Search for dissertations about: "OIL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 945 swedish dissertations containing the word OIL.

  2. 1. World oil supply in the 21st century : A bottom-up perspective

    Author : Henrik Wachtmeister; Mikael Höök; Jamie Speirs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; oil supply; oil production; oil prices; bottom-up; projections; conventional oil; tight oil; shale oil; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Oil-fuelled progress was a defining feature of the 20th century, and still today, oil remains the world’s largest primary energy source. Yet, oil is a non-renewable and carbon-intensive resource, either depletion or resulting carbon emissions will ultimately limit its use. READ MORE

  4. 2. Giant Oil Fields - The Highway to Oil : Giant Oil Fields and their Importance for Future Oil Production

    Author : Fredrik Robelius; Kjell Aleklett; Robert Hirsch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Engineering physics; giant oil fields; URR; future oil production; peak oil; forecast; Teknisk fysik;

    Abstract : Since the 1950s, oil has been the dominant source of energy in the world. The cheap supply of oil has been the engine for economic growth in the western world. Since future oil demand is expected to increase, the question to what extent future production will be available is important. READ MORE

  5. 3. World oil supply and unconventional resources : Bottom-up perspectives on tight oil production

    Author : Henrik Wachtmeister; Mikael Höök; Roger Bentley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; oil supply; oil production; unconventional resources; tight oil; shale oil; bottom-up model; projections; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Oil is the world’s largest primary energy source. It dominates the transportation sector which underpins the world economy. Yet, oil is a nonrenewable resource, destined not to last forever. In the mid-2000s global conventional oil production stagnated, leading to rising oil prices and fears of permanent oil scarcity. READ MORE

  6. 4. Oil and the World Order. A study of American Foreign Oil Policy, 1940-1980

    Author : Svante Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Oil; world order; US foreign oil policy; peak oil; conflict and oil;

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  7. 5. Painting Treatments of Weather-Exposed Ferrous Heritage. Exploration of Oil Varnish Paints and Painting Skills

    Author : Arja Källbom; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Armour paints; linseed oil; linseed varnish; tung oil; oil varnishes; stand oil; aluminium pigments; micaceous iron oxide; leafing; anticorrosive; maintenance; management; heritage painting; painting craft; painting skills; practice; parlance; vocabulary; working procedures; sensory quality assessments; paint ageing; quality control; weather-exposure; atmospheric exposure; durability; sustainability.; Pansarfärg; linoljefernissa; linolja; tungolja; standolja; aluminiumpigment; järnglans; järnglimmer; rostskyddsfärg; väderprovning; förvaltning; underhåll; hantverksskicklighet; målerihantverk; arbetsbeskrivningar; språkbruk; uppmärksamhet i handling; kvalitetsbedömning; sinnliga bedömningar; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : This thesis is about industrial heritage—the protection of ferrous heritage by using anticorrosive oil varnish paints. The purpose of this thesis in Kulturvård and craft research is to provide guidelines, tools, concepts, and models that may be used in anticorrosive oil varnish painting maintenance of ferrous heritage. READ MORE