Climbing Hubbert's peak: The looming world oil crisis

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Eccleston, Charles H ^a  

^a National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP)

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Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

EID: 41449098099     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20173     Document Type: Review

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4. See note 1.
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11. Ibid.
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13. Ibid., at p. 4.
14. Ibid., at pp. 64-66.
15. Ibid., at p. 59.