A thousand barrels a second : the coming oil break point and the challenges facing an energy dependent world / Peter Tertzakian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tertzakian, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Energy consumption--Forecasting.

Energy consumption.

Physical Description:

xv, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2006]

Summary:

How the world's dizzying consumption of oil is poised to forever change world economies and businesses

By the end of 2005, world oil consumption will for the first time exceed 1,000 barrels per second. That's the jumping-off point for "A Thousand Barrels a Second, in which chief energy economist and investment strategist Peter Tertzakian delivers an informed and provocative look at the future of oil, providing advice to those making multimillion dollar decisions about their businesses, investments, or economies. He explains the issues behind the world's growing dependence on oil, explores the ramifications of this insatiable consumption for our nation and emerging powers such as China, and predicts the most likely scenarios arising out of this volatile shift between supply and demand.

Contents:

Introduction: The coming oil break point

Lighting the last whale lamp

The thirty-three percent advantage

Not a wheel turns

To the ends of the earth

The technology ticket

The next great rebalancing act

A golden age of energy opportunity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.

ISBN:

0071468749

OCLC:

61758004