Global oil depletion: A review of the evidence

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5290-5295

  Sorrell, Steve ^a   Speirs, Jamie ^b   Bentley, Roger ^c   Brandt, Adam ^d   Miller, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depletion; Oil supply forecasting; Peak oil

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

DEPLETION; ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICIES; ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRES; GLOBAL OIL DEPLETION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OIL SUPPLIES; PEAK OIL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FORECASTING;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLY;

EID: 77953391200     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.046     Document Type: Article

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