Introduction to Peak Oil

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 m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bentley, R.W (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Lecture Notes in Energy, 34
Temas:
Cogeneration of electric power and heat.
Fossil fuels.
Economic development.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Sustainability.
Fossil Fuel.
Economic Growth.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Explaining peak oil: What it is, and why it happens
  • A brief history of forecasting peak oil
  • When should we expect the peak?
  • Why has peak oil been so poorly understood?
  • Caveats and conclusions
  • Definitions
  • Oil reserves data: 1P vs. 2P
  • Suggestions for use of IHS Energy's 'PEPS' dataset
  • Further aspects of oil forecasting
  • Detail on specific oil forecasts
  • Peak oil and climate change
  • Peak demand
  • Peak gas
  • Reading University 'Oil group' and publications.

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