I find this a little alarming, actually, because it suggests that the carbon released by harvesting and burning non-fossil hydrocarbons has never been in the biosphere before.
From the perspective of energy supply, this discovery might lead to new discoveries and lower costs, but I doubt that it would actually increase peak production. It'll probably just ease the decline in oil discoveries, like the past 50 years of technological improvements.
Whether oil creation is abiotic or not is largely irrelevant. It's a geological process whether it requires fossil matter or not, and as such it is measured in millions of years. Our consumption of hydrocarbons is measured in decades. The Earth can't possibly manufacture this stuff at a pace which meets our demands.
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