Mikael Höök

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Associate Professor
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018-471 3777
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073-020 81 16
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+46 18 471 3513 (018 471 3513)
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Mikael.Hook@fysast.uu.se
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http://www.peakoil.net

Background

Mikael Höök was born in Östhammar on 6 November 1982. He entered Uppsala University in 2001 to study engineering physics with focus on applied physics. In 2005, he participated in the 42nd Culham Plasma Physics Summer School, organized by EURATOM and UKAEA Fusion Association, in Oxford, UK. In 2006, he received a scholarship for a research project in applied nuclear physics regarding fusion plasma neutron research. He received his Master of Engineering Science degree in spring 2006. He has also taken numerous courses in other subjects, such as history or philosophy.
In autumn 2006, he worked as a teaching assistant in applied mathematics in Uppsala University. He joined the Uppsala Global Energy Systems Group in late 2006 as a PhD student, after becoming more and more interested in world energy issues. In May 2009, he received a licentiate degree in engineering physics specialized in global energy systems and successfully obtained his Ph.D degree in September 2010. Currently, he continues to do research and teach at Uppsala University.

Research activities

My work is primarily focused on

  • Coal production forecasting
  • Coal-to-Liquids
  • Depletion rate and field-by-field modelling of future oil production
  • Energy consumption in the IPCC emission scenarios

Published and accepted articles

  1. Growth rates of global energy systems and future outlooks. Natural Resources Research, Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 21-41
  2. Energy return on investment for Norwegian oil and gas 1991-2008. Sustainability, Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2011 Pages 2050-2070
  3. Global oil risks in the early 21st Century, Energy Policy, Volume 39, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 7865-7873
  4. Future coal production outlooks in the IPCC Emission Scenarios: are they plausible? Energy & Environment, Volume 22, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 837–857
  5. Descriptive and predictive growth curves in energy system analysis. Natural Resources Research, Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 103-116
  6. Projection of long-term paths for Australian coal production - comparisons of four models. International Journal of Coal Geology, Volume 86, Issue 4, 1 June 2011, Pages 329-341
  7. Forecasting the growth of China's natural gas consumption. Energy, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 1380-1385
  8. Development of oil formation theories and their importance for peak oil. Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 27, Issue 9, October 2010, Pages 1995-2004
  9. Global coal production outlooks based on a logistic model. Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 11, November 2010, Pages 3546-3558
  10. A review on coal to liquid fuels and its coal consumption. International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 34, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 848-864
  11. Trends in U.S. recoverable coal supply estimates and future production outlooks. Natural Resources Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 189-208
  12. Forecast of oil reserves and production in Daqing oilfield of China. Energy, Volume 35, Issue 7, July 2010, Pages 3097-3102
  13. Validity of the fossil fuel production outlooks in the IPCC Emission Scenarios. Natural Resources Research, Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2010, Pages 63-81
  14. Development journey and outlook of Chinese giant oilfields. Petroleum Exploration and Development, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 237-249
  15. The Peak of the Oil Age - analyzing the world oil production Reference Scenario in World Energy Outlook 2008. Energy Policy, Volume 38, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 1398-1414
  16. Future Danish oil and gas export. Energy, Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 1826-1834
  17. How reasonable are oil production scenarios from public agencies? Energy Policy, Volume 37, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 4809-4818
  18. Aviation fuel and future oil production scenarios. Energy Policy, Volume 37, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 4003-4010
  19. Giant oil field decline rates and their influence on world oil production. Energy Policy, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 2262-2272
  20. Historical trends in American coal production and a possible future outlook. International Journal of Coal Geology, Volume 78, Issue 3, May 2009, Pages 201-216
  21. The evolution of giant oil field production behaviour. Natural Resources Research, Volume 18, Number 1, March 2009, Pages 39-56
  22. A decline rate study of Norwegian oil production. Energy Policy, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2008, Pages 4262-4271

Articles undergoing review or in preparation

  • Risk evaluation of technology innovation for China’s oil and gas industry, submitted to International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development
  • Assessing availability challenges for rare materials in solar energy technologies, submitted to Natural Resources Research
  • Depletion of fossil fuels and anthropogenic climate change – a review, submitted to Energy Policy
  • Depletion rate analysis of fields and regions: a methodological foundation, submitted to Fuel
  • A review of life cycle assessments on wind energy systems, submitted to International Journal of Life Cycle Assessments
  • Analysis of net oil exports through Made in China-products, to be submitted to Energy
  • Coal-to-liquids: viability as a peak oil mitigation strategy, to be submitted to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

Academic works

  1. Study of the pulse shape as a means to identify neutrons and gammas in a NE213 detector, my diploma thesis
  2. A supply-driven forecast for the future global coal production, contribution to ASPO
  3. Depletion and decline curve analysis in crude oil production, my licentiate thesis
  4. Trends in U.S. recoverable coal supply estimates and future production outlooks, paper presented at International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2009
  5. Future coal production outlooks in the IPCC Emission Scenarios: are they plausible?, paper presented at International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2010
  6. Coal and Peat: Global Resources and Future Supply, book chapter accepted by Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
  7. Coal and Oil: the Dark Monarchs of Global Energy, my doctoral thesis
  8. Fuelling future emissions – examining fossil fuel production outlooks used in climate models, book chapter in Climate Change - Research and Technology for Adaptation and Mitigation, Intech, ISBN 978-953-307-621-8
  9. Projection of Australian coal production - Comparisons of four models, paper presented at International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2011

Other works

  1. "Sinar oljan?", article in Geologiskt Forum nr 55 september 2007
  2. "När sinar oljan?", article in Elbilar - förnybar energi och energieffektivitet för ett hållbart samhälle, september 2007
  3. "En överblick av energiläget i omvärlden och dess konsekvenser för torvproduktionen" - rapport åt Svenska Torvproducenternas Förening
  4. Den gröna energins mörka baksida - debattartikel på Newsmill 2011-03-31
  5. Sverige är på väg in i en oljekris - debattartikel för SVT Debatt 2011-06-20
  6. Grön energi och dess baksidor - gästinlägg på Miljöpartiets blogg

Presentations and speeches

Available from here

Teaching

During 2005 and 2006 I taught introductionary mathematics for engineering physics students.
During autumn 2006 I taught introduction to mathematics for engineering physics and held lectures in applied mathematics as a part of the basic algebra and calculus courses.
Currently, I give courses in Thermodynamics, Technical Thermodynamics and Thermal Energy Technologies for engineering students inEnergy Systems and Engineering Physics. I also give the courses Global Energy Perspective and Energy Security in Global and Local Systems.

Professional affiliations

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