Introduction to Peak Oil

• Main Author: Bentley, R.W (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 34
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Fossil fuels.; Energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Economic growth.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Economic Growth.; Energy Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sustainable Development.

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...