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The Constraints of the Laws of Thermodynamics upon the Evolution of Hydrocarbons: The Prohibition of Hydrocarbon Genesis at Low Pressures.
J. F. Kenney, I. K. Karpov, Ac. Ye. F. Shnyukov, V. A. Krayushkin, I. I. Tchebanenko, V. P. Klochko, (2001), Energia, 22/3, 18-23. PDF version.

Dismissal of Claims of a Biological Connection for Natural Petroleum.
J. F. Kenney, Ac. Ye. F. Shnyukov, V. A. Krayushkin, I. K. Karpov, V. G. Kutcherov, I. N. Plotnikova, (2001), Energia, 22/3, 26-34. PDF version.

The Evolution of Multicomponent Systems at High Pressures: VI. The Thermodynamic Stability of the Hydrogen-Carbon System: The Genesis of Hydrocarbons and the Origin of Petroleum.
J. F. Kenney, V. G. Kutcherov, N. A. Bendeliani, V. A. Alekseev, (2002), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.), 99/17, 10976-10981. PDF version

The synthesis of hydrocarbons from abiotic reagents at pressures to 5 Gpa.
V. G. Kutcherov, N. A. Bendeliani, V. A. Alekseev, J. F. Kenney, (2002), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Russia, 387/6, 789-792. PDF version

The Evolution of Multicomponent Systems at High Pressures: IV. The Genesis of Optical Activity in High-density, Abiotic Fluids.
J. F. Kenney, U. K. Deiters, (2001), Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics, 2, 3163-3174. PDF version

The Evolution of Multicomponent Systems at High Pressures: II. The Alder-Wainwright, High-Density, Gas-Solid Phase Transition of the Hard-Sphere Fluid.
J. F. Kenney, (1999), Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics, 1, 3277-3285. PDF version

The Evolution of Multicomponent Systems at High Pressures: I. The High-Pressure, Supercritical, Gas-Liquid Phase Transition.
J. F. Kenney, Fluid Phase Equilibria, (1998), 148, 21-47. PDF version.

Development of a general equation of state for real molecules in arbitrary regimes of temperature and pressure: I. The hard-core reference system.
J. F. Kenney, R. J. Petti, (2005), http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0504/0504200.pdf. PDF version.

The microcanonical thermodynamics of finite systems: The microscopic origin of condensation and phase separations, and the conditions for heat flow from lower to higher temperatures.
D. H. E. Gross and J. F. Kenney, (2005), J. Chem. Phys., 122, 1-8. PDF version

Petroleum Geology and Applications of Modern Petroleum Science

The Exploration and Development of the Twelve Major and one Giant Oil and Gas Fields on the Northern Flank of the Dnieper-Donetsk Basin.
V. A. Krayushkin, T. I. Tchebanenko, V. P. Klochko, Ye. S. Dvoryanin, J. F. Kenney, (2001), Energia, 22/3, 44-47.

Hydrocarbon Potential of the Crystalline Basement of the Dnieper-Donetsk Aulacogen (Ukraine).
I. I. Chebanenko, E. M. Dovskok, V. P. Klochko, A. V. Krayushkin, E. S. Dvoryanin, V. V. Krot, B. I. Malyuk, V. S. Tokovenko, (1995), Geological Journal, 4, 15-17.

Recent Applications of the Modern Theory of Abiotic Hydrocarbon Origins: The Drilling & Development of Oil & Gas Fields in the Dnieper-Donets Basin.
V. A. Krayushkin, T. I. Tchebanenko, V. P. Klochko, Ye. S. Dvoryanin, J. F. Kenney, (1994), Proceedings of the VII^th International Symposium on the Observation of the Continental Crust through Drilling.

Principle Results of the Major Scientific Investigations for Hydrocarbons in the Swedish Deep Gas Exploration Project.
J. F. Kenney, (1994), Proceedings of the VII^th International Symposium on the Observation of the Continental Crust through Drilling.

The Search for Mantle Markers: Examination of the Gravberg 1 "black gunk."
J. F. Kenney, (1990), Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe D, Heft 107, (1999), 165-174.

Comment on "Mantle hydrocarbons: Abiotic or biotic?" by R. Sugisaki and K. Mimura .
J. F. Kenney, (1995), Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 59/18, 3857-3858.

Inorganic origin in upper mantle seen likely for solid hydrocarbons in Syria plateau basalt.
R. F. Mahfoud, J. M. Beck, (1991), Oil & Gas Journal, 89/43, 88-92.

Economic publications

Considerations about Recent Predictions of Impending Shortages of Petroleum Evaluated from the Perspective of Modern Petroleum Science.
J. F. Kenney, (1996), Energy World, 240, 16-18.

The Exploration and Development of the Twelve Major and one Giant Oil and Gas Fields on the Northern Flank of the Dnieper-Donets Basin.
V. A. Krayushkin, T. I. Tchebanenko, V. P. Klochko, Ye. S. Dvoryanin, J. F. Kenney, (2001), Energia, 22/3, 44-47.

The Global Energy Market in the Long Term: The Continuing Dominance of Affordable Non-Renewable Resources.
P. Odell, lecture before the Swedish Academy of Sciences, (March 16, 2000).
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"Closed Coffin: Ending the Debate on “The End of Cheap Oil.”
M. C. Lynch, lecture before the International Energy Agency, Paris, 2001.

“Farce this Time: Renewed Pessimism About Oil Supply.”
M. C. Lynch, Geopolitics of Energy, December 1998-January 1999.

“The New Pessimism about Petroleum Resources: Debunking the 'Hubbert Model' (and Hubbert modelers).”
M. C. Lynch, Minerals and Energy, July 2004 (to be published.)

"Crop Circles in the Desert: The Strange Controversy over Saudi Oil Production.”
M. C. Lynch, International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development, Occasional Paper, 40, 2006.

Political and sociological essays

The Collision of Science and Junk-science:
The distinction between modern petroleum science and the nonsense about a "biological-origin-of-petroleum" [BOOP].

"Cargo Cult Science":
Richard Feynman, Commencement Address, California Institute of Technology, 1974, [an extended comment on BOOP].

"Cognitive Processes and Suppression of Sound Scientific Ideas":
J. Sacherman, 1997, [An interesting essay on the herd behavior of academic scientists, and an explanation for the anomalous toleration for BOOP among American scientists].

"Conduct and Misconduct in Science."
The abuses of anonymous peer review in American academia, Goodstein, D., (1996), Conduct and Misconduct in Science, in The Flight from Science and Reason, P. R. Gross, N. Levitt, and M. W. Lewis, New York, New York Academy of Sciences, 775: 31-38.

Rebuttal of article in Nature Reports (21 August 2002):
A typical example of misrepresentation of modern petroleum science by the British/American geo-media.

The Plagiarism of Modern Russian Petroleum Science:
An abbreviated review of the attempted plagiarism the modern Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins.