Conclusion

Abstract

There are large energy resources of many kinds in many parts of the world. The measure of these resources is inaccurate and lacks sufficiently widespread knowledge to reconcile the different concepts and technologies to gain a comparability which is warranted by the growing interdependence of energy resource utilization. Much work lies ahead in evaluating even true proved reserves of even the common energy resources of coal, oil, natural gas and uranium in every-day use. Indeed this might well be considered the first priority in energy resource evaluation at this time. So much theory is being based on so little fact that decisions dangerous to many people may be made unless there is greater knowledge and greater understanding more widely spread. Moving back into the more speculative areas of probable reserves and so to resources, there is a great need for greater rigour, discipline and scientific integrity to be deployed in the exercises which must be done as an unending continuance. Meantime, in the field, the explorer must be given every support in his quest to find new resources and, with the engineer, convert them to reserves at the highest possible recovery factor, no accountant or politician ever found any new energy resource deposit. I repeat, the first desk priority is to improve our knowledge of the working inventories, that is the proved reserves.