Transcripción del resumen del autor. This year’s Petroleum Geology Conference (PGC) – organised by the Geological Society, the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) and the Energy Institute – was the latest of seven held over the past 30 years. Held at the QEII Centre, Westminster, it included for the first time three hour-long, lively lunchtime debates that were convened under the theme of topical ‘Geocontroversies’, in which two expert protagonists presented their views for and against three motions of direct relevance to the oil industry. The second of these debates tackled the issue of peak oil. John Underhill, Grant Institute of Earth Science, The School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, reports.

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