Depletion and the future availability of petroleum resources

Publication date: 2009-01-01 First Published in: Energy Journal Authors: R.F. Aguilera et al. Abstract: This study assesses the threat that depletion poses to the availability of petroleum resources. It does so by estimating cumulative availability curves for conventional petroleum (oil, gas, and natural gas liquids) and three unconventional sources of liquids (heavy oil, oil sands,…