{"id":49858,"date":"2019-11-28T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T23:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49858"},"modified":"2019-11-28T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T23:41:34","slug":"global-oil-discoveries-far-from-breaking-even-with-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49858","title":{"rendered":"Global oil discoveries far from breaking even with consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Global oil discoveries far from breaking even with consumption<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Preface<\/strong>.  According to Bloomberg (2016), oil discoveries in 2015 were the lowest since 1947, with just 2.7 billion barrels of conventional oil found globally (though Rystad calculated this differently at 5.6, nearly twice as much). Since the world burns 36.5 billion barrels of oil a year in 2019, we\u2019re not even close to breaking even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rystad Energy (2019) in \u201cGlobal discoveries on the rise as majors take a bigger bite<\/a>\u201d estimates barrels of oil equivalent, which includes both conventional oil and gas. Since oil is the master resource that makes gas, transportation, and all other goods and activities possible, I\u2019ve taken the second number as the percent of oil in the BOE to come up with how much conventional oil was found. It falls way short of the 36.5 billion barrels we\u2019re consuming. The pantry is emptying out, perhaps pushing the peak oil date forward in time as we continue to grow at 1% a year in oil consumption and put nothing at all back on the shelves.  Peak Demand? Ha!  Not until we\u2019re forced to cut back from oil shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 50:50 17.4 billion BOE  8.7 billion BOE oil<\/strong>  shortfall:<\/strong> 27.8 billion BOE<\/strong>
2014 54:46 16.0 billion BOE  7.4<\/strong> billion BOE oil shortfall:<\/strong> 29.1 billion BOE<\/strong>
2015 61:39 14.4 billion BOE  5.6<\/strong> billion BOE oil shortfall:<\/strong> 30.9 billion BOE<\/strong>
2016 57:43 8.4 billion BOE  3.6<\/strong> billion BOE oil  shortfall:<\/strong> 32.9 billion BOE<\/strong>
2017 40:60 10.3 billion BOE 6.2<\/strong> billion BOE oil shortfall:<\/strong> 30.3 billion BOE<\/strong>
2018 46:54 9.1 billion BOE 4.9<\/strong> billion BOE oil  shortfall:<\/strong> 31.6 billion BOE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This doesn\u2019t include fracked oil, but the IEA expects that to peak somewhere from now to 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What it means is enjoy life while it\u2019s still good, and stock your pantry while you\u2019re at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mikael, H. August 29, 2016. Oil Discoveries at 70-Year Low Signal Supply Shortfall Ahead<\/a>. Bloomberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2016 figure only shows exploration results to August. Discoveries were just 230 million barrels in 1947 but skyrocketed the next year when Ghawar was discovered in Saudi Arabia, and it is still the world’s largest oil field, though recently it was learned that Ghawar is in decline at 3.5% a year. Source: Wood Mackenzie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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