The Geology of Future Petroleum Resources La géologie des ressources futures en pétrole
Current estirnates of conventionally recoverable oil and gas indicate that an amount (BTU equivalent) approximately equal to present proven and produced reserves remains to be found. Estimates of future resources are reviewed and appraised by utilizing available historical data, including the geolog...
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EDP Sciences
2006
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1980023 https://doaj.org/article/1dc8d6bbe16d4b2a95dfcbf5de63e3e9 |
| Summary: | Current estirnates of conventionally recoverable oil and gas indicate that an amount (BTU equivalent) approximately equal to present proven and produced reserves remains to be found. Estimates of future resources are reviewed and appraised by utilizing available historical data, including the geologic and petroleum characteristics of the worlds various types of producing basins. These potential resources most probably will be found in many of the presently productive areas, and in unexplored or frontier basins, which are located primarily in the arctic regions, offshore areas of the continental shelf, possibly deep sea, and many areas which in the past, have been relatively inaccessible. Present worldwide geologic distribution and per capita consumption of oil and gas reserves is not uniform geographically nor politically. Current estimates indicate that future discoveries will include a greater percentage of relatively smaller accumulations, more gas than in the past, and will probably not be uniform in distribution. For the world in general, it appears that the addition of new reserves of oil are less than growth in current consumption, while new reserves of gas presently exceed consumption; i. e. oil may be topping out while this point has not been reached by gas. Les estimations actuelles sur l'huile et le gaz récupérables indiquent qu'il reste à découvrir une quantité à peu près équivalente aux réserves prouvées et produites à l'heure actuelle. L'auteur fait une revue et une évaluation des ressources futures en utilisant les faits disponibles du passé comprenant les caractéristiques géologiques et pétrolières des différents types de bassins productifs du Monde. Ces ressources potentielles seront probablement trouvées dans beaucoup de régions actuellement productives et dans les zones frontières inexplorées, situées surtout dans les régions arctiques, en mer sous le plateau continental ou même des secteurs lus profonds et dans des pays qui dans le passé ont été relativement inaccessibles. La position ... |
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