# Gary P. Glasby Back to [[Abiogenic Oil and the Fossil Fuel Debate]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Geochemist; critical historian of abiogenic theory - Wrote ["Abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons: an historical overview" (*Resource Geology*, 2006)](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00271.x). - The review covers Mendeleev, Kudryavtsev, Gold and Kenney. It reviews the Dnieper-Donets source-rock work and the Siljan results, and concludes the theory is not supported.