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Introduction to Peak Oil
Roger W. Bentley
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Description for Introduction to Peak Oil
Hardback. Series: Lecture Notes in Energy. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; RNU; TH; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book examines the physical and economic characteristics of the global oil resource to explain why peak oil has been so poorly understood. The author draws on information held in oil industry datasets that are not widely available outside of the specialist literature, and describes a number of methods that have been successfully used to predict oil peaks. In contrast to the widely-held view that `all oil forecasts are wrong', these methods correctly predicted the current peak in global conventional oil production. Current oil forecasts are then compared to evaluate the expected ... Read more
This book examines the physical and economic characteristics of the global oil resource to explain why peak oil has been so poorly understood. The author draws on information held in oil industry datasets that are not widely available outside of the specialist literature, and describes a number of methods that have been successfully used to predict oil peaks. In contrast to the widely-held view that `all oil forecasts are wrong', these methods correctly predicted the current peak in global conventional oil production. Current oil forecasts are then compared to evaluate the expected ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Lecture Notes in Energy
Condition
New
Weight
462 g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319263700
SKU
V9783319263700
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Ref
99-15
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