y lbtd., table 1. !/ Bernardo Grossling, "Petroleun exploration indeveloping countries and Forum, rrol. 3r No. 3 considerations about its financing[, Natural Resources(April 1979). y There are naturally other estimates. For located in developing countries have been estimatedbarrels (R. Nehring), 1090 to 2750 (8. Grossling) , See Odell, op. cit., table l.example, those resources to vary frorn 325 to 480 billion to 2010 (vitsotsky and others') .^/40/sLLEnglish Page 21 Notes(cont inued ) Y "Development of the energy resources of the developing countries,l(E/L983/91 and corr.r), tabre 4. iurthernrore, in oraer to prorrioe a rough idea ofrnagnitudes, at the present rate of world consumption of about G0 million barrelsper day, the combined amount of world proved ani additional ,eiover.ule resoureesof about z'2os bilrion barrers would rast abou. .i".i.i-i;; ;;;;;:----- y Riehard F. Meyer, "speculation on oil and gas resources in small fieldsand unconventionar deposirs,', proceedings of rhe u"rffi ;;;;;;;;;.-;"-;;;;-;;;-'Energy Resources (trtarshf iela, y united Nations rnstitute for Training and Researcb, rmportant for theFugure (New York), special issue on the Conference on Srnal1 Energy Resources,vol. 6, Nos. Z-3 (l9gl). Organisation for Econonic Co_operation, and fnternational Atomic Energy Agency,(Paris, December l9g3), tables i'ana Z.2/ Agency) D€narxal !/ rnternationr Atonic Energy Agency, Annuar Report, 19g3 (vienna,iluly 1984), p. 26. Y/ There are siqnificant eeonomies of scale in the construction of nucrear prantsr €rnd for technieal and economic reasons they must op"."."-li;";;;;;.;;-'fulr capacity. Less than a dozen countries have power grids r.r9;-:;;r;; ;;=;"".the smallest econonically viable reactors. trte en"rqv-rransitioi ii-pi;"iopiiiCountries (washington, D.C., August I9g3), p.ffi E/ Ibid- The range of IAEA projections is between 6 and g per eent in the year-ooo'-finternational Atomic Energy Agency, Energy, Elegtricity and Nucleariui.i"" y/ see "Developnent of the energy resources of the developing countriessnote by the Secretary-General" (A/3g/SL2l August 1980, p. 46. y/ firorld Bank, .
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the estimation of oil and gas resources, as well as nuclear energy resources, in developing countries. It mentions various reports and studies that provide estimates of these resources, and also touches on the economic considerations surrounding their development. The text does not seem to be focused on a specific sector or industry, but rather on the energy sector as a whole.

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Natural resources and environment, Economic development