The Oil Age was the quarterly peer-reviewed journal of the Petroleum Analysis Centre; it was published from January 2015 to Autumn 2017. The journal aimed to address all aspects of the evolving Oil Age, including its physical, economic, social, political, financial and environmental characteristics; it presented the work of analysts, scientists and institutions addressing these topics. Its content included opinion pieces, peer-reviewed articles, summaries of data and data sources, relevant graphs and charts, book reviews, and letters to the Editor.

Journal archives

The Oil Age Vol. 3, No.3, Autumn 2017 Download PDF
Becoming Aware of Peak Oil: An Autobiographical Sketch, C. J. Campbell Perspective
A Perspective on Oil and Gas Produced by ‘Fracking’, Walter Youngquist Perspective
The Importance of Peak Oil: An Open Letter to BP and The Economist, R. W. Bentley Perspective
Unresolved Questions on Oil, other Energies, and Economics: Providing Insight into the Coming Energy Problems., R. W. Bentley & C. J. Campbell Perspective
The Oil Age Vol. 3, No.2, Summer 2017 Download PDF
Oil Reserve Estimation and the Impact of Oil Price, C. Campbell & J. Gilbert Oil Price
Saudi Arabia – Can It Deliver?, J. Zagar Perspective
Production Outlook for Global Fossil Fuel Resources, and Resulting CO2 Emissions., J. Wang, S. Mohr, G. Ellem, J. Ward, D. Giurco & R. Bentley Forecast Model
The Background to Our Research on the Future Production of Fossil Fuels by Country, S. Mohr Perspective
The Oil Age Vol. 3, No.1, Spring 2017 Download PDF
Oil Forecasting: Data Sources and Data Problems – Part 3, J. Laherrère, R. Miller, C. Campbell, J. Wang & R. Bentley. Data for forecasting
The Oil Age Vol.2, No.4, Winter 2016 Download PDF
Oil Forecasting: Data Sources and Data Problems – Part 2, J. Laherrère, R. Miller, C. Campbell, J. Wang & R. Bentley. Data for forecasting
The Oil Age Vol.2, No.3, Autumn 2016 Download PDF
The Debate and Reality of Peak Oil in China, K. Wang, Y. Xiong, Y. Hu, X. Rui, L. Feng & Y. Bentley Perspective
Oil Forecasting: Data Sources and Data Problems – Part 1, J. Laherrère, R. Miller, C. Campbell, J. Wang & R. Bentley. Data for forecasting
The Oil Age Vol.2, No.2, Summer 2016 Download PDF
Excerpt from the book: The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist’s Quest for a Sustainable Future, M. Inman Biography
How I came to write The Oracle of Oil, M. Inman Perspective
The World of Oil According to Hubbert, in 1988, S. Andrews Interview & comment
Book Review: The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist’s Quest for a Sustainable Future, R.W. Bentley Book Review
The Oil Age Vol.2, No.1, Spring 2016 Download PDF
Observations on the Present Low Price of Oil, C. J. Campbell & R. W. Bentley Oil price
Advancing Oil (and Gas) Scenarios: The ACEGES Computational Laboratory, V. Voudouris, D. Kiose & G. Scandroglio Forecast model
EROI Ratios of Energy Sources as Inputs to Energy Forecasting: Implications for Long-Term Prosperity, C. A. S. Hall Data for forecasting
A Review of some Estimates for the Global Ultimately Recoverable Resource (‘URR’) of Conventional Oil, as an Explanation for the Differences between Oil Forecasts (part 3), R. W. Bentley Data for forecasting
The Oil Age – Vol.1, No.4, Winter 2015 Download PDF
Syria’s Peak Oil weakened Government finances ahead of the Arab Spring in 2011, M. Mushalik Perspective
Bottom-up Modelling of Future Global Oil Supply and Associated Spend, E. Wold Forecast model
Summary Update: An Oil & Gas Assessment of Norway, C. J. Campbell Forecast model
A Review of some Estimates for the Global Ultimately Recoverable Resource (‘URR’)of Conventional Oil, as an Explanation for the Differences between Oil Forecasts (part 2), R. W. Bentley Data for forecasting
The Oil Age – Vol.1, No.3, Autumn 2015 Download PDF
The Oil Age in West Cork, C. J. Campbell Perspective
An introduction to the bottom-up economic and geological oil field production model ‘BUEGO’, C. McGlade Forecast model
Oil Prophets: Looking at World Oil Studies Over Time, S. Andrews and R. Udall Historical review
A Review of some Estimates for the Global Ultimately Recoverable Resource (‘URR’) of Conventional Oil, as an Explanation for the Differences between Oil Forecasts – Part 1, R.W. Bentley Data for forecasting
The Oil Age – Vol.1, No.2, Summer 2015 Download PDF
The Grand Challenge of the Energy Transition, U. Bardi Perspective
A Global Oil Forecasting Model based on Multiple ‘Hubbert’ curves and Adjusted Oil-industry ‘2P’ Discovery data, J. H. Laherrère Forecast model
A Bottom-up Model of Future Global Oil Supply, R. G. Miller Forecast model
Explaining the Price of Oil 1861–1970: The need to use reliable data on oil discovery and to account for ‘mid-point’ peak, R.W. Bentley and Y. Bentley Oil Price
The Oil Age – Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2015 Download PDF
The Oil Age in an Historical Perspective, C. J. Campbell Perspective
Modelling Oil And Gas Depletion, C. J. Campbell Forecast model
Forecasting Oil & Gas Supply and Activity, M. R. Smith Forecast model
Forecasting Oil Production using Data in the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, R. W. Bentley Forecast model

 

Editor

Dr. Roger Bentley MEI, Former Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. Cybernetics, Reading University, UK.

Advisory Board

Dr. Kjell Aleklett, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University.
Dr. Ugo Bardi, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Florence.
Dr. Colin J. Campbell, Retired petroleum geologist, Ireland.
Richard O’Rourke, Director, Kinetik NRG.
Dr. Colin Sage, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, University College, Cork.
Chris Skrebowski, Director, Peak Oil Consulting Ltd.
Dr. Michael R. Smith, CEO, Globalshift Limited.

Administration

Noreen Dalton, Petroleum Analysis Centre, Staball Hill, Ballydehob, Ireland.

 
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