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>>8531080
There's already substantial evidence that oil can form without life. NASA on Saturn's moon Titan: "Titan is the only other body in the solar system known to have a liquid surface like Earth. Instead of water, the lakes and seas are made up of hydrocarbons, organic compounds that also rain down from the clouds that cover the moon."
https://www.rt.com/news/202635-saturn-titan-moon-glints/

Of course it's possible to produce petroleum from biotic origin, but that's because petroleum is such a universally elementary substance. Petroleum exists all over the universe, yes, even in places without life.