Energy reserves
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Reserves of energy carriers are clearly identifiable
stock which can be technically and economically mined under today’s
conditions or those to be expected in future. Resources are stock exceeding
the reserves. They have been verified or are probable, but cannot be
obtained at present for technical and/or economical reasons. The resources
also include deposits that are not yet verified, but geologically possible.
Thus, it is assumed that oil is bound in oil sands and oil shales, the
mining of which is however uneconomical in view of the present price
structure. The guaranteed and economically minable energy reserves as of 2006 of
natural gas, mineral oil, uranium and coal world-wide amount to the
following quantities:
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245 billion t coal equivalent |
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239 billion t coal equivalent |
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36 billion t coal equivalent |
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748 billion t coal equivalent. |
The world total annual energy consumptions amount to
17 billion coal equivalent.
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