Resources to Reserves 2013
Oil, Gas and Coal Technologies for the Energy Markets of the Future
The availability of oil and gas for future generations continues to provoke international
debate. In 2005, the first edition of Resources to Reserves found that the known hydrocarbon
resources were sufficient to sustain likely growth for the foreseeable future. Yet
the book also predicted that developing oil and gas resources – and bringing them
to market – would become more technically demanding.
Resources to Reserves 2013 – a comprehensive update to the 2005 edition – confirms
these earlier findings and investigates whether oil and gas resources can be produced
at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner, while also protecting environmentally
sensitive areas. Released amid a boom in shale gas and oil development in North America
that is transforming the global energy landscape, the book surveys the cutting-edge
technologies needed to find, produce and bring these reserves to the market, and it
reviews the challenges on greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuel production.
With renewed interest in coal as a potential source of liquid and gaseous fuels, it
also looks at technology advances for this fossil fuel.
Published on May 28, 2013