Petroleum, natural gas and coal : : Nature, formation mechanisms, future prospects in the energy transition / / Bernard Durand.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EDP Sciences Contemporary eBook-Package 2016-2020
• VerfasserIn: Durand, Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2021]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)

Undoubtedly, the industrialized countries are already facing a major and even existential problem: that of the transition from societies based on the massive use of fossil fuels to societies that have learned to do without them. This will, of necessity, be the real driver of the energy transition that we are talking about so much now! Because it is the future availability of fossil fuels that will give the tempo of this transition, and not the development of other sources of energy, so difficult is the way that remains to be done to these to replace them! This book aims to provide non-specialists, and those who are concerned by energy transition and climate protection, basic knowledge to better understand the nature of fossil fuels and their importance in the economies of the industrialized countries. The book also explains why their future availability will play a vital role in the future economic and social transformations in these countries. It consists of two parts that can be read in a largely independent way: – The first part aims to present the variety of fossil fuels and the physicochemical principles ruling their formation and that of their deposits in the earth’s crust. – The second part is a discussion on major current issues: What are the remaining fossil fuel reserves? When precisely during this century can we predict the decline of their productions? What consequences will this decline have for industrial societies? What is and what will be their role in climate change? What risks does their use entail for public health?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- The author -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction: The importance of fossil fuels for industrial societies -- Part I. Nature and variety of fossil fuels, physico-chemical principles of their formation and that of their deposits in the earth’s crust -- Chapitre 1. What are the fossil fuels, and what are they made of? -- Chapitre 2. How do fossil fuels form? -- Chapitre 3. How are their deposits formed? -- Chapitre 4. An overview of fossil fuels -- Part II. Future prospects, climate and health risks -- Chapitre 1. Some nomenclature -- Chapitre 2. Some Quantification -- Chapitre 3. Future prospects of fossil fuels? -- Chapitre 4. A little Economics: fossil fuel prices -- Chapitre 5. Fossil fuels and climate -- Chapitre 6. Fossil fuels and public health -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Chemical composition of oils -- Appendix 2: Dynamics and Resilience of the Production of Shale Oil and Gas -- References