Peeking at Peak Oil

Zusatztext From the reviews: “In his book, Peeking at Peak Oil physicist Kjell Aleklett explores the science and consequences behind the sobering reality that the world’s oil production is entering terminal decline with no satisfactory alternatives. … Using simple language and engaging illustrations, Aleklett’s Peeking at Peak Oil leaves readers with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the emerging issue of our time.” (Sustainable Guernsey, June, 2012) “It is…refreshing to find a comprehensive, peak oil analysis that relies on rigorous scientific methods and empirical data rather than resorting to anecdotes, doomsday prophesies and red herrings….this book should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in the future world energy market and economy, especially politicians and policymakers….Aleklett’s analysis is meticulous, his results are convincing, and the implications are sobering….The book also contains a wealth of information and can serve as a basic primer on global oil industry….This book has enough to interest both novices and oil industry veterans.” (Roger H. Bezdek, World Oil , April 2012) “In the book, Peeking at Peak Oil, that is released today in Uppsala, Aleklett summarises very thoroughly his ten years of work studying and trying to view the entirety of our oil-supply situation….In the book’s rich collection of tables and figures Aleklett shows how companies, nations and even international energy organisations such as the OECD-based IEA have – intentionally or otherwise - made erroneous assessments.” (Kersti Kollberg, Energy Bulletin, 11 June 2012, http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-06-12/oil-and-future-thorough-work) “The book factually shows that although fossil fuel consumption in industrial countries has somewhat leveled off, the demand for it in the rest of the world, China and India in particular, is rapidly rising. … the author discusses growingconcerns within the governments of exporting and importing countries as well as giant oil companies. … A must read for those interested in energy and its future. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (J. Tavakoli, Choice, Vol. 50 (6), February, 2013) Informationen zum Autor About the Author, Illustrator, and Translator Kjell Aleklett Kjell Aleklett is Professor of Physics at Uppsala University in Sweden where he leads the Uppsala Global Energy Systems Group (UGES). He holds a doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow and staff scientist from 1977 to 1985 at the Natural Science Laboratory at Studsvik, Sweden. In 1978-9 and again in 1983, he was invited to work with Nobel Prize winner Glenn T. Seaborg at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His collaboration with Seaborg spanned twenty years. He was appointed as an associate professor at Uppsala University in 1986 and promoted to full professor in 2000. His interest in the world’s energy supply began in 1994 when he acted as energy advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden. He subsequently changed his field of research from nuclear physics to the depletion of oil, gas and coal and its global consequences in 2002. He organised together with Colin Campbell the First International Workshop on Oil Depletion in May 2002 at Uppsala University. It was in connection with this workshop that ASPO, the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas, was established. Since 2003 he has been president of ASPO International (official website: www.peakoil.netwww.peakoil.net). In 2005 the Prime Minister of Sweden, Göran Persson, became aware of Peak Oil and the research of UGES. He decided to appoint an Oil Commission for which Kjell Aleklett gave the introductory seminar. In that year Kjell Aleklett was also asked to give testimony on Peak Oil before for the US House of Representatives Subcommit...

Table des matières

Prologue.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Peak Oil.- 3. A world addicted to oil.- 4. The global oil and gas factory.- 5. How to find an oilfield.- 6. The oil industry's vocabulary.- 7. The art of producing (extracting) oil.- 8. The size of the tap - the laws of physics and economics.- 9. The Elephants - the giant oilfields.- 10. Unconventional oil, NGL and the Mitigation Wedge.- 11. The peak of the Oil Age.- 12. Oil from Deep Water -the tail end of oil production.- 13. Peeking at Saudi Arabia - "Twilight in the desert".- 14. Russia and the USA - the oil pioneers|.- 15. China and Peak Oil.- 16. Peak transportation.- 17. Peak Oil and climate change.- 18. Why military and intelligence agencies are "Peeking at Peak Oil".- 19. How can we live with Peak Oil?.- 20. An inconvenient Swede.- Epilogue.- Index.

Commentaire

From the reviews:
"In his book, Peeking at Peak Oil physicist Kjell Aleklett explores the science and consequences behind the sobering reality that the world's oil production is entering terminal decline with no satisfactory alternatives. ... Using simple language and engaging illustrations, Aleklett's Peeking at Peak Oil leaves readers with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the emerging issue of our time." (Sustainable Guernsey, June, 2012)
"It is...refreshing to find a comprehensive, peak oil analysis that relies on rigorous scientific methods and empirical data rather than resorting to anecdotes, doomsday prophesies and red herrings....this book should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in the future world energy market and economy, especially politicians and policymakers....Aleklett's analysis is meticulous, his results are convincing, and the implications are sobering....The book also contains a wealth of information and can serve as a basic primer on global oil industry....This book has enough to interest both novices and oil industry veterans." (Roger H. Bezdek, World Oil, April 2012)
"In the book, Peeking at Peak Oil, that is released today in Uppsala, Aleklett summarises very thoroughly his ten years of work studying and trying to view the entirety of our oil-supply situation....In the book's rich collection of tables and figures Aleklett shows how companies, nations and even international energy organisations such as the OECD-based IEA have - intentionally or otherwise - made erroneous assessments." (Kersti Kollberg, Energy Bulletin, 11 June 2012, http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-06-12/oil-and-future-thorough-work)
"The book factually shows that although fossil fuel consumption in industrial countries has somewhat leveled off, the demand for it in the rest of the world, China and India in particular, is rapidly rising. ... the author discusses growingconcerns within the governments of exporting and importing countries as well as giant oil companies. ... A must read for those interested in energy and its future. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (J. Tavakoli, Choice, Vol. 50 (6), February, 2013)

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kjell Aleklett, Olle Qvennerstedt
• Collaboration: Olle Qvennerstedt (Illustrations), Michael Lardelli (Traduction)
• Edition: Springer International Publishing AG
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9781461434238
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-3423-8
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 18 mm
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie; B, Environmental Economics, Earth and Environmental Science, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environmental Management, Energy technology & engineering, Energy Policy, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Earth Sciences, Energy industries & utilities, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Fossil fuel technologies, Fossil fuels, Fossil Fuel, Energy and state, Economic Geology