Giant oil field decline rates and their influence on world oil production

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2262-2272

  Höök, Mikael ^a   Hirsch, Robert ^b   Aleklett, Kjell ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Management Information Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Decline rates; Future oil production; Giant oil fields

Indexed keywords

DECLINE RATES; FUTURE OIL PRODUCTION; GIANT OIL FIELDS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OFFSHORE FIELDS; OIL SUPPLY CHALLENGES; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; WORLD OIL PRODUCTIONS;

OIL FIELDS;

WELL STIMULATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLY;

EID: 64749110501     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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