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Unconventional Oil: The Energy Transition BridgeAuthor: Jose E. Chavez
ISBN-13
: 9783639157291
Publisher
: VDM Verlag
Format
: Paperback
Year
: 2009
Amazon:
 http://www.amazon.com/Unconventional-Oil-Energy-Transition-Bridge/dp/363915729X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244515947&sr=1-1 
Acknowledgements
To Dr. Charles G. Groat, Dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, to Jessica Smith and to Luciano Correa also from the Jackson School, Iam extremely grateful. The majority of the data assembled here I compiled duringnumerous interviews with several colleagues who are recognized executives in the oil andpetrochemical industries, one of them is my dear friend and fellow countryman DanielAbanto from Dow Chemical. Another was Dick Gusella from ConnacherOil, whointroduced me to the challenging world of unconventional oil and their potential to meetgrowing energy needs.To Dr. Chris Jablonowski and Dr. Larry Lake from the Petroleum andGeosystems Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin; to Dr.Jablonowski for his excellent teaching and Dr. Lake for his accurate guidance andinsightful comments on this creation.Special thanks go to The University of Texas at Austin and The Good NeighborScholarship for whom without their financial support none of this would have beenpossible.I would like to express my most sincere appreciation to the UT libraries,particularly the Benson Latin American Collection for all of its support during thesememorable years, especially to Mrs. S. Steer who helped me tremendously at Benson bysupporting my work.
 
 iiThese acknowledgements would be incomplete without mentioning the invaluablecontribution of my family. My eternal gratitude goes to my wonderful wife Rita, who isresponsible for most of my successes and none of my failures, and our beloved kids Edu,Grecia, Pam and Albert for their understanding and support during the valuable time Ispent writing this book. This common effort has strengthened our love and admirationamong each other. Special thanks go to Albert who was the very efficient, thought ad-honorem proof-reader of this book.
 
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Table of Contents
List of Tables.....................................................................................................................viList of Figures...................................................................................................................viiAcronyms and Abbreviations.............................................................................................xChapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................................11.1 Objective............................................................................................................11.2 Book Structure...................................................................................................2Chapter 2: Global Energy Patterns......................................................................................42.1 Energy Systems..................................................................................................42.2 Energy Systems Historical Overview................................................................52.3 World Energy Trends.........................................................................................92.4 World Oil Production/Demand and Trends.....................................................122.5 Geopolitics, Energy Security and Environmental Considerations...................18Chapter 3: Petroleum Resources and Reserves..................................................................203.1 Assessment of Oil Reserves.............................................................................223.2 World Proved Reserves....................................................................................243.3 Assessment of Global Oil Resources...............................................................273.4 Conventional and Unconventional Resources.................................................303.5 Unconventional Oil Resources........................................................................323.5.1 Oil Shale Resources................................................................................333.5.2 Extra-Heavy Oil Resources.....................................................................363.5.3 Oil Sands Resources...............................................................................373.5.4 Latin America’s Extra-heavy Oil Potential.............................................383.5.5 North America’s Oil Sands Potential......................................................40Chapter 4: U.S Energy Situation........................................................................................444.1 Overview of Energy Supply and Demand in the U.S......................................444.2 History of Oil Production in the U.S...............................................................474.3 Peak Oil............................................................................................................504.4 U.S. Oil Dependence and Energy Security......................................................58
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