Sudan: Peace deal to unlock oil wealth in the balance
Despite the war, the Sudanese economy has grown solidly, helped by rising oil exports which last year were about 300,000 barrels a day, and should reach 600,000 barrels per day next year.
US: Suddenly, It’s Hip to Conserve Energy
Gas prices finally headed down last week. But the pattern over the last 30 years suggests that this is bad news for anyone who believes that Americans, the world’s biggest oil consumers, can ever curb their energy consumption.
‘Fill ‘er up’ becomes the unlikely battle cry of Car Wars
There is also the possibility we’re living through the early phases of something much bigger than just another temporary “crisis” and which history will record as a turning point.
Paying the right price for oil
HERE’S the sticky truth about oil: As a finite commodity, the world never seems to tire of burning more of, its price is bound to hit the roof.
On The Way To Armageddon: Could We Make A Detour?
Global Warming is not the disease; it’s a symptom, albeit the most serious symptom of a cancer caused by industrial civilization. Prescribing more nuclear power (even if physically possible) as a cure to the civilization’s cancer is tantamount to treating a smoker’s lung-cancer by switching her over to a different brand of cigarettes.
British Energy has come back from the brink, but how long will the nuclear frisson last?
Saved from bankruptcy, the generator is now turning in an operating profit. Yet its future is far from assured.
Why Osama backs Bush
Saudi power struggles are holding back attempts to defeat terrorism.
New lease of life for British nuclear reactors
British Energy is trying to extend the life of its nuclear reactors by five years, which would ease fears that the UK could face power shortages in the future.
Peak Oil is Here
The biggest news in the world at the moment however is also the most suppressed, and it is actually quite frightening. It’s suppressed because it completely obliterates all the ludicrous reasons we’ve been fed about why we’re in Iraq and Afghanistan, and because once it becomes self-evident the global stock markets will panic and crash.
OPEC: Demand for Oil Growing
OPEC expects world oil demand to rise by some 2 million barrels per day in the third quarter from a seasonal second quarter low, as consumption growth hits a seven-year high, the cartel said Thursday.
Japan: N-reprocessing seen key to energy policy
With a lack of conventional energy resources, Japan has sought to establish a nuclear fuel cycle. This would involve reprocessing plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel to produce fresh nuclear fuel. After a series of problems, the plan is on the brink of falling apart, however.
Kazakhstan builds oil ties with Iran
Kazakhstan announced on Friday that it planned to build two oil terminals in Iran as it ramps up a lucrative oil-swap export arrangement that has been criticised for lack of transparency.
