Oil And Gas Production
The essential data about oil and gas production explained in 3 infographics. Detailed charts covering major oil producers and consumers, fossil fuel production gap, fossil fuel and more. Learn the truth about oil and gas production and how it relates to the state of the world on The Global Education Project website with un-biased facts from the most reliable sources.
Coal has been used since the industrial revolution but only in the last 100 years have huge quantities of oil and gas been removed from underground reservoirs. Oil and gas are used as fuel energy in combustion engines and as "feed stock" for other industries...
Countries are planning to produce about 50% more fossil fuels by 2030 than would be consistent with a 2°C global average temperature rise, and 120% more than would be consistent with a 1.5°C rise.
The production gap is largest for coal. By 2030, countries...
Industrialized civilization is dependent upon cheap and reliable fossil fuel energy. This section includes a look at production, consumption, remaining known resources and the global carbon budget.
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