Oil scarcity: What have the past three decades revealed?

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 508-514

  Watkins, G C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Cerecon Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hubbert curve; Oil prices; Reserves

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECONOMIC COMMODITY; ECONOMIC OIL SUPPLY; HUBBERT CURVE; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL RESERVES; OIL SHORTAGES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 30744442757     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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