In 1956, Marion King Hubbert, a prominent geologist for what is now Royal Dutch Shell, made a bold prediction. Based on an extensive analysis of reserves and production data, he concluded that U.S.

In 1956, the American geologist M. King Hubbert made a startling prediction: In a matter of decades, the supply of fuel on which so much of modern society depended would dwindle. Dubbed the “peak oil” ...

Typically, in an oil-producing region, extraction starts slow, builds up to a peak as more wells are drilled, and then declines as the cost of accessing what’s left inevitably rises. Drillers ...

Major oil companies anticipate that global oil demand will plateau slowly rather than decline sharply, maintaining the need for continued oil and gas production for decades. Despite initial shifts ...

The International Energy Agency forecasts global oil demand to peak and plateau by the end of this decade, with China's demand peaking earlier than previously anticipated. While oil supply is expected ...

It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives. By Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer Year after ...

Many groups, including the International Energy Agency, predict that the world’s peak oil production is close, and global oil demand will drop starting in the next decade as more renewables come ...