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The Oil Drum was published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a Colorado non-profit corporation. [2] The site was a resource for information on many energy and sustainability topics, including peak oil , and related concepts such as oil megaprojects , Hubbert linearization , and the Export Land Model .
Bardi is a researcher on materials for new energy sources, a contributor to the now-defunct website, "The Oil Drum".He is the co-founder and former president of ASPO Italy, a member of the scientific committee of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas [] (ASPO), [3] a member of the Club of Rome, [4] and author of several books, including The Limits to Growth Revisited.
Oil drum may refer to: Drum (container), a cylindrical container used for transporting bulk goods such as oil and fuel; The Oil Drum, an energy discussion website
Since retiring from Total in 1991, Laherrère has consulted worldwide on the future of exploration and production of oil and natural gas. He is the co-founder and an active member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, and continues to contribute detailed analyses and projections of the future of world energy production. [3]
In this book, he explores the Earth's supply of potential replacement fuels for oil. Beyond Oil evaluates a range of primary energy sources ("fuels from the earth"), from petroleum to heavy oil, oil shale, tar sands, natural gas, coal, uranium, and hydrogen (which, as he notes, is actually an energy carrier and not a source), and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Like the oil sands, only a small percentage of Canada's large heavy oil resource is producible. Often called conventional heavy oil, this low-density oil can be recovered by conventional drilling techniques or by waterflood, a technique of injecting water into the reservoir to increase pressure, thus forcing the oil toward the well bore.
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Under almost any scenario, however, lead time is running short for a smooth transition to new energy systems and a less oil-dependent way of life. On 30 March 2012, the activities of the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) were taken over by its parent organisation, the New Economics Foundation (NEF).