Publication date: 1992-07-01 First published in: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Authors: B.J. Ayeni, R. Pilat Abstract: The oil industry has used decline curve analysis with limited success in estimating crude oil reserves and in predicting future behavior of…
Publication date: 1998-06-01 First Published in: Natural Resources Research Authors: D.J. Santini Abstract: This paper examines three issues related to both the U.S. and world oil supply: (1) the nature of the long-term, post-peak production profile for the U.S. and,…
Publication date: 2010-04-27 First published in: Energy Policy Authors: J. Friedrichs Abstract: Peak oil theory predicts that oil production will soon start a terminal decline. Most authors imply that no adequate alternate resource and technology will be available to replace…
Publication date: 2011-04-25 First Published in: Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy Authors: W.B. Carlson Abstract: The depletion of the world oil resource based upon the logistic function has been updated and fitted to the recent history of…
Publication date: 2006-09-01 First Published in: Natural Resources Research Authors: A.A. Bartlett Abstract: This paper examines the implications of statements by Australia’s Minister for Resources that Australia’s exports of coal are growing rapidly and that Australia’s coal will last “110…
Publication date: 1984-07-01 First Published in: Energy Authors: D.G. Hotard, J.H. Ristroph Abstract: The logistic function has been used to describe the discovery and production of oil and natural gas at the national level. This type of functional representation provides…
Publication date: 2010-03-03 First published in: Geoforum Authors: E. Hemmingsen Abstract: M. King Hubbert’s 1956 prediction of a ‘peak’ in US oil production has spurred a durable and divisive debate on the exhaustion of the petroleum resource. Pitting physical against…
Publication date: 1996-06-27 First published in: Institute on Energy and Man Authors: R.C. Duncan Attachment: The olduvai theory sliding towards a post indus. stone age.doc 136 KB
Publication date: 2010-02-01 First published in: Energy & Fuels Authors: I.S. Nashawi et al Abstract: The year 2008 has witnessed unprecedented fluctuations in the oil prices. During the first three-quarters, the oil price abruptly increased to $140/bbl, a level that…
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…