Laherrère: Peak in 2008

May 15, 2005

ASPO (Association for the Study of Peak Oil and gas) member, Jean Laherrère will be presenting on the topic “Forecasting production from discovery” at the ASPO 2005 conference in Lisbon.

The following document is quite technical, includes a critical evaluation of the work of M. King Hubbert, and a new projection of Peak Oil in 2008.

www.oilcrisis.com/laherrere/lisbon.pdf (2MB PDF)

Jean Laherrère

Jean Laherrère worked for TOTAL for thirty-seven years in a variety of successively more responsible roles encompassing exploration activities in the Sahara, Australia, Canada and Paris. Since retiring from TOTAL, Mr. Laherrère has consulted worldwide on oil and gas potential and production. He has served on the Society of Petroleum Engineers/World Petroleum Congress ad hoc committee on joint definitions of petroleum resources and the task force on “Perspectives Energie 2010-2020” for the Commissariat Général du Plan.


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