A measure of the amount of oil destroyed by high temperatures deep in the Earth may help to gauge the depths to which oil extraction remains commercially viable, and so be useful in estimating ultimate oil reserves.
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Schoell, M., Carlson, R. Diamondoids and oil are not forever. Nature 399, 15–16 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/19847
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