Russia has been operating on the assumption that oil is abiotic (aka abiogenic) since WWII.

They are the second largest producers of oil in the world, behind only Saudi Arabia.

For somebody who says: "While it's true that at least 99% of Extraordinary Claims are just as crazy as they seem, we cannot dismiss every one of them without any investigation", you seem to have conveniently closed mind.

At least you read something I posted. The rest is out of my control.