Björn Lindahl has published an article on activities and investment on the world’s seas. (20120108 in Swedish in the edition of Svenska Dagbladet Industry [the business section of one of Sweden’s major broadsheet newspapers].) He states that 59,000 freight ships ply the world’s oceans and that the world’s shipping turns over $183 billion per year.… Keep Reading
On 12 November the IEA’s World Energy Outlook report for 2012 (WEO-2012) was presented by the chief economist of that organization, Dr. Fatih Birol. When he did, so there was one idea that the journalists in the audience latched on to – that by 2020 the USA would become the world’s largest oil producer. The… Keep Reading
Publication date: 2010-09-01 First published in: Natural Resources Research Authors: M. Höök, K. Aleklett Abstract: The geological coal resource of the U.S. is abundant and proved coal reserves are listed as the world’s largest. However, the reserves are unevenly distributed and located in a small number of states, giving them major influence over future production.… Keep Reading
Publication date: 2009-03-19 First published in: Energy Policy Authors: M. Höök et al Abstract: The most important contributors to the world’s total oil production are the giant oil fields. By using a comprehensive database of the giant oil field production, the average decline rates of the world’s giant oil fields are estimated. Separating subclasses was… Keep Reading
Publication date: 2010-03-01 First Published in: Energy Policy Authors: K. Aleklett et al Abstract: The assessment of future global oil production presented in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2008 (WEO 2008) is divided into six fractions; four relate to crude oil, one to non-conventional oil, and the final fraction is natural-gas-liquids (NGL). Using the production… Keep Reading