{"id":48039,"date":"2019-08-27T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48039"},"modified":"2019-08-27T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:00:52","slug":"2005-2018-conventional-crude-production-on-a-bumpy-plateau-with-a-little-help-from-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48039","title":{"rendered":"2005-2018 Conventional crude production on a bumpy plateau \u2013 with a little help from Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/2005-2018-conventional-crude-production-on-a-bumpy-plateau-with-a-little-help-from-iraq\">2005-2018 Conventional crude production on a bumpy plateau \u2013 with a little help from Iraq<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is an update of a graph done in 2015:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Conventional_oil_plateau_2005_2014.jpg\" alt=\"Conventional_oil_plateau_2005_2014\" class=\"wp-image-7106\"\/><figcaption>Fig 1: Conventional oil production on bumpy plateau 2005-2014<br>In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/latest-graphs\">http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/latest-graphs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When adding the new data for 2015-2018 it was discovered that the 1980-2014 data had been changed \u2013 mainly increased by up to 1.24 mb\/d in 2014 as shown in this graph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/EIA_oil_supplies_stat-changes_2014_in_2018.jpg\" alt=\"EIA_oil_supplies_stat-changes_2014_in_2018\" class=\"wp-image-10120\"\/><figcaption>Fig 2: Total EIA oil supplies were retrospectively changed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When (re-)calculating conventional crude oil production the increase in crude oil (528 kb\/d in 2014) matters most so the following graph shows this difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/EIA_crude_stat-changes_2014_in_2018.jpg\" alt=\"EIA_crude_stat-changes_2014_in_2018\" class=\"wp-image-10121\"\/><figcaption>Fig 3: Changes in EIA crude oil statistics<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>US shale oil production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is unconventional oil as the source rock has low permeability and low porosity and therefore needs to be fracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crudeoilpeak.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Porosity_rocks_soil.jpg\" alt=\"Porosity_rocks_soil\" class=\"wp-image-10122\"\/><figcaption>Fig 4a: Porosity in different types of rocks and soils<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petropedia.com\/the-significance-of-porosity-to-original-hydrocarbon-in-place\/2\/9898\">https:\/\/www.petropedia.com\/the-significance-of-porosity-to-original-hydrocarbon-in-place\/2\/9898<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2005-2018 Conventional crude production on a bumpy plateau \u2013 with a little help from Iraq This post is an update of a graph done in 2015: When adding the new data for 2015-2018 it was discovered that the 1980-2014 data had been changed \u2013 mainly increased by up to 1.24 mb\/d in 2014 as shown 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