Laherrere, J. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 18 (2002) 2/3/4, pp. 218-238
There is a huge discrepancy between the "political" values of the reserves by country as reported by the Oil and Gas … Journal, World Oil, BP Statistical Review, OPEC, etc. and the "technical" values which are confidential to most countries. Yet …, most production forecasts by official agencies are based on the political data. Some countries report minimum values (e …