Study of synthesis of hydrogen and hydrocarbons by mechanochemical activation of the surface of mineral rocks

In the light of the eternal discussion regarding the sources of hydrocarbons for the initial oil and gas-forming substance, it is possible to recognize the legitimacy of both organic matter, which is confirmed by the biogenic theory of the origin of oil, and deep gases, declared by supporters of the theory of the inorganic concept, referring to the extraordinary richness of hydrocarbons in the mantle. But, the catagenic stage, the process of obtaining oil from the initial substance, in which the primary carbonaceous substance (often under such hypothetical concepts as “micron-oil”, “fluids”) passes into hydrocarbons in the form of oil deposits, causes no less scientific interest and also insufficiently studied. The author sees it as fair to attempt to put emphasis on predominantly geodynamic conditions, tectonic stresses, physico-chemical and thermobaric conditions, the generation of hydrocarbons, on the basis of the synthesis of hydrocarbons in any geological period. The article proposes the author’s chemical model describing the low-temperature polycondensation synthesis of hydrocarbons from water and carbon dioxide in the process of mechanical reactions on the surface of a rock model.