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Nature 429, 694-695 (17 June 2004) | doi:10.1038/429694a
Oil exploration: Every last drop
Jim Giles1
- Jim Giles is a reporter for Nature, based in London.
Abstract
The price of petrol is going up and new oil discoveries are declining. Can underground fires and hydrocarbon-hungry bacteria keep the oil flowing? Jim Giles finds out.
Cheap oil is on the way out. This has been made abundantly clear in recent months thanks to security problems in Iraq and terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia — both countries with massive crude-oil reserves.
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