PetroChina: warns of severe market
PetroChina, the Chinese oil and gas giant, saw soaring costs devour much higher revenues in the first half to post a similar profit to a year ago. PetroChina said it piled on revenues in the six months to the end…
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Descriptive and predictive growth curves in energy system analysis
Publication date: 2011-06-01 First Published In: Natural Resources Research Authors: M. Höök et al. Abstract: This study reviews a variety of growth curve models and the theoretical frameworks that lay behind them. In many systems, growth patterns are, or must,…
A supply model for crude oil and natural gas in the Middle East
Publication date: 2007-04-01 First Published in: Energy Policy Authors: R. Chedid et al Abstract: Crude oil (CO) and natural gas (NG) play an important role in the world economy. The Arab countries (ACs) share 64% of the total oil reserves…
Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Globalization: Contradictions of Natural Capital
Publication date: 2007-06-01 First published in: Review of Radical Political Economics Authors: F. Curtis Abstract: This article argues that economic globalization may be undermined by predicted impacts of global warming and peak oil (depletion). They are projected to cause significant…
Coal-to-Liquids: Potential Impact on U.S. Coal Reserves
Publication date: 2009-06-01 First Published: Natural Resources Research Authors: R.C. Milici Abstract: The production of liquid fuels from coal will very likely become an important part of the hydrocarbon energy mix of the future, provided that technical and environmental obstacles…
Depletion and the future availability of petroleum resources
Publication date: 2009-01-01 First Published in: Energy Journal Authors: R.F. Aguilera et al. Abstract: This study assesses the threat that depletion poses to the availability of petroleum resources. It does so by estimating cumulative availability curves for conventional petroleum (oil,…
Potential for Coal-to-Liquids Conversion in the U.S. – Resource Base
Publication date: 2009-05-22 First published in: Natural Resources Research Authors: G.D. Croft, T.W. Patzek Abstract: By applying the multi-Hubbert curve analysis to coal production in the United States, we demonstrate that anthracite production can be modeled with a single Hubbert…
Giant oil field decline rates and their influence on world oil production
Publication date: 2009-03-19 First published in: Energy Policy Authors: M. Höök et al Abstract: The most important contributors to the world’s total oil production are the giant oil fields. By using a comprehensive database of the giant oil field production,…
Beyond Peak Oil in Post Globalization Civilization Clash
Publication date: 2008-10-01 First published in: The Open Geography Journal Authors: J. Leigh Abstract: Oil has stoked the industrial society for the last century as the cheap energy source. However, ominous signs of oil depletion, in fulfillment of M. King…
A review on coal to liquid fuels and its coal consumption
Publication date: 2009-07-29 First published in International Journal of Energy Research Authors: M. Höök, K. Aleklett Abstract: Continued reliance on oil is unsustainable, and this has resulted in interest in alternative fuels. Coal-to-liquids (CTL) can supply liquid fuels and have…