Peaking at Peak Oil
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xvii Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 1 2 Peak Oil .................................................................................................. 7 3 A World Addicted to Oil ..................................................................... 17 4 The Global Oil and Gas Factory ........................................................ 23 5 The Art of Discovering an Oil field ................................................... 31 6 The Oil Industry’s Vocabulary ........................................................... 41 7 The Art of Producing (Extracting) Oil .............................................. 53 8 The Size of the Tap: The Laws of Physics and Economics ................................................................... 65 9 The Elephants: The Giant Oil Fields ................................................ 73 10 Unconventional Oil, NGL, and the Mitigation Wedge................................................................... 95 11 Peak of the Oil Age .............................................................................. 121 12 Oil from Deep Water: The Tail End of Extraction ........................................................................................... 149 13 Peeking at Saudi Arabia: “Twilight in the Desert” ...................................................................... 169
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Peak Theory
Transcript of Peaking at Peak Oil
xvii
Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 1
2 Peak Oil .................................................................................................. 7
3 A World Addicted to Oil ..................................................................... 17
4 The Global Oil and Gas Factory ........................................................ 23
5 The Art of Discovering an Oil fi eld ................................................... 31
6 The Oil Industry’s Vocabulary ........................................................... 41
7 The Art of Producing (Extracting) Oil .............................................. 53
8 The Size of the Tap: The Laws of Physics and Economics ................................................................... 65
9 The Elephants: The Giant Oil Fields ................................................ 73
10 Unconventional Oil, NGL, and the Mitigation Wedge ................................................................... 95
11 Peak of the Oil Age .............................................................................. 121
12 Oil from Deep Water: The Tail End of Extraction ........................................................................................... 149
13 Peeking at Saudi Arabia:“Twilight in the Desert” ...................................................................... 169
xviii Contents
14 Russia and the USA: The Oil Pioneers ............................................. 191
15 China and Peak Oil .............................................................................. 205
16 Peak Transportation ............................................................................. 219
17 Peak Oil and Climate Change ............................................................ 233
18 Why Military and Intelligence Agencies Are “Peeking at Peak Oil” .................................................................. 261
19 How Can We Live with Peak Oil? ..................................................... 277
20 An Inconvenient Swede ...................................................................... 317
Epilogue ......................................................................................................... 323
Index ............................................................................................................... 327
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