Petroleum, natural gas and coal : : Nature, formation mechanisms, future prospects in the energy transition / / Bernard Durand.
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 th...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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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