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RECORD NUMBER: 1133 OF 2669Main Title | Hubbert's peak : the impending world oil shortage / | |||||||||||
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Author | Deffeyes, Kenneth S. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Princeton University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2001 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 46822408 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0691090866 (acid-free paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Petroleum reserves ; Petroleum industry and trade ; Petroleum reserves--Forecasting ; Petroleum industry and trade--Forecasting | |||||||||||
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Collation | ix, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Origin of oil -- Oil reservoirs and oil traps -- Finding it -- Drilling methods -- Size and discoverability of oil fields -- Hubbert revisited -- Rate plots -- Future of fossil fuels -- Alternative energy sources --New outlook. |