Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Risk Management (2005)

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This is a report titled ‘Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, & Risk Management’, dated February 2005. Its title page names Robert L. Hirsch of SAIC as project leader, with Roger Bezdek and Robert Wendling of MISI; it is often referred to as the Hirsch Report.

According to its own disclaimer, the report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government, and the views expressed are those of the authors. The document examines the impacts of a peak in world oil production and the options for mitigating and managing that risk. This page describes the report only from its own front matter.

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