Survey of US and total world production, proved reserves, and remaining recoverable resources of fossil fuels and uranium, as of December 31, 1978

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6379040

Parent, J D

IGT presents updated estimates (as of year-end 1978) for US and world proved reserves, remaining recoverable resources, annual production rates, and cumulative production of the non-renewable energy sources: coal, natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids, syncrude from oil shale and tar sands, and uranium oxide. Life expectancies are also presented for the world's fossil fuels, assuming various annual growth rates of energy consumption. Proved and currently recoverable natural gas reserves amount to 200 trillion CF in the US and 2329-2594 TCF worldwide; the total remaining recoverable, however, could be as high as 1219 TCF in the US and 9200 TCF worldwide.

• OSTI ID: 6379040
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
COAL
PRODUCTION
COAL RESERVES
NATURAL GAS
RESERVES
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
OIL SANDS
OIL SHALES
PETROLEUM
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
URANIUM OXIDES
URANIUM RESERVES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
GLOBAL ASPECTS
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
SURVEYS
USA
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
LIQUIDS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESOURCES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
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020100 - Petroleum- Reserves- (-1989)
030100 - Natural Gas- Reserves- (-1989)
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294000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Fossil Fuels
030600 - Natural Gas- Economic
Industrial
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020700 - Petroleum- Economics
Industrial
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015000 - Coal
Lignite
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Industrial
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050100 - Nuclear Fuels- Reserves
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