Explaining the price of oil 1971-2014 : The need to use reliable data on oil discovery and to account for 'mid-point' peak

Energy Policy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 880-890

  Bentley, Roger ^a   Bentley, Yongmei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oil price; Peak oil; Resource depletion

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROVEN RESERVES;

CONVENTIONAL OIL; OIL DISCOVERIES; OIL PRICES; PEAK OIL; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; PRICE INCREASE; RECOVERABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

CRUDE OIL PRICE;

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENERGY POLICY; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

EID: 84943662834     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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