Campbell’s Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion

Campbell’s Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion, Second Edition, is the product of a half-century of critical analysis and updating of  data on the status of oil and gas depletion by country, region and  the world as a whole. Separate analyses of  conventional and non-conventional oil and gas, which are depleting at different rates and costs, show when these critical energy sources peak and decline. The Atlas also summarizes the history and political circumstances of each country to assess the impact on oil and gas production and reserves. It contrasts the First Half of the Oil Age, which saw the rapid expansion of the world economy, allowing the population to grow six-fold, with the Second Half, which will witness a general contraction as these easy, high-density energy supplies dwindle. The transition threatens to be a time of great economic, financial and political tensions. The Atlas, which has been compiled and updated by prominent geologist, former oil company executive, and oil analyst Colin Campbell since the 1960s, addresses the need for a reliable and comprehensive database on a subject essential to governments, industry, academia, and the population as a whole as we attempt to adapt to these critically changing circumstances. Colin Campbell was born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany, but stayed only three months before his father, an architect, returned to his home country as his successful practice in Germany had crashed in the Depression. Colin then had a rather isolated childhood at Chapel Point, a rocky headland in Cornwall in the west of England, where his father was building the first houses of what he hoped to be a model village. But the Second World War brought that project to an end. School days followed before he succeeded in getting into Oxford University in 1951 to read geology. He enjoyed university life greatly and stayed on to take a D.Phil (Ph.D), based on mapping a remote part of Connemara in Ireland and the interior of Borneo to which he went on a university expedition. University days came to an end in 1957 and he went on to work for Texaco in Trinidad as a field geologist. There he came under the influence of Hans Kugler, a Swiss scientist who was one of the pioneers of micro-palaeontology and a great inspiration. In 1959, he was transferred to Colombia and had many colourful experiences mapping often bandit-infested remote areas on mule-back, and making a fossil collection to unravel Andean geology.  He married Bobbins, a charming girl he had met in Trinidad, and they were later blessed with a son and daughter. He continued to work in the oil industry in Colombia, Australia, Papua-New Guinea, the United States, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway, ending as an Executive Vice-President. One particularly relevant experience was participation in a world evaluation in 1969 which opened his eyes to the finite nature of the resource and the nature of depletion, which in turn made a deep impression. In latter years he found himself engaged in negotiations to secure oil rights in various countries and came to understand the role of politics and influence both internally within the company and in its external relations. His formal career ended in 1989, but he accepted various consulting assignments. He also developed his long interest in depletion founding the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (“ASPO”), which now has associates in more than thirty countries. He has written seven books on the subject as well as many articles in scientific and other publications, which attracted increasing media interest. This led to participation in many conferences and presentations to governments. He and his wife now live in a village in the west of Ireland. Preface Foreword Units and Conversion Factors  Part I: Introduction, Reporting, and Methodology Chapter 1- INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 – THE ESTIMATION AND REPORTING OF RESERVES AND PRODUCTION Chapter 3 – THE METHODOLOGY OF THE DEPLETION MODEL Part II: AFRICA Chapter 4: Algeria   Chapter 5: Angola Chapter 6: Cameroon Chapter 7: Chad Chapter 8: Congo Chapter 9: Egypt Chapter 10: Gabon Chapter 11: Libya Chapter 12: Nigeria Chapter 13: Sudan Chapter 14: Tunisia Chapter 15: Uganda Chapter 16: Africa Region  Part III: ASIA-PACIFIC Chapter 17: Australia Chapter 18: Brunei Chapter 19: India Chapter 20: Indonesia Chapter 21: Malaysia Chapter 22: Pakistan Chapter 23: Papua – New Guinea Chapter 24: Thailand Chapter 25: Vietnam Chapter 26: Asia-Pacific Region  Part IV: EURASIA Chapter 27: Albania Chapter 28: AzerbaijanChapter 29: China Chapter 30: Croatia Chapter 31: Hungary Chapter 32: Kazakhstan      Chapter 33: Romania                      Chapter 34: Russia Chapter 35: Turkmenistan Chapter 36: Ukraine Chapter 37: Uzbekistan Chapter 38: Eurasia Region  Part V: EUROPE Chapter 39: Austria Chapter 40: Denmark Chapter 41: France Chapter 42: Germany Chapter 43: Italy Chapter 44: Netherlands Chapter 45: Norway Chapter 46: United Kingdom Chapter 47: Europe Region  Part VI: LATIN AMERICA Chapter 48: Argentina Chapter 49: Bolivia Chapter 50: Brasil Chapter 51: Chile Chapter 52: Colombia Chapter 53: Ecuador Chapter 54: Mexico Chapter 55: Peru Chapter 56: Trinidad Chapter 57: Venezuela Chapter 58: Latin America Region  Part VII: MIDDLE EAST Chapter 59: Bahrain Chapter 60: Iran Chapter 61: Iraq Chapter 62: Kuwait Chapter 63: Neutral Zone Chapter 64: Oman Chapter 65: Qatar Chapter 66: Saudi Arabia Chapter 67: Syria Chapter 68: Turkey Chapter 69: United Aran Emirates Chapter 70: Yemen Chapter 71: Middle East Region  Part VIII:  NORTH AMERICA Chapter 72: Canada Chapter 73: United States Chapter 74: REGION  Part IX: Global Analysis and Perspective Chapter 75: THE WORLD’S REGULAR CONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS Chapter 76: THE WORLD’S NON-CONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS Chapter 77: THE OIL AGE IN PERSPECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY