The future of oil: Unconventional fossil fuels

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

Volumn 372, Issue 2006, 2014, Pages

  Chew, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Morenish Mews   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; Extra heavy oil; Oil sands; Shale gas; Tight gas; Tight oil

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; CRUDE OIL; GASES; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

COAL SEAM GAS; EXTRA-HEAVY OIL; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; TIGHT OIL;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84890496338     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0324     Document Type: Review

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