Peeking at Peak Oil

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aleklett, Kjell (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Fossil fuels.; Economic geology.; Energy industries.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Environmental Management.; Energy Economics.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Environmental Economics.; Economic Geology.

The term “Peak Oil” was born in January 2001 when Colin Campbell formed the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Now, Peak Oil is used thousands of times a  day by journalists, politicians, industry leaders, economists, scientists and countless others around the globe. Peak Oil is...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Peak Oil
• 3. A world addicted to oil
• 4. The global oil and gas factory
• 5. How to find an oilfield
• 6. The oil industry’s vocabulary
• 7. The art of producing (extracting) oil
• 8. The size of the tap - the laws of physics and economics
• 9. The Elephants – the giant oilfields
• 10. Unconventional oil, NGL and the Mitigation Wedge
• 11. The peak of the Oil Age
• 12. Oil from Deep Water –the tail end of oil production
• 13. Peeking at Saudi Arabia - “Twilight in the desert”
• 14. Russia and the USA - the oil pioneers|
• 15. China and Peak Oil
• 16. Peak transportation
• 17. Peak Oil and climate change
• 18.  Why military and intelligence agencies are “Peeking at Peak Oil”
• 19. How can we live with Peak Oil?
• 20. An inconvenient Swede
• Epilogue
• Index.