据美国家情报委员会预测,未来15年,全球经济对能源的利用效率将继续提高。随着能源开发的应用技术日趋进步,人类将在深海或遥远、恶劣的环境下勘探并生产石油。今后15年内由于全球经济的持续增长和人口的增加,全球对能源的需求将提高近50%。石油需求将从2000年的每天755万桶增加到2015年的1亿桶以上,其增加量几乎相当于欧佩克目 According to the U.S. National Intelligence Commission, the efficiency of energy use by the global economy will continue to rise in the next 15 years. With the application of energy development technology is progressing, humans will explore and produce oil in deep sea or in distant and harsh environments. The global demand for energy will increase by nearly 50% in the next 15 years due to the sustained global economic growth and population growth. Oil demand will increase from 7.55 million barrels per day in 2000 to more than 100 million barrels in 2015. The increase is almost equivalent to that of OPEC