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The oracle of oil : a maverick geologist's quest for a sustainable future / Mason Inman.
Author
Inman, Mason
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]
Description
xv, 413 pages ; 25 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
TN869.2.H83 I56 2016
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Subject(s)
Petroleum geologists
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United States
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Biography
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Petroleum reserves
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Forecasting
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Hubbert peak theory
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Hubbert, M. King (Marion King) 1903-1989
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Biographies
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collective biographies
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Summary note
Describes the life and career of the geophysicist and Shell Oil researcher who shocked the scientific community with his brilliance but also with his controversial predictions about the peak and steady decline of American oil production.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-385) and index.
Contents
CHICAGO, 1923-1929: The journey
Pioneers' eyes
Bugged out
Complete rebellion
NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC, 1930-1943: The meeting
The fad
Lessons
Borderlands
The swiftest decline
Fighting mad
Total mobilization
HOUSTON, 1943-1956: No doubt
The million-dollar lab
A precarious position
The parley
Stampede
A magical effect
Sweeping under the rug
Jolted
HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON, DC, 1956-1973: Guesstimating
The beer-can experiment
Presto! Chango!
The rich Texans
A grand survey
Penny pinching
Returning home
The zapp hypothesis
Ruthless
Energy crisis
Limits
The Republican ethic
WASHINGTON, DC, 1973-1989: 180 Degrees
This sacred thing of growth
Blueprints
Buoyed up
Incomprehensibly large numbers
The prophet
Hubbert factors
Heroic dreams
Things we could do tomorrow.
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Maverick geologist's quest for a sustainable future
ISBN
9780393239683 ((hardcover))
0393239683 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2015049966
OCLC
934937781
Other standard number
40025968857
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