Abstract: A new space hypothesis of petroleum origin is offered in the article on the basis of the analysis of present hypotheses of petroleum origin, nature of distribution of bitumens and oils in Earth crust, history of a climate of the Earth and astrophysical data about widespread occurrence of hydrocarbons in the Universe, one of the possible scenarious of repeated hydrocarbons entry to the Earth is indicated. The tentative estimations of the dropped out petroleum quantity are agreed with the present geological data

Key words: oil origin, meteroid, the solar system, collision, bitumen, glacier period, oil and gas accumulation