Four-dimesional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons: The petrophysical basis

Abstract

Figure 1, published by M. King Hubbert in 1962 and again in 1969, shows the exploitation of fossil fuels in a historical perspective. According to this graph, about half of the fossil energy on earth is being used up in a period of about 200 years, half of which is by now over.