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  1. Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) was an American geologist and geophysicist. He worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas.He made several important contributions to geology, geophysics, and petroleum geology, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (a basic component of peak oil), with important political ramifications.

  2. Apr 19, 2024 · petroleum trap. Marion King Hubbert (born Oct. 5, 1903, San Saba, Texas, U.S.—died Oct. 11, 1989, Bethesda, Md.) was an American geophysicist and geologist known for his theory of the migration of fluids in subsurface rock strata. He became an authority on the migration and entrapment of petroleum and the social implications of world mineral ...

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  3. Jun 1, 2016 · Learn about the life and work of M. King Hubbert, the geologist who predicted peak oil in 1956 and was vindicated by the 2008 crisis. Explore his achievements, challenges and legacy in this well-researched and engaging book.

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  4. M. King Hubbert’s science was influenced by his ideological beliefs. Hubbert was a technocrat. Technocracy was a utopian economic and political system originated by the engineer Howard Scott (1890–1970). Simply put, technocracy advocated replacement of the market system with totalitarian control by a group of technical experts.

  5. The theory is named after American geophysicist M. King Hubbert, who created a method of modeling the production curve given an assumed ultimate recovery volume. Hubbert's peak [ edit ] "Hubbert's peak" can refer to the peaking of production in a particular area, which has now been observed for many fields and regions.

  6. May 21, 2018 · Marion King Hubbert (he became M. King by high school) was born in San Saba, Texas, a flat farmlands area. His father, William B. Hubbert, descended from pioneer stock, was a rancher, and his mother, née Cora Virginia Lee, was a schoolteacher.

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  8. Learn about the life and achievements of M. King Hubbert, a geoscientist who developed the Hubbert Curve and the concept of peak oil. This memoir draws from his published work, oral history interviews, and personal recollections.

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