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From Petroleum Era to Where?
Cahit Çoruh
Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Intensified “Peak Oil” discussions impose important economical and social questions that
directly affect professions in petroleum exploration and production while increases importance
of expectations from them. On the other side, continuing successes of these professions are
continuously modifying the data that is the base for “Peak Oil” projections. In these contexts,since
“Petroleum Era” will retain its importance for a couple of generations, under the light of past
developments and recent projections, elaborations are presented on importance of professions
of petroleum exploration and production and expectations from them.
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