Georgi Yu. Boyko (Boryslav

Boryslav

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, March 10, 1933 - Lviv

Lviv

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, July 19, 2002) was a Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 and Soviet

Soviet Union

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 petroleum

Petroleum

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 geologist

Geologist

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, one of the supporters and developers of the abiogenic petroleum origin

Abiogenic petroleum origin

Abiogenic petroleum origin is a largely abandoned hypothesis that was proposed as an alternative to theory of biological petroleum origin. It was relatively popular in the past, but it went largely forgotten at the end of the 20th century after it failed to predict the location of new wells.The...

 hypothesis.

He graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute

Lviv Polytechnic

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 in 1955, and received a Ph.D. in Geology and Mineralogy from Lviv University (1963) and Dr.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy from the Institute of Geology and Development of Fossil Fuels (IGIRGI), Moscow

Moscow

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 (1989). He published five monographs and about 150 research papers, and was a Vice President of the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Academy.

Selected publications

Boyko G. E. and Chekaliuk E.B., 1966. Thermodynamic criteria of oil origin. In: Problem of oil and gas origin and formation of their commercial accumulations. - Kiev, Naukova Dumka Publ. - p. 81-90 (in Russian)

Boyko G. E., 1968. The Transformation of Abyssal Petroleum under the Conditions of the Earth's Crust. – Kiev, Naukova Dumka Publ.

Boyko G. E., 1982. The Prediction of the Presence of Oil and Gas from Genetic Indices. – Kiev, Naukova Dumka

Naukova Dumka

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Publ.

External links

• about Georgi Boyko (in Ukrainian)