Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources
This paper estimates supply cost curves for conventional oil and gas in Europe. Oil and gas volumes are distributed across five categories that are based on production costs. The resulting supply figures are intended to be long term representations of how quantities vary with production costs. Both...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9925 |
| _version_ | 1848746090413686784 |
|---|---|
| author | Aguilera, Roberto F. Ripple, Ronald |
| author_facet | Aguilera, Roberto F. Ripple, Ronald |
| author_sort | Aguilera, Roberto F. |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This paper estimates supply cost curves for conventional oil and gas in Europe. Oil and gas volumes are distributed across five categories that are based on production costs. The resulting supply figures are intended to be long term representations of how quantities vary with production costs. Both economic and physical measures are used since each provides practical information with respect to the concerns some energy commentators have expressed about oil and gas scarcity in the near future. Supply cost curves incorporating the effect of annual technological advancement (i.e. productivity gains) on production costs to the year 2030 are also estimated. On the quantity side, the curves include volumes from geological provinces not previously assessed. Results indicate that conventional oil and gas in Europe is abundant and can likely be produced at costs below current and projected market oil and gas prices. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T06:27:43Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-9925 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T06:27:43Z |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-99252017-09-13T16:06:41Z Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources Aguilera, Roberto F. Ripple, Ronald conventional oil and gas Europe technological progress availability This paper estimates supply cost curves for conventional oil and gas in Europe. Oil and gas volumes are distributed across five categories that are based on production costs. The resulting supply figures are intended to be long term representations of how quantities vary with production costs. Both economic and physical measures are used since each provides practical information with respect to the concerns some energy commentators have expressed about oil and gas scarcity in the near future. Supply cost curves incorporating the effect of annual technological advancement (i.e. productivity gains) on production costs to the year 2030 are also estimated. On the quantity side, the curves include volumes from geological provinces not previously assessed. Results indicate that conventional oil and gas in Europe is abundant and can likely be produced at costs below current and projected market oil and gas prices. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9925 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.069 Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | conventional oil and gas Europe technological progress availability Aguilera, Roberto F. Ripple, Ronald Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title | Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title_full | Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title_fullStr | Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title_short | Technological progress and the availability of European oil and gas resources |
| title_sort | technological progress and the availability of european oil and gas resources |
| topic | conventional oil and gas Europe technological progress availability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9925 |