Differing perspectives of major oil firms on future energy developments: An illustrative framework

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5466-5480

  Chang, Youngho ^a   Yong, Jiayun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Backstop technology; Oil industry; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCEPTABILITY BY SOCIETY; APPLICABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY; AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCE; BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY; PARADIGM SHIFT;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; OIL INDUSTRY; PARADIGM SHIFT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548767058     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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