global energy balance is still small. Natural gas will remain the main source of energy at the current stage of human technological development. The actively developed opinion about the limited reserves of hydrocarbons, including natural gas, and the impossibility in connection with this to meet the needs of mankind for energy even in the medium term, can be argued against by the concept of abiogenic formation of hydrocarbons and data on geological resources of unconventional hydrocarbons. The article presents the results of experiments carried out by independent scientific groups in different laboratories around the world, including the Laboratory of High Pressures of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University). The results of the experiments confirm the possibility of the formation of hydrocarbon systems under thermobaric conditions corresponding to the upper mantle, which is another argument in favor of the concept of the abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons.

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