Exploring the undulating plateau: The future of global oil supply

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2006, 2014, Pages

  Jackson, Peter M ^a   Smith, Leta K ^b  

^a IHS Inc   (United Kingdom)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Global reserves; Oil markets; Oil supply; Production drivers; Unconventional oil; Undulating plateau

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; INVESTMENTS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROVEN RESERVES; WELL STIMULATION;

GLOBAL RESERVES; OIL MARKET; OIL SUPPLIES; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL; UNDULATING PLATEAU;

RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO;

EID: 84890446795     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0491     Document Type: Review

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