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Peeking at peak oil / Kjell Aleklett, with Michael Lardelli ; illustrated by Olle Qvennerstedt.

Author/creator Aleklett, Kjell
Other author/creatorLardelli, Michael.
Other author/creatorQvennerstedt, Olle.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Springer, ©2012.
Descriptionxx, 336 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Hubbert peak theory.
Contents Peak oil -- A world addicted to oil -- The global oil and gas factory -- The art of discovering an oilfield -- The oil industry's vocabulary -- The art of producing (extracting) oil -- The size of the tap: the laws of physics and economics -- The elephants: the giant oil fields -- Unconventional oil, NGL, and the mitigation -- Peak of the oil age -- Oil from deep water: the tail end of extraction -- Peeking at Saudi Arabia: "twilight in the desert" -- Russia and the USA: the oil pioneers -- China and peak oil -- Peak transportation -- Peak oil and climate change -- Why military and intelligence agencies are "peeking at peak oil" -- How can we live with peak oil? -- An inconvenient swede.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012936647
ISBN9781461434238 (hbk.)
ISBN1461434238 (hbk.)

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