Asia turns to nuclear energy to fight power shortages
DESIGNERS and developers of nuclear power stations seeking career opportunities at the beginning of the 21st century are looking to Asia.
Inflaming the oil crisis
‘Running out of oil isn’t something we need to worry about,’ writes Joe Kaplinksy.
Once seen as an alarmist fear, an attack on key Saudi oil terminal could destabilise west
Saudi Arabia is the linchpin for world crude supplies, a key to setting prices and yet sitting on a political tinderbox due to internal dissent and having trouble securing itself against terrorism.
LUKoil discovered five offshore fields
Russian oil major LUKoil announced reserves in Russia’s sector of the Caspian Sea may compose total 33 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Impressions from Berlin
A report from Alaskan oil and gas consultant Roger Herrera on the ASPO Peak Oil Conference in Berlin.
OPEC to increase oil production, members to be able to pump at will
OPEC ministers said yesterday that they will increase oil production, allowing members to pump at will and bypass the quota system that has governed supplies for most of the past two decades.
Black Gold: Controlling Global Oil
Peak oil on Democracy Now
Book Review – The Oil Factor
Investors face a turbulent new era in which oil prices will soar and the economy will face a severe energy crisis according to Stephen Leeb.
Detroit’s Complacency
THIS SUMMER, with gasoline prices reaching $2 per gallon across America, Ford Motor Co. will begin selling the first gas-electric hybrid SUV.
U.K. Conservatives Encourage Fuel Price Protests
U.K. Conservative Party Leader Michael Howard encouraged motorists to protest rising fuel prices and Prime Minister Tony Blair’s plan to boost taxes on gasoline.
Saudi’s Missing Barrels of Oil Production (excerpt)
Even those who believe that this is the decade that oil will peak and decline had thought that the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia in particular, would be immune for at least another ten to fifteen years. Now it seems even that shard of confidence might be misplaced.
As prices hit the roof, oil wars will keep burning
Oil prices are back in the headlines and likely to stay there, as the world’s global energy crosses new thresholds of increased demand, clashing politics and threats of terrorism.
