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Baltic Dry Index – history

Source: Trading Economics, accessed 2020-01-17

Source: Index compiled and published by Baltic Exchange, Chart and data display by Trading Economics website, accessed: 2020-01-17

Primer on the index. by Rodrigue, J-P (2020), The Geography of Transport Systems, Fifth Edition, New York: Routledge.

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Exploration Statistics

Oct 2011 – World oil reserves report

Source: Rice University, Jaffe, Medlock, Soligo, accessed 2020-01-08

Figure 2: Simplified representation of the Resource Envelope

Source: World Reserves report, page17, accessed 2020-01-08

Jaffe describes “proved reserves” as subset of resources defined to be economically recoverable. “Economic recoverable” reserves taken as a subset of those accessible technically that in turn are a subset of resources in place (Jaffe, page 16).

Described differently 3-P reserves tend to associate with “technically recoverable resources”. While 2-P reserves are taken as those of provable and probable reserves determined by geology, technology and cost. Where the probable component is that which is not yet identifed but estimated. (Jaffe, page 16)

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Statistics

Jun 1978 – World oil fields

Source: US government, Richard Nehring, accessed 2020-01-08

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Statistics

Historical oil prices trend

Source: www.InflationData.com, accessed 2020-01-08
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Downstream

Dec 2019 – India monthly report

Published: 2019-12-10
Source: Petroleum ministry India report, accessed 2020-01-07

Facts stated:

  • 500,000 (5 lakh) liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections added in month of november 2019 (vs 7 lakh in october 2019)
  • cumulative total new connections in current fiscal year 12.6 million (1.26 crore) i.e. from april 1 to november 30 2019 (8 months).
  • as of 2019-12-02 some 258.2 million (25.82 crore) LPG customers take up PAHAL scheme subsidies.
  • Domestic crude oil production for november 2019 stood at 2.6 million metric tonnes (vs. 2.7 million MT in october 2019). Natural gas production stood at 2566 million standard cubic meters (mmscm) for the month (vs. 2641 mmscm in october 2019).