1. Projected W Projected W orld Energy Supplies orld Energy Supplies
Careers in
Oil & Gas
Remain Important
Hydroelectric
Hydroelectric
1993
100
100
100 BILLION
BARRELS
Solar
, W
ind
Geothermal
New Technologies 80 80
World Energy Demand
Billion
Billion
Barrels
Barrels
Nuclear Electric
of Oil
Coal
of Oil
Coal 60 60
Equivalent
Equivalent
per
per Y Y
ear
ear
(GBOE)
(GBOE)
Natural
Natural
Gas
Gas 40 40
One model for the primary sources of energy into the future shows oil and gas dominating the supply until 2040 to 2060, suggesting that careers in oil and gas remain important for at least three more generations of geologists and petroleum engineers.
Fossil Fuels
Decreasing
Crude Oil
Crude Oil 20 20
1900
1900
1920
1920
1940
1940
1960
1960
1980
1980
2000
2000
2020
2020
2040
2040
2060
2060
2080
2080
3000
3000
after Edwards,
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