Decline and depletion rates of oil production: A comprehensive investigation

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

Volumn 372, Issue 2006, 2014, Pages

  Höök, Mikael ^a   Davidsson, Simon ^a   Johansson, Sheshti ^a   Tang, Xu ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Decline rate; Depletion level; Depletion rate; Field by field analysis; Peak oil

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

DEPLETION LEVEL; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FIELD-BY-FIELD ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; LARGER FIELDS; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLIES; PEAK OIL;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 84890473235     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0448     Document Type: Article

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