World energy balance outlook and OPEC production capacity: Implications for global oil security

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2626-2651

  Mirchi, Ali ^a   Hadian, Saeed ^b   Madani, Kaveh ^b   Rouhani, Omid M ^c   Rouhani, Azadeh M ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d Encon Systems UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Energy security; Oil; OPEC; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY SECURITY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; OPEC; ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EX-PORTING COUNTRIES; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84865772622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5082626     Document Type: Article

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