A Preliminary Investigation of Energy Return on Energy Investment for Global Oil and Gas Production

Economies are fueled by energy produced in excess of the amount required to drive the energy production process. Therefore any successful society’s energy resources must be both abundant and exploitable with a high ratio of energy return on energy invested (EROI). Unfortunately most of the data kept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lysle Brinker, Nathan Gagnon, Charles A.S. Hall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-07-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
oil
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/3/490/