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Title: A layperson's guide to petroleum geology
Review: Depite its title, this book is really about how to find an oil field. It was mostly a layperson's guide to petroleum geology. About a third the way thru' the book diverged from its premise - that we are running out of oil - and didn't return to it until the last few pages. The author is trying emulate the feat of his mentor - Hubbert - who in the 1950s managed to predict US oil production would peak in 1970 when others said it would last forever. The really interesting information, what we are all going to do after 2004 when the oil supply peaks - was missing. The projections of shortage were based on statistical extrapolation of existing oil fields. Of the emerging oil fields in Siberia, the author says "there is no oil in Siberia - only gas". This could be a weakness that might considerably affect the conclusion.
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