The Future of Global Oil Production: Facts, Figures, Trends
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blanchard, Roger D., PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, As ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> demand for oil and natural gas cong>onong>tinues to increase, accurate forecasting ong>ofong> future productiong>onong> capabilities becomes increasingly important?and remains disturbingly out ong>ofong> reach. Though oil reserve data are published in such industry publicationg>onong>s as Oil & Gas Journal and World Oil, ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g>se data come from government informationg>onong> that is ong>ofong>ten woefully incomplete, hopelessly optimistic, or simply outdated. Complicating ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> picture is ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> fact that different countries define ?oil reserves? in different ways. This work brings data togeong>onong>g>theong>onong>g>r in a coherent study ong>ofong> ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> future ong>ofong> global oil productiong>onong> and its implicationg>onong>s. An examinationg>onong> ong>ofong> U.S. capacity is followed by a look at ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> productiong>onong> futures ong>ofong> each ong>ofong> ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> major oil-producing regiong>onong>s: Western Europe, Mexico and Canada, South and Central America, Asia, ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> Middle East, ong>onong>g>theong>onong>g> former Soviet Uniong>onong>, and Africa. Alternatives to oil are also discussed. With world oil productiong>onong> projected to peak in approximately and natural gas productiong>onong> in , this is a timely look at an increasingly vital global issue. Heavily illustrated with charts and tables.