简介:Asearlyasinthe1960ssomepeoplehadpredictedthatcrudeoilwoulddepletesoon.Nevertheless,bytheendof1999theworldprovenreservesofremainingconventionaloilamountedto139.2billiontons.Theworldconsumedabout3.462billiontonsofoilin1999.Inaddition,thereexistsizablereservesofnon-conventionaloil(heavyoilsandsuper-heavyoils).