Home / Nature & Environment / Geopolitics / Global Resource Politics: the Past, Present and Future of Oil, Gas and Shale / The end of ‘easy oil’
The end of ‘easy oil’
The end of 'easy oil'
Peak-oil theorists have argued that the half of world’s oil supply would be “easy oil,” while the other half would be “tough.”
Do you agree that we are approaching the end of easy oil, and entering the era of tough oil?
Next, we will see how tough oil is extracted and harvested, mainly in the form of shale gas and tight oil.
This article is from the online course:
Global Resource Politics: the Past, Present and Future of Oil, Gas and Shale
Created by
This article is from the free online
Global Resource Politics: the Past, Present and Future of Oil, Gas and Shale
Reach your personal and professional goals
Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.
Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.
