Oil as a finite resource

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Oil as a finite resource

This collection of slides, based on the paper Oil as a finite resource: When is global production likely to peak?, identifies the trends in future supplies and consumption patterns of crude oil and the peaking and decline of global crude oil production.

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Author: James J. MacKenzie

Email: jim@wri.org

Home Page: http://www.wri.org/

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World Commercial Energy Supply (1998)
World Crude Oil Prices
Production of a Non-Renewable Resource
US Lower-48 Crude Oil Production
Alaska Crude Oil Production
Cumulative Production of Crude Oil in the Lower 48 States
Cumulative Production of Crude Oil in Alaska
World Crude Oil Production
Estimates of Ultimate Oil Resources (billions of barrels)
Distribution of Estimates of Ultimately Recoverable World Crude Oil (1975-1993)
Proved Crude Oil Reserves in Several OPEC Countries (at beginning of year)
Global Oil Production for Resources of 1800, 2200, and 2600 Billion Barrels
Insensitivity of Year of Peaking in Global Oil Production
Oil Consumption by Sector (1998)

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Oil as a finite resource

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