The Battle for Barrels - Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures

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The Battle for Barrels - Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures



Profile Books Ltd |-| ISBN-13: 978 1 84668 012 0 |-| PDF |-| English |-| 249 Pages |-| 1.08 MB

Introduction
“This book effectively undermines the validity of the theory of Peak Oil and comprehensively demolishes the arguments of its proponents. It is a ‘must read’ antidote to the gloom and doom conclusions of oil scarcity.”
Peter R. Odell, Professor Emeritus of International Energy Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (author, Why Carbon Fuels Will Dominate the 21st Century’s Global Energy Economy) “This is a serious work that serious readers should read, and Duncan Clarke offers a smart and insightful survey of one of the most intriguing issues of our times – Is the world running out of oil? – explaining why the doomsayers are wrong. He diagnoses the psychological mindset, the historical mistakes and the current complexities concerning the evaluation of how much oil lies beneath, and shows a positive view of our energy future.” Leonardo Maugeri, senior vice-president, Eni SpA (author, The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World’s Most Controversial Resource)
“Duncan Clarke provides a brilliant insight into the world upstream, Peak Oil, international corporate strategies, geopolitics, business, economics and technology. His unique worldwide experience provides an astute analysis of critical issues that clarify and interpret the historical future of oil and the modern world in the 21st century.” Dr Alfred J. Boulos, former senior director, International, Conoco Inc; former president, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and European Petroleum Negotiators Group
“This book portrays an independent mind and Duncan Clarke’s analysis and interesting opinions shed much light. Few things are trickier than reserve estimates. We had the rule: ‘You will never know the reserves of a field, before it is depleted … and even then.’ What about reserves of not yet discovered fields? Gerry Dixon, former president of Petroconsultants, always said: ‘If we badly need it, we will find it.’ Clarke’s optimism on the world is justified. One day oil may be depleted, unless humanity does not need it before.”
Christian Suter, CEO, Petroconsultants, 1987–98, and member of the board 1968–99
“The Battle for Barrels lucidly shows that not all is known on potential oil reserves-in-ground, and Peak Oil is very wrong on its view that such reserves are now fully known and finite. Clarke credibly demonstrates that there is much conventional oil to be discovered while economics and above-ground factors such as global access and resource nationalism, plus technologies, will shape real oil world futures in ways unlike Peak Oil theorists presume, especially given the Earth’s vast oil endowment.”
Fred Dekker, managing director, Wessex Exploration; former vice-president, Asia Pacific New Ventures, Unocal Corporation

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