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.
India, China and Energy Security
The key energy-related issues for these two countries are increasing energy
dependency on imported oil, growing environmental concerns due to the dependency
on coal, transportation and supply problems, and regional geopolitics.
Richard Heinberg on Dwindling Oil and 9/11
Richard Heinberg speaking to Lynn Gary on Unwelcome Guests SHOW #206 9 May 2004 Dwindling Oil and 9/11 – Part 4 of the International Inquiry on 911’s Unanswered Questions
Norway Oil Workers Begin Strike, Cutting Output
Norwegian oil workers are going on strike from today, cutting output from the world’s third- largest oil exporter, after two unions failed to reach a pension accord with employers.
Coal is the future, Howard tells Australians
Despite concerns about global warming, the prime minister’s energy plan stresses the importance of fossil fuels and rejects the Kyoto Protocol
EU matches Japanese fusion offer
THE European Union would be prepared to match a Japanese offer to pay a greater share of the construction costs of the world’s first prototype nuclear fusion reactor in order to host the project, an EU source said late on Tuesday.
US: Good news now, bad news later
We need both cheap money and cheap energy, in particular oil and its derivatives. The problem is that we can print our own money in any quantity the Fed deems sufficient to keep the economy humming along. But we can only provide 40 percent of the oil we must have from domestic sources.
Iraq: “In A World of Shit”
“We went into Iraq with ideological lenses. If you start with a rosy scenario and work backward, you’re in a world of shit. And that’s where we are,” said Naval War College professor, Ahmed S. Hashim.
Oil chief: my fears for planet
The head of one of the world’s biggest oil companies has admitted that the threat of climate change makes him “really very worried for the planet”.
Saudi oil targeted, experts say
Escalating sabotage against pipelines in Iraq is heightening fears that terrorists are planning a wholesale assault on energy targets throughout the region and are taking aim at the world’s largest oil supplier — Saudi Arabia.
UK: Gluttons for punishment
We remain wilfully blind to the fact that this festival of credit cannot go on.
Crude oil squeeze continues
The important point is this: Why is OPEC busy asking Russia and other non-cartel producers to boost their production if Saudi Arabia has everything under control?
