A physical basis for Hubbert's decline from the midpoint empirical model of oil production

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2007, Pages 377-383

  Wiener, R J ^a   Abrams, D M ^b  

^a Research Corp   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hubberts peak; Logistic growth; Oil production; Pressure driven flow

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PRESSURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849142524     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ESUS070371     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. Deffeyes K.S., Hubbert's Peak: the Impending World Oil Shortage, Princeton University Press: Princeton, 2001.
3. Hubbert, M.K., The world's evolving energy system. Am. J. Phys. 49, pp. 1007-1029, 1981.
4. Abrams, D.M. & Wiener, R.J., in preparation.