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Aleklett, Kjell.

Peeking at peak oil / Kjell Aleklett, with Michael Lardelli ; illustrated by Olle Qvennerstedt. - New York ; London : Springer, c2012. - xx, 336 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781461434238 (hbk.) 1461434238 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2012936647

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB229188 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016053808 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hubbert peak theory.

LC Class. No.: TN871 / .A5222 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 333.8232