Matt Mushalik

Former Soviet Union crude oil exports declined by 5.5 % in last 2 years

Russia is at its 2nd and last oil peak. The easy oil is gone. The FSU export peak comes ahead of the production peak.

World car production grows 3 times faster than global oil supplies

In the last 10 years the world’s annual car production went up from 41 million to 63 million cars in 2012, or 52%... in the same period, global liquid supplies went up only 16%, an obvious mismatch.

Half of oil burnable in 2000-2050 to keep us within 2 degrees warming has been used up as we hit 400 ppm

We have a race between peak oil and global warming. Symptoms of these complex processes pop up every now and then.

Iraq war and its aftermath failed to stop the beginning of peak oil in 2005

It is now 10 years that the coalition of the willing, err… peaking (US peak 1970, UK peak 1999, Australia peak 2000) invaded Iraq. This was not just an oil war. It was a peak oil war.

ABC TV Interview with Richard Heinberg on peak oil and the end of growth

“There have been few more passionate debates in resource economics than around peak oil, whether it has or hasn’t happened and indeed whether peak oil is about resources left or production levels.”

South East Asian oil peak in the rear view mirror (part 1)

Grandiose statements about the “Asian Century” are now being followed by warnings that the days of rivers of gold from China are over. Economic growth needs growing quantities of oil. Where will it come from? Not from South East Asia which peaked in 2000 as will be shown in this article.

No number crunching in Alan Kohler opinion piece on premature peak oil death

An awe-inspiring takedown of a sloppy story on the death of peak oil. Alan Kohler, who is known for his excellent financial graphs on the ABC TV (Australia) 7 pm News came out with an opinion piece on peak oil which does not display the level of research expected from him. Almost no statement in his article can be supported by statistical evidence. No numbers are shown to prove that shale oil …

Australian Peaky Leaks goes mainstream

The Australian Daily Telegraph published today a story on a leaked government report (BITRE 117) which (optimistically) calculated peak oil around 2017, followed by permanent decline. The report raises questions to be answered by the Federal Government.

Petroleum Review's Megaprojects update for April

Chris Skrebowski, ASPO member and editor of Petroleum Review has presented his latest update of Megaprojects, a list of oil fields planned to come on stream in the next years, now up to 2013. Peak oilers around the globe, get your spreadsheets ready and do your calcs!