Ugo Bardi
At present Ugo Bardi is a professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Firenze, Italy. He started with this position in 1992, before that he was staff researcher at the Department of Applied Chemistry in…
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Aviation after Peak Oil: is there a future?
The aviation industry now uses a staggering 5 million barrels of jet fuel every day. Many of the world’s largest oil fields are nearing depletion. With peak oil production finally upon us, or very nearly so, the inevitable downward spiral…
Volvo: “We all know that oil is running out”
Rising oil prices pose a grave threat to the global economic recovery, according to experts. The fear has been expressed by the automobile industry. This week in Perth, Volvo’s head of product planning, Lex Kerssemakers, said: “we all know that…
Multicyclic Hubbert model shows global conventional gas output peaking in 2019
Publication date: 2004-08-16 First published in: Oil and Gas Journal Authors: A. Imam et al. Abstract: A new, multicyclic approach to modeling future global production of natural gas reaffirms an outlook for growing dependence of Western nations on the Middle…
US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015
The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact. The energy crisis outlined in a Joint Operating Environment report…
Peak Oil: The eventual end of the oil age
Publication date: 2008-07-31 First published in: Washington University in St. Louis Authors: Jonah J. Ralston Abstract: Humanity’s dependence upon a reliable and easily obtainable supply of oil places the modern lifestyle in a precarious position. Will this source of energy…
Analyzing the world oil production Reference Scenario in World Energy Outlook 2008
Publication date: 2010-03-01 First Published in: Energy Policy Authors: K. Aleklett et al Abstract: The assessment of future global oil production presented in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2008 (WEO 2008) is divided into six fractions; four relate to crude…
Validity of the Fossil Fuel Production Outlooks in the IPCC Emission Scenarios
Publication date: 2010-03-19 First Published in: Natural Resources Research Authors: M. Höök et al Abstract: Anthropogenic global warming caused by CO2 emissions is strongly and fundamentally linked to future energy production. The Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) from 2000…
Petrobras envisions peak in 2010
Mr. Gabrielli, the CEO of Petrobras, gave a presentation in December 2009 in which he shows world oil capacity, including biofuels, peaking in 2010 due to oil capacity additions from new projects being unable to offset world oil decline rates.…
A simple interpretation of Hubberts model of resource exploitation
Publication date: 2009-09-01 First published in: Energies Authors: U. Bardi & A. Lavacchi Abstract: The well known “Hubbert curve” assumes that the production curve of crude oil in a free market economy is “bell shaped” and symmetric. The model was…