# J. F. Kenney Back to [[Abiogenic Oil and the Fossil Fuel Debate]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** US proponent of the Russian-Ukrainian theory - Lead author of [Kenney, Kutcherov, Bendeliani & Alekseev 2002 (PNAS)](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.172376899), a thermodynamic argument that heavier hydrocarbons form only at high pressure. - Discussed critically in [Glasby 2006](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00271.x). - ⚠️ Affiliation (Gas Resources Corporation, Houston) from general knowledge.