Have we run out of oil yet? Oil peaking analysis from an optimist's perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-531

  Greene, David L ^a   Hopson, Janet L ^a   Li, Jia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transition; Oil depletion; Oil peaking

Indexed keywords

COAL; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; OIL FIELDS; PRODUCTION; REFINING;

ENERGY TRANSITION; OIL DEPLETION; OIL PEAKING; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RESOURCES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ENERGY POLICY; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 30744431866     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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