oil is the lifeblood of the World's economy. To conceive of a world without traffic jams and airliners is unthinkable, and while not so obvious, oil lies behind every supermarket shelf, fuelling the tractor that ploughs the field and the delivery van that brings the consumer his food.
1 - World Assessment.- The Occurrence of Petroleum.- Means of Analysis.- Unreliable Data Base.- The Elements of Study.- Total Discovered.- Production.- World Distribution.- The Importance of Revision Analysis.- Conclusions.- References.- 2 - Regional Assessment.- Key to lay-out.- The following material is provided for each of the above regions:.- 3 - Production by Country and Giant Oilfields.- Production Plots (except minor producers) (Listed alphabetically by country).- Production Profiles 1930–2050 (Listed alphabetically by country).- Giant Oilfields (Listed alphabetically by country).
